How to Weave the Branch Potholder!

Inside: Learn to weave the Branch potholder design with this free pattern and fully-captioned tutorial videos.

The Branch Potholder creates a classic, geometric leaf design in two colors. This potholder features a raised diagonal branch down the center of the mitered stripes background.

This pattern contains written instructions and links to a weaving chart and  fully-captioned tutorial videos showing the entire project for both right and left handed weavers.

Branch Potholder Pattern

By Kristen Mangus

MATERIALS

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Loom 

⅜” potholder loom with 72 pegs.
CinDWood ⅜” Small 7” Hot Pad/Potholder Loom used in sample. This loom is available alone or bundled with a bag of loops. Use code goodknitkisses for $5 off your loom purchase.

Loops
36 cotton potholder loops (for 7” loom)
Color A: 18 loops (orange) 
Color B: 18 loops (yellow)

Notions
Weaving tool
Crochet hook to bind off

SKILL LEVEL Easy+

MEASUREMENTS About 5.5” x 5.5” (14 x 14 cm)

NOTES 

This design uses two colors on both the warp (vertical) and the the weave (horizontal).

You place all the warp loops on the potholder loom first.  Then you weave the horizontal loops according to the row instructions.

In the row instructions below, directions written in parentheses ( ) are repeated.  The number of times to work the repeat are listed after the parentheses.

You can find a detailed chart of this design at Piglets Potholders Patterns: Branch 18-peg (Shared with permission under Creative Commons license CC-by-SA)

INSTRUCTIONS

Warp:

Place loops vertically (from top to bottom) on Pegs 1-18 alternating between Color A and Color B.

Weave:

Row 1: With A, weave (under 1, over 1) rep to end of row.

Row 2: With B, weave under 1, over 2, under 1, (over 1, under 1) rep to end of row.

Row 3: With A, weave over 1, under 2, over 1, (under 1, over 1) rep to end of row.

Row 4: With B, weave under 1, over 1, under 1, over 2, under 1, (over 1, under 1) rep to end of row.

Row 5:  With A, weave over 1, under 1, over 1, under 2, over 1, (under 1, over 1) rep to end of row.

Row 6: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) twice, under 1, over 2, under 1, (over 1, under 1) rep to end of row.

Row 7:  With A, weave (over 1, under 1) twice, over 1, under 2, over 1, (under 1, over 1) rep to end of row.

Row 8: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) three times, under 1, over 2, under 1, (over 1, under 1) rep to end of row.

Row 9:  With A, weave (over 1, under 1) three times, over 1, under 2, over 1, (under 1, over 1) rep to end of row.

Row 10: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) four times, under 1, over 2, under 1, (over 1, under 1) rep to end of row.

Row 11:  With A, weave (over 1, under 1) four times, over 1, under 2, over 1, (under 1, over 1) rep to end of row.

Row 12: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) five times, under 1, over 2, under 1, (over 1, under 1) twice.

Row 13:  With A, weave (over 1, under 1) five times, over 1, under 2, over 1, (under 1, over 1) twice.

Row 14: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) six times, under 1, over 2, under 1, over 1, under 1.

Row 15:  With A, weave (over 1, under 1) six times, over 1, under 2, over 1, under 1, over 1.

Row 16: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) seven times, under 1, over 2, under 1.

Row 17:  With A, weave (over 1, under 1) seven times, over 1, under 2, over 1.

Row 18: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) rep to end of row.

Bind off using crochet hook.

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