Snowy Winter Potholder – [Free] Tapestry Crochet Pattern

This tapestry crochet Snowy Winter Potholder is the perfect project to celebrate the cold season with a cozy kitchen decor project!

Snowy Winter Potholder - Free Tapestry Crochet Pattern - Raffamusa Designs

This pattern is part of the “A Year of Potholders” collection.

Again, as I did for the potholders of the Farmhouse Collection, I decided to use tapestry crochet to create a thick and solid hot pad that will make baking for the Holidays extra fun and safe.

A Year of Potholders

If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you know my love for crochet potholders and tapestry crochet!

So, I hope you’ll enjoy my new collection of tapestry crochet potholders for 2022!

The idea is to share a new tapestry crochet potholder every month for the entire year, and every potholder has a different theme inspired by that month.

The Snowy Winter Potholder is actually the potholder that I designed for the month of January, but I’m releasing it early together with the Holly Christmas Potholder (December) to kick start the new collection!

Over the course of 2022, I’ll be releasing all the patterns as the new months arrive.

But in the meantime, you can take a look at the entire collection and already grab the eBook with all the patterns HERE!

A Year of Tapestry Crochet Potholders - Free Patterns - Raffamusa Designs

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Tapestry Crochet Snowy Winter Potholder - Free Pattern - Raffamusa Designs

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Tapestry Crochet Snowy Winter Potholder - Raffamusa Designs

MATERIALS

  • 3.5-mm (E/4 USA, 9 UK) Hook
  • Aran (4, Medium) Weight Cotton Yarn
  • Tapestry Needle

Yarn & Yardage

I used GB Wolle Schulgarn, 100% Cotton (50 g, ~95 yds / 87 m) in the following colors and amounts:

  • A – Blue (1020) – 43.7 yds / 40 m
  • B – Natural (1440) – 20.3 yds / 18.6 m

Yarn Substitutions

Abbreviations (US Terms)

Ch – Chain
RS – Right Side
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
St – Stitch
WS – Wrong Side
Yo – Yarn Over

Tapestry Crochet Worked flat

Or watch the video tutorial on my YouTube channel HERE.

Just keep in mind that while in the video I do consider the initial ch-1 as my first st, for this pattern, the first chain does NOT count as a stitch!

Size

6.2” (15.7 cm) by 6.3” (16 cm).

Gauge

22.5 sc for 21 rows in 4” (10 cm) worked in tapestry crochet.

Pattern Notes

  • The pattern is written in 2 sections. The Potholder is worked in rows, the Border in rounds.
  • The potholder is worked entirely in sc.
  • If the pattern says “(A) 5”, it means that you need to sc 1 in each of next 5 sts using color A.
  • At the end of each row, ch 1 and turn.
  • The initial ch 1 does NOT count as a st.
  • All odd-numbered rows are crocheted on the right side. All even-numbered rows are crocheted on the wrong side.
  • […] – Repeat the instructions within brackets for the indicated number of times.
  • With the exception of the border, the stitch count is always 34 sts.
  • The color chart of the potholder can be found in the PDF pattern.

Snowy Winter Potholder – Free Tapestry Crochet Pattern

Potholder

(A) Ch 35.

← Row 1 (RS). (A) 34 (crochet from second ch from hook). (34 sts)

→ Row 2 (WS). (A) 2, (B) 8, (A) 2, (B) 11, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 1, (B) 6.

← Row 3 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 9, (B) 7, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 2, (B) 2, (A) 5, (B) 1.

→ Row 4 (WS). (B) 12, (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 2, (B) 2, (A) 12, (B) 2, (A) 1.

← Row 5 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 12, (B) 1, (A) 2, (B) 1, (A) 1, (B) 11, (A) 1, (B) 1, (A) 1.

→ Row 6 (WS). (A) 1, (B) 8, (A) 2, (B) 4, (A) 3, (B) 1, [(A) 3, (B) 2] twice, (A) 2, (B) 3.

← Row 7 (RS). (B) 3, (A) 2, (B) 2, [(A) 3, (B) 2] twice, [(A) 1, (B) 1] twice, (A) 1, [(B) 2, (A) 2] twice, (B) 2, (A) 1, (B) 1.

→ Row 8 (WS). (A) 1, (B) 1, (A) 7, (B) 6, (A) 3, (B) 2, (A) 10, (B) 4.

← Row 9 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 5, (A) 6, (B) 3, (A) 4, (B) 1, (A) 2, (B) 4, (A) 1, (B) 6, (A) 1.

→ Row 10 (WS). (A) 3, (B) 7, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 6, (B) 4, (A) 3, (B) 6, (A) 1.

