Perfect Potholders

About this Project

This set of potholders from the Summer 2025 issue is woven using repurposed T-shirts in twill.

Contents

• Perfect Potholder Project Instructions PDF
• Potholder WIFs

Details

Structure
Twill.

Equipment
4-shaft loom, 10" weaving width; 6-dent reed; one 14" or longer stickshuttle; 1 boat shuttle.

Yarns
Warp: 8/4 Poly Cotton Rug Warp (50% polyester/50% unmercerized cotton; 1,600 yd/lb; Great Northern Weaving), Rust, 257 yd.

Weft: 8/4 Poly Cotton Rug Warp, Rust, 44 yd; Natural and Denim, 22 yd each. 100% cotton strips 1" wide, from 3–4 men’s M–L T-shirts, about 100 yd total; see Weaving with T-Shirts. Note: Lois made her cotton strips from three T-shirts: dark blue, cream, and light blue. Adjust your warp and hem weft colors as you prefer for the colors of your T-shirts.

Dimensions
Width in the reed: 9 ³⁄₆".
Woven length: (measured under tension othe loom) about 58".
Finished size: (after wet-finishing, hemming, and sewing) one potholder, 8" × 9"; two potholders, 8" × 10"; one mitt-style potholder, 8" × 7".

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