Here There Be Dragons!

More potholders for my stash. We have an auction coming up at our church, and this is one of the items that will be available. 

A friendly, fire-breathing dragon is always a good way to protect your hands when removing your cookies from the over!

Elk Poholder

We have a large elk herd close by Roxborough. I have some neighbors who get up nearly every morning to go looking for them. I would rather sleep. The elk will be there later without me getting up before the sun. If not, I can just look at this potholder. By the way, I gave this potholder to that neighbor.

My Best Seller -- The Moose!

Yes, I do sell my potholders. I did a holiday table at a craft fair last December, and this is my best seller -- The Moose. Even now, I don't have any; I sold the last one last week.  I will have to make some more.

Cabin in the Woods potholder

I am trying to decide if I like the green or the white cabin better. The trees look better in green, but the white trees look like winter. I guess if I can't decide, it means it is a success, right?

How Now Brown Cow?

 I am not really happy with the colors in this pattern. The contrast is not enough to be very dramatic, although I like the pattern. I will probably do it again at some point, using a dark brown and cream, but this will have to be for now. Well, not everything is a success.

More Room for Mushrooms

I love how this animated mushroom turned out. I used a maroon and cream for the colors. Once again, I found the pattern on Pinterest. There were several mushroom options to choose from, and I might make another using forest green and cream colors. Stay tuned.

Horse potholder for Laura

My cousin's daughter got married last weekend. She is quite the horsewoman, so I wanted to make her a special potholder. I texted my cousin Jeff to ask what color Laura's horse is. He texted back that he thinks the horse is a bay; followed by another text saying, no, she's a buckskin. 

What? I just wanted to know if the horse was brown, black, white, spotted, purple?! Bay? Buckskin? I shouldn't have to look up a color on the internet! He only laughed at me and said that is just how horse people talk. 

Anyway, medium to light brown with black mane and tail it is. This is her silhouette.
Buckskin ... really.

 

Deer in Roxborough and Potholder

One wildlife species we have in abundance is deer. So I must memorialize one of the bucks in a potholder. (I am not sure that statement has ever been typed before).

Surprise Cat

 This little kitty is so cute whether black or blue! Kinda looks like she was startled.

What is an Even Better Symbol of Summer? More Butterflies!

I posted a potholder of a butterfly just before this one, so continuing the theme, two butterflies. I once again used Hipster cotton yarn for the variegated one. This pattern is a free one on Ravelry. The link is below.

 www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/potholder-butterflies

What is a Better Symbol of Summer - a Butterfly

One of the most fun parts of knitting a butterfly potholder is there is no limit to colors! I used Hipster cotton yarn for the background. One piece of advice is select a solid color that does not appear in the range of color of the variegated one. If you do, your design can disappear into the background instead of standing out. Don't ask me how I know.

I can't seem to find where I got this pattern, but it probably came from Pinterest. There are lots and lots of butterfly patterns on Pinterest from simple silhouettes to complicated wings. Have fun. I did.

Tree of Life Potholder

 I have lots of jewelry with the Tree of Life, like a necklace, earrings -- both post and drops -- and rings. So it was time to do a Tree of Life Potholder. This took a little more attention than many of the other designs because of branches and truck along with the background. It seems to change every two stitches! Still, it's a fun pattern.

This is a free pattern on Pinterest.

Mountain Scenes on Potholders

Living in Colorado, I have to, obviously, make potholders showing off our beautiful mountains. I used Hipster cotton yarn in the color Canyon Wall with  for the brown potholder. The blue cotton came from my stash so I don't know what it was called. I loved how they turned out. It is amazing how different they look on the other side -- it's like an entirely different potholder.

They were snatched up by one of my friends already. Once again, the free pattern came from Pinterest.

Prancing Horse Potholder

 I am very pleased at how this pattern turned out. I liked it so much that I am currently making another in brown and tan. I am making it for my cousin's wedding in July. Her horse is a buckskin, which is horse people's talk for brown. 

It is a free pattern I found on Pinterest. I have a long, long list of Pinterest pattern I need to knit. Good thing I am retired. 

Kitty cat potholder

 You probably already know I love cats and I never pause to knit a cat pattern. Once again, this is double knitting, which I really love doing. It makes me pay attention. 

I would to give credit for this pattern but I got it on Pinterest and it was in an Oriental language. Anyway, if you go to Pinterest and search for 'Cat face" you can find it.

Isn't she cute?

Hot pads for Bella and Simone

I have cats. Two in fact. But my son Dane has dogs.

For his birthday, I made him some hot pads showing off his puppers (his word, not mine) named Bella and Simone. We get to dog-sit whenever he goes away, and also when he comes to visit us overnight. He lives about 2 hours away so we often get our dog-fix.

This is Bella (the other one is Dane). She's a German Shepherd/Husky mix. She has the most beautiful ice blue eyes. She is very sweet and always willing to play. She will bring you a ball so you can play with her. I don't think she ever get tired.

 

The hot pads are made using double-knitting using cotton yarn. The pattern is from Nifty Knitter Designs available through Ravelry.

This is Simone. She is a chihuahua/dachshund mix. And since dachshunds are also know as Weiner dogs, they are often called Chi-weenies. She is very affectionate and is not a "yappy" dog. If you sit down, she will be in your lap within one second!

They are just too cute for words!

Not everyone is a fan. Wookie and Omi have to stay upstairs during the dog visits.