I saw the image of this Christmas potholder online some time ago and tried to recreate it but no luck. The other day, though, I noticed that the pattern is the Two-one basketweave pattern for an 18-page loom on Piglet's Potholder Pattern site. (There is also a pattern for a 27-peg loom ). Thanks to whoever came up with this color combo and posted the image online. Here's the potholder on the loom. I also tried this pattern with pine and winter white:

I found this pattern, called Open Cross, in the Loop Group section, on the Friendly Loom site. (You can join the Loop Group for free.) I altered the pattern a bit by making the middle of the potholder a solid color, instead of alternating colors for both warp (vertical) and weft (horizontal). For a 19-peg loop, the red loops are on pegs 8-12. For a 27-peg loom, the red loops would be on pegs 10-18 (or basically the cross part of the pattern). What's the surprise? After I m

I saw an image of this potholder on Pinterest, but I wasn't able to find a chart for the pattern, or any indication of who made it. (So, thanks to whoever came up with the design!) Because the potholder was on the loom, though, it was pretty easy to figure out. Basically, you'll need to think of one loop as two strands. Each row starts out slightly differently, but then you will simply go over or under two strands all the way across, finishing the row by either going over or

This pattern, called  Tri-color Herringbone , is from Piglet's Potholder site in the plain weave section. (There is a pattern for 27-peg potholders as well.)

Here's an easy pattern, based on Piglet's border pattern . This is one of my favorite patterns lately because you can fool around with...