The acorns made it obvious.
We leached our first batch of gathered acorns from the woods in a large pot on the wood burning kitchen stove. When it was time to change the water, my man got the one potholder that we had, looked around and asked me: Is there a second one in the house?
There was not!
But I was quick to announce that I could easily make one. So he wouldn't have to use an ordinary kitchen towel next time.
Also I'm always happy about a useful needlework project that I can work on in the evenings 😊
This blue one was made and gifted to us by my Mum.
I really like the concept of it, so simple and yet very functional. Just the way I love it.
You can put your hand in it to be protected from the heat of a handle and it protects your table from burning when you put the pot onto it.
And it's easy to make!
I don't know where my Mum had found the pattern, but I just used hers as a reference. It took me a minute to get the concept, but when I had it I was amazed by how simple it was.
It's basically a little bag, you start with one line and then just crochet round and round until it's the right height to fold it to a square.
Here you can see how the bag is slowly taking shape 🤗
At some point my orange wool was used up, but I found a very similar one, similar strength and fabric, in my collection of wool.
I love when things like that happen, I love improvising, and usually the outcome is even better than I had planned.
It looks so much prettier and more exciting in those vibrant contrasting colors 😊
Tadaa!
I forgot to take pictures during the last part of it, so here you already have the end result in its bag form ^^
And this is how it looks when I folded it to a nice square.
Now it has two triangle shaped bags that I can put my hand in.
Genius!
And this is how it looks when I pit my hand in it.
The same thing from a different perspective. I think by now you get the concept ^^
I thought about putting a pair of eyes on it, then it would also be a cute glove puppet!
So multifunctional!
It was a happy moment, when we leached the second (or third?) batch of acorns yesterday and had one potholder for each hand.
No hand got burned 👍
It's these small improvements that make me especially proud and happy. Every day we cook our meals on the wood burning stove, so we have to deal with hot pot and pan handles all the time.
Life is made up of little things, ordinary things mostly, and it's just so satisfying to be able to make them a little easier and so much more joyful 😊
Thanks for stopping by ❤️
Crikey, it's creativity central down there. By the time the owners return there'll be bockety little tables adorned with crocheted doilies stuffed into every nook and cranny:)
Haha, just learned some new words here ^^ I like "bockety" 😄
Yeah, it’s all the bottled up creativity from months of vanlife ^^ finally we got some nooks and crannies to fill 😄
Haha, so funny, bockety is in none of my dictionaries. Looks like there's room for one I don't know yet. What have you found?
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It seems to be an Irish term for something unstable, wobbly, physically unsteady.
@deirdyweirdy referred to this bockety little table, so there you have an example 😄
I didn't make it up...honest injun!
Bockety
That's actually a dictionary I have not considered. Thanks for sharing. This word definitely needs a place in https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=bockety
And @paradigmprospect's table (hello!), that is not a table but soon a walking cupboard (only one step beyond) is probably only asking for a cup for making it's first step. ;-) (Why didn't you cross-bond the bamboo? How wonderful to see such building material growing in the garden.)
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If he can make a walking cupboard, he'll make millions. Imagine, no more going to the cupboard, the cupboard would come to us:) By the way, here in Ireland we call a cupboard a press!
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Stick with me kid and you'll be speaking like a Dubliner in no time:)
Would love to 👍 my English is weird mix of different dialects anyway, with a German accent ^^
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you crack me up so much ahhaha
Welcome to the community.
I like this pattern very much. It is very easy to crochet and it is also so functional. Thanks a lot for sharing this project with us.
Thank you for the warm welcome, I will post here more often now, finally got the space and energy to work on more needlework projects 😊
How beautiful and useful. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you so much, glad you found it interesting 😊 I'm very happy with how it turned out as well.
That's a nice one. My spouse might like it. Thanks for sharing!
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Yeih, great you like it. I’m a huge fan of simple and easy and yet useful 👍
You're welcome! (While I'm still curious whether my spouse will like it.)
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I love your idea to make pot holders and not burn our hands, it looks quite simple to knit and they are also beautiful, I congratulate you, you did an excellent job, greetings ❤️
Thank you so much for your kind words 🤗
Yes, you could also knit it instead of crocheting. I just like crocheting better, not so many needles to handle 😄
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Yeih, thanks for your support!
My pleasure
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What a beautiful project, you did a nice work, thanks for sharing
Thank you 🤗 glad you like it!
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Lovely!!
What are you making with the acorns?