Thick Cotton Pot Holder

Materials

• Yarn: about 110 yards of cotton
• Hook: 4.0 mm (G-6)
• 4.0 mm hook
• Yarn needle

Abbreviations (US terms)

• ch: chain
• sc: single crochet
• sl st: slip stitch

Instructions

1. Make two squares: chain 27, sc in 2nd chain from hook and across (26 sc), then chain 1, turn, sc across every row until the square is about 7 in.
2. Hold both squares together, wrong sides facing in.
3. Join yarn at a corner. Sc through both layers around all four sides, working 3 sc in each corner.
4. At the last corner, chain 8, sl st into the same stitch to make a hanging loop. Fasten off and weave in ends.
5. Use cotton only, and do not use it with open flame or very hot wet items.