Kitchen Essentials
Lobster Potholder ~ There is no shortage of vintage potholder pattern booklets by The Spool Cotton Company distributed by J&P Coats and Clark’s. This particular pattern comes from a potholder pattern booklet issued in 1951.
It states on the first page, “bring cheer to your kitchen with these useful and attractive pot holders.” This one is perfect for summer or any time, a lobster potholder.
The foundation of the potholder is single crochet stitches. Then you crochet the lobster separately. Once you finish the lobster, you sew it in place on the pot holder.
The potholder has a felt lining and a bone ring for storing.
Materials
The main body of the lobster potholder uses Knit-Cro-Sheen in a Crystal Blue color or Mercerized Bedspread Cotton. The crocheted lobster uses Three Cord Mercerized Crochet in Flamingo.
I found a photo of a ball of the 3 cord crochet, but it says it’s a size 30. The cotton for this project is a Size 20. It may be that the Article B.34-C is Size 30 and the Article B.34, that’s in the book, is Size 20.
I’ve shared many patterns that use Knit-Cro-Sheen crochet thread. Here is a link to those patterns where you’ll also find more info on Knit-Cro-Sheen.
Crochet Instructions
The great thing about this crochet pattern is the instructions for the lobster are separate so if you’d like to crochet a lobster for use by itself, you can.
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