Comments on: The Ultimate – Extra Thick Crochet Potholder – Thermal Stitch

By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:01:56 +0000

In reply to Cathy S. Hi Cathy! Yes, you’ll need at least that amount of yarn for any of the thermal stitch potholders. I made the Extra-Thick Potholder a little larger (I actually prefer the bigger size), so it does use a bit more yarn

By: Cathy S

Cathy S — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:21:13 +0000

Question about Yarn Quantity: Does the reply posted to Roades (see above) apply to both the Thermal Half Double Potholder and the Ultimate – Extra Thick Potholder? I haven’t decided which pattern to use and I have a limited quantity of the colors for my project.

By: Violeta

Violeta — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:39:50 +0000

Brilliant! The thermal stitch looks so cozy and dense – exactly what you want in a potholder. Your pattern is featured on Crafts on Display today, hope you like it! https://craftsondisplay.com/crochet/double-thick-crochet-potholder-196204/

By: Olga

Olga — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:43:54 +0000

In reply to Roades. I used one skein per potholder, which is 119 yds / 109m

By: Roades

Roades — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:00:40 +0000

Approximately how many skeins are needed for each extra thick potholder?

By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:42:32 +0000

In reply to Margaret Lawrence. Hi Margaret, you're welcome! Keeping the edges straight usually comes down to the first and last stitches in each row. If the edges start looking a bit wobbly, it might be that one of those stitches got skipped—or maybe the tension just needs a tiny bit of tightening. Hope that helps!

By: Margaret Lawrence

Margaret Lawrence — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:31:14 +0000

Olga, thank you for your generosity in sharing this pattern. do you have any tips on making the edges, right and left, so perfect? yours are perfect. mine are wonky.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:24:14 +0000

In reply to Olga. Thank you so much Olga! I can see what was confusing me now.

By: Olga

Olga — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:41:13 +0000

In reply to Shannon. Hi Shannon, I have a video on how to crochet the thermal single crochet, and you might see it better there. It's the same principle (thermal crochet), but working with single crochet instead of half double crochet. It's easier to learn if it's your first time trying the Thermal stitch. Once you've got the hang of the single crochet, it will be easier to do the half double crochet. I hope this helps you to see what you're doing differently! Here ist the link to the video tutorial for thermal single crochet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwpXwnYUL0&t=381s

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:51:39 +0000

Not sure if it's just me, but I'm following the video, yet my potholder is not growing in length and one side looks different from the other. Is there maybe another video that shows how to do this? Maybe I'm supposed to be turning it, and missing that?