← Row 11 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 2, (B) 5, [(A) 2, (B) 1] twice, (A) 2, (B) 3, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 3, (B) 2.

→ Row 12 (WS). (A) 1, (B) 4, (A) 2, [(B) 1, (A) 1] twice, (B) 3, (A) 6, (B) 2, (A) 1, (B) 6, (A) 2, (B) 2, (A) 1.

← Row 13 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 3, (B) 4, (A) 7, (B) 1, (A) 3, (B) 1, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 2, (B) 3, (A) 3.

→ Row 14 (WS). (B) 2, (A) 3, (B) 5, (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 7, (B) 1, [(A) 4, (B) 2] twice, (A) 1.

← Row 15 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 10, (B) 1, (A) 5, (B) 13, (A) 2.

→ Row 16 (WS). (A) 3, (B) 3, (A) 1, (B) 1, (A) 3, (B) 2, (A) 6, (B) 1, (A) 10, (B) 3, (A) 1.

← Row 17 (RS). (A) 2, (B) 2, (A) 1, (B) 1, (A) 8, (B) 1, (A) 7, (B) 3, (A) 2, (B) 3, (A) 4.

→ Row 18 (WS). (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 17, (B) 4, (A) 2.

← Row 19 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 5, (A) 3, (B) 1, (A) 7, (B) 1, (A) 3, (B) 1, (A) 2, (B) 7, (A) 3.

→ Row 20 (WS). (A) 4, (B) 1, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 6, (B) 6, (A) 3, (B) 7.

← Row 21 (RS). (A) 3, (B) 9, (A) 11, [(B) 1, (A) 2] twice, (B) 3, (A) 2.

→ Row 22 (WS). (A) 4, (B) 2, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 12, (B) 1, (A) 2, (B) 3, (A) 2, (B) 3, (A) 1.

← Row 23 (RS). (B) 6, (A) 5, (B) 4, (A) 4, (B) 1, (A) 5, (B) 4, (A) 5.

→ Row 24 (WS). (A) 6, (B) 2, (A) 10, (B) 2, (A) 4, (B) 5, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 1.

← Row 25 (RS). [(B) 2, (A) 1] 3 times, (B) 4, (A) 3, (B) 1, (A) 9, (B) 1, (A) 5, (B) 1, (A) 1.

→ Row 26 (WS). (A) 19, (B) 2, (A) 4, [(B) 2, (A) 1] twice, (B) 1, (A) 2.

← Row 27 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 2, (A) 2, (B) 2, (A) 1, (B) 3, (A) 3, (B) 3, (A) 6, (B) 1, (A) 10.

→ Row 28 (WS). (A) 21, (B) 3, (A) 3, (B) 1, (A) 4, (B) 1, (A) 1.

← Row 29 (RS). (B) 2, (A) 3, (B) 3, (A) 5, (B) 1, (A) 4, (B) 1, (A) 11, (B) 1, (A) 3.

→ Row 30 (WS). (A) 22, (B) 5, (A) 1, [(B) 1, (A) 2] twice.

← Row 31 (RS). (A) 1, (B) 1, (A) 2, (B) 1, (A) 4, (B) 1, (A) 15, (B) 1, (A) 8.

→ Row 32 (WS). (A) 23, (B) 2, (A) 4, (B) 1, (A) 4.

Border

After row 32, you are still facing the WS and both A and B are at the left, top corner (if you are right-handed, or the right corner if you are left-handed).

Fasten off B.

With A, ch 1, and turn (RS). Now, yarn is at the right, top corner on the RS (or left, top corner if you are left-handed)!

Round 1 (RS). Start crocheting along the top side of the potholder. Sc 17.

Hanging Loop. Ch 15, sl st back into the last sc made, ch 1, and turn (WS). Sc 18 inside the loop you just made, sl st back into the last sc of the 17 you made at the beginning of the round.

Sc 17 to complete the top side of the potholder. At the corner, ch 1, and start working on the next side. Sc 32 on the left side, ch 1, sc 34 on the bottom, ch 1, sc 32 on the right side of the potholder. Ch 1, and join the round with a sl st into the first st. (32 sts on top and bottom, 34 sts on left and right sides, 1 ch at each corner).

Fasten off, weave in all your ends.

Your tapestry crochet Snowy Winter Potholder is ready!

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2 thoughts on “Snowy Winter Potholder – [Free] Tapestry Crochet Pattern”

  1. Hello! The same thing that happened with the free bunny tapestry pattern happened to me here, everything came out looking right but in the wrong place and on the opposite sides. The tree was on top of the roof of the house, and the bottom half of the tree was on the other side and my counts were all correct. I’m very saddened to have finished this and it look so incorrect, it’s such a beautiful pattern to me!! Am I doing something wrong?

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