I obviously met my tentative goal of finishing at least two projects this week! Not only did I crochet stuff, but I wrote a pattern as well! Phew, I'm all worn out!
We are big cast iron users here at the Langlitz household. Every day, we use cast iron at least once. And you would think that I would remember that when cast iron heats up, it heats the whole pan. Including the handle. Alas, at least once a week, I forget. And it can be a painful sort of forgetting.
So I finally got around to doing something about it. And, I figure there are other scatterbrained people like me who don't remember that things on top of fire get hot, so I wrote up this very simple pattern to share with you.
Materials:
Worsted weight cotton yarn (I used Sugar 'n Cream)
G (4mm) Hook
Tapestry needle for weaving ends
NOTES: I recommend weaving in the tail from the foundation chain before you get to round 7. After that, it's very hard to do. Also, please don't use acrylic yarn...as with all plastics, it will melt. Additionally, this cover is for stovetop use, please don't leave it on a pan that is going in the oven.
Ch6
Round 1. Sc 5, rotate your work clockwise and sc 5 across, working in the free loop of each chain from the foundation row. (10 sts)
Round 2. Inc in first st, sc in next 3, inc* to the end (14 sts)
Round 3. Inc in first st, sc in next 5, inc* to the end (18 sts)
Rounds 4 and 5. Sc in each sc around
Round 6. Sc 4, dec, sc7 ,dec, sc3 (16)
Rounds 7 thru 20. Sc in each sc around
Round 21. Reverse single crochet in each stitch.
Tie off and weave in your ends! If you don't like the RSC border, you can always leave it plain or add something like a simple picot edging.
Oh my gosh - what an excellent idea. I'm getting right on this. Thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteOmgoodness love it... thanks for sharing... Have youever used double yarns to make a thicker one to prevent heat from coming through?
ReplyDeleteHi Brandy! I never even considered using yarn held doubled, that's an excellent idea! Of course, if one was to do that, the pattern might need to be adjusted a little bit to ensure that the cover still fits on the handle :)
ReplyDeleteHi Brandy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the handle holders pattern!
One strand is fine when it's tight enough...I had to change from "G" to "F" as I crochet on the loose side.
Martha
Thank you for copying my cast iron crocheted handles. Original design can be found at rusticfarmliving.blogspot.com this is violating copyright laws.
ReplyDeletePamela,
DeleteI'm very confused about your accusation. The only cast iron handle cover that I can see on your blog is knit and was published a month after my crochet pattern. If you have a *crochet* pattern with cast iron handle covers, please link me to it.
Rose
Pamela,
DeleteI am new to crocheting and when I saw your seemingly rather snide comment, I also looked at your blogspot and could not find the pattern of which you speak. I planned to share this pattern with a friend who is also crocheting, however, I would like to give credit where credit is due. A direct link would be much appreciated, although, with the catty way you made your comment to Rose, I may not use the pattern at all, as your blogspot seemed to be more about sharing knowledge rather than taking credit for your so-called "original" concepts and methods. I rather enjoy sharing creativity and organic methods of living. I prefer an eco-friendly lifestyle and I like sharing the ideas and methods I have picked up with others as a method of living healthier and helping others to be more self-sustaining. I do not care about receiving credit for anything. I merely try to spread knowledge to as many people as possible.
Also, I saw that you request that people ask permission to use your photos. Do you also require people to ask permission before using or sharing the patterns you display on your blogspot? As for copywright infringement, unless you have filed a copywright registration with the US Copywright Office, then you cannot make claims regarding the law. Also, you should know, most patterns, be it sewing, knitting, crocheting or even for construction, are not copywrightable. This has been true since 1929. If you feel your design is original, you may apply for a patent, which would aid in protecting your claim to a design or pattern. I got a good bit of information from
http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/CopyrightLaw/Patterns.shtml
From there, I was able to look up the court cases and research the Copywright laws via the US Copywright Office website.
I do not mean to seem disbelieving, Pamela. But your comment seems bullying and Rose and you should both know the facts regarding copywrighting patterns and what the law will or will not uphold.
Melanie
Melanie,
DeleteI can assure you that I (Rose) created this pattern on my own, sitting at home with yarn, hook, and skillet in front of me to make sure it was going to fit. I would never, *never* steal another person's pattern!
I have one simple correction to offer when it comes to pattern copyrighting: Patterns can be protected by copyright...but it is the written words that comprise the pattern that are protected and not the method or finished project. Copyright (in the sense of patterns) is simply to protect an author's written work from being duplicated exactly and sold. I have learned a bit about it since I wrote my book, when I stumbled upon patterns that were very similar to mine (exact stitches/count, etc) but were presented differently enough that there was nothing I could legally do about it.
