Pol-Eng crocheting blog / Pol-Ang blog o szydełkowaniu

I have left with some 100% mercerised cotton yarn (Pattons, col. 1205) from a previous experimental project and thought it would be enough to make a new set of pot holders. I was looking for an elegant and relatively easy pattern to follow and found this lovely shell stitch pattern. The applications of this pattern are numerous and it can be used for projects such as coasters, blankets, pillow cases, table cloths, pot holders, bags, purses, carpets. It all depends on available materials and the hook size. A full step by step description has been given by MYpicot ( 4025 quilt ) and by  Lahoma Nally-Kaye ( beautiful shells blanket ) on the Ravelry website. Although the primary version of this pattern comes as a square (a video tutorial can be found here ), after some modifications is can be converted into a rectangular (a video tutorial can be found here ). Overall, I used 40 g of 100% cotton yarn for each pot holder, crocheting with a hook of 3 mm size. The ...

Using further leftover cotton thread, I decided to make a different type of pot-holders. Here they are! Aren't they lovely, are they? An English version of step-by-step video tutorial you can find here . The same video tutorial is also available in German and in Polish .  I used just over a 50 g of a 100% cotton skein (Drops Paris - col. 35 vanilla, 39 pistachio, 43 green, and 5 mm hook) to make a single pot-holder. You may wish to explore this pattern by playing with colours, e.g. single, double or treble. I like this pattern very much as it is very easy to follow and very quick! Especially, if you do not have much time and budget, but you would like to make a small gift for your family or friends. Two-colour  pot-holders are slightly larger as I have done one row more, comparing with a 3-colour one. Only the basic crochet skills are required, i.e. , to make a chain, a slip stitch and single crochet (double crochet - UK).  You start with croch...