Tunisian Hot Pad Crochet Pattern Photo Tutorial

Don’t you love those double thick hot pads we always used to have around the house growing up? Now that I can crochet my own hot pads, I have roughly a dozen of them floating around. Great to use as hot pads for getting casserole out of the oven, or trivets for family get togethers.

Use this crochet pattern to make a Tunisian Crochet double thick hot pad!

I have included two sizes for this pattern. The smaller starts with 30 stitches and the larger with 50 stitches. That being said, you can make your hot pad as small or as large as you like. To determine the finished size of your hot pad, know that the beginning chain will be running along the diagonal. So think bottom left to top right (or visa versa).

Materials:

• Worsted weight 100% cotton (or cotton macrame cord) in two contrasting colors -approx. (55, 90) yards total – if using two colors you’ll need majority “forward pass” yarn color.
• Tunisian Double Ended Crochet hook in size H/5mm

Sizes: 

• (small, large) = (6″ square, 8″ square) (15cm x 20cm)

Pattern Notes:

• Pattern written using US terms.
• TSS = Tunisian Simple Stitch
• Backward Pass as normal: Ch-1 to start the Backward Pass, then * YO pull through two loops* for the remainder of the pattern.
• Note that you may want to knock off the stitches in the Backward Pass more frequently than you normally would with Tunisian Crochet in the Round, especially when going around those right corners in the first few rounds where the stitches can get tight.

Tunisian Double Thick Hot Pad:

Round 1: Ch-(30, 50), pull up a loop in each ch to end. Backward Pass these stitches off the hook, rotate to work up the opposite side of the chain. pull up a loop in each st to end. Backward Pass. (60, 100)

*you may find it easiest to use the BLO (back loop only) when making that first stitch after rotating to work up the opposite side of the chain. Otherwise you’ll need to drape the beginning yarn tail over the working yarn so that you are able to pull up that loop.

Rounds 2 through (15, 20) or until the insides line up nicely when folded in half diagonally continue working in a spiral, TSS in each st around. Backward Pass. (60, 100)

When ready to seam the hot pad together… yarn over and pull through both loops (one loop of Backward Pass remaining on hook). Using “forward pass” yarn, Tslst in each st around. Fasten off leaving a long enough tail for seaming.

If desired, make a chain ~5″ long for a hanger.

Sew the inside shut with the Invisible Shoulder seam method, using the TSS vertical bars for sewing. Weave in all ends. 

That’s it!