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How To Make a Red Orange and Yellow 3 Color Checker Potholder

I turned a checker pattern into this 3 color checkered red, orange and yellow patterned potholder. To make it, use the following colors for the columns:

red,red,yellow,red,red,red,red,red,yellow,red,red,red,red,red,yellow,red,red,red

Next weave in these colors for the rows:

orange,orange,yellow,orange,orange,orange,orange,orange,yellow,orange,orange,orange,orange,orange,yellow,orange,orange,orange

Start off by weaving the first row color of orange underneath, then over the column loops.
Weave the second row color of orange over, then underneath the column loops.

To make this using different colors, substitute your first color wherever red appears, substitute your second color wherever orange appears and substitute your third color wherever yellow appears.

Tie off the ends, starting at the top left corner. The hanging loop will end up being the 2nd loop at the top left corner.
See my Loom Potholder Tutorial for further details on weaving the ends together.

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Welcome to the Crafxzen Blog!

Crafxzen is my new crafts website. Currently, users can custom order hand woven loom potholders. Customization options include choosing colors, selecting a predefined pattern, generating a potholder based on a random pattern or manually designing a custom potholder.
Potholders are created using a hand weaving loom my grandmother gave me when I was a little girl. I’m not sure what age, but I’m guessing it was somewhere between 8 and 12. Over the years, I would make a random potholder here and there. The loops I used were from bags of assorted loops. The colors were random and the material of the loops would vary. Some loops were nice and stretchy, while other loops were difficult to stretch to fit on the loom. Making the potholders could get a little tedious and frustrating.
A few months ago, I discovered that there is a company in New Hampshire called Harrisville Designs that makes loops. The loops are 100% cotton and are all made in the United States in Harrisville, New Hampshire. The loops are totally awesome! There are 34 different colors. You can buy bags of assorted colors or bags with a single color. The material of the loops is fantastic. They are very high quality. They are all the same material and stretch perfectly to fit on the loom. I was so excited to discover this company, that I decided to start a craft business selling custom order hand woven loom potholders. These potholders are very nice. I don’t use them too much as potholders, but I do use them a lot as coasters and hot pads/trivets. I’m also working on trying to make a bath rug from the potholders sewn together. Making potholders is a fun, relaxing, non-screen activity.

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