Copyright can be a confusing area, but there are lots of great threads discussing it in relation to patterns in the Ravlery forums!
Rose
I think this whole mess with copyright over this idea is kinda silly, heaps of people would have thought of a similar if not the same solution for this universal problem, I myself had this thought after I brought my first cast iron pan and of course being so use to the non-stick variety with the non hot handles grabbed the handle after beginning seasoning it for the first time *ouch* and I knew I would keep doing it out of habit and as wool is good for hot things as it resists fire so its a natural choice that anyone who knits or crochet would pick so I wouldn't be surprise if 1000s of people have done this but never posted it or have posted it years ago or maybe even in their own languages cause lets face the fact every country uses cast iron and would have this problem.
DeleteAgreed. I made my own pattern years ago when I first got my cast iron set. Pam is probably just a troll.
DeleteSo it's been a few years since the comment about copy rights over this pattern. Well here it is 2017 and Pam still hasn't commented back. I just went out to her blog - yes it's still up - and found the "knit" pattern for the cast iron pot handle holders. I did not find a crochet pattern. So at this point I'm thinking Pam used this site to do a little free advertising for her blog! I'm guessing that I and those mentioned earlier are not the only ones who went out to Pam's blog and did a little searching :)
DeleteBTW - I saved your pattern and plan on crocheting these this week end.
The way that I see it, I think that if a person does not want their pattern to get in others hands then they should keep it to themselves and not be posting it all over Pinterest and other sites.
DeletePola
I am so glad a came upon this pattern! I always put my iron skillet in the oven with a little butter or pam in it to get good and hot while I mix up my cornbread...(that makes it golden brown and adds a little crispiness to the bottom of the bread). Anyway, my husband took the 400 degree skillet out of the oven, sat it on the stove so I could pour the batter in, and my brain just automatically assumed...EMPTY SKILLET = NOT HOT, and I just grabbed the thing by the handle and picked it up....of course, realizing I have a ceramic top stove...if I drop it...there goes by cooktop...so I'm standing there half screaming and throwing in some four letter words, I finally spun around and threw it in the kitchen sink! I got blistered...but the Hubby and my two daughters (10 & 4), took over finishing dinner and cleaned the kitchen for me! :-O
ReplyDeleteRaise your HAND if YOU E V E R did such a thing. It wasn't my 1st time and I'm positive it's not the LAST! Haha...
~~~~~Kellie raising her hand~~~~
Wow...just saw the post from Pamela. So sorry that someone would make such an accusation over a skillet handle cover! I could see if this would be some extravagant sweater, shaw or made with some kind of fantastic new stitch or technique that NO ONE has ever seen before...but...PAMELA....it's a SKILLET HANDLE COVER! I could understand if you were making a million off of this, but it's a pattern almost any one that has been crocheting for many years could figure out. I thought about making sometning after I was burned the other night, I just so happen to stumble on this great pattern here. Think of it like this "BRILLIANT MINDS THINK ALIKE"
Blistered hands = no fun! I hope you heal quickly :)
DeleteWhen I make cornbread, I do it the same way! It really does make a difference, doesn't it?
Kellie, I was always taught to put oil in the iron skillet and stick it in the oven, then when hot, take it out and put in the cornbread. Probably incredibly dangerous, too. But, that's how my great-great-grandmother did it and so everyone else down the line did as well. (There were 16 kids so I've got family brimming at the seams.) I always have to be so careful with that skillet of hot oil. Once you take it out of the oven, you're supposed to pour it into the cornbread and mix it again. Cooking can be very dangerous!
DeleteThere is NO market patten on creativity, ANYONE can sit down and make their own patterns that turn out to be similar to others. Rose I would not even worry about Pamela's comment she does NOT own the world of creativity. I think she is just spoiled with jealousy because someone else took the time to come up with the same idea. Thank you for sharing. You should add this to your book of patterns to pass on.
DeleteI have taken the time to read all the comments that have been made and it sounds like to me that this Pamela lady is making a big deal out of nothing.
DeleteThere is nothing to making Those handle covers if there is anyone else that has made any feel free and share your pattern cause I'm sure they could be a bit different. Just done fret I've small stuff life is too short just enjoy what you do I know that I don't have time to bicker over the small stuff cause then I'm losing precious time with my crocheting. Have fun all you crocheters! ����
Anonymous, I assure you that as soon as an item is written it is now under copyright protection. HOWEVER, I really do not think this particular item is an infringement. The other version is knit as a flat piece & seamed, while this one is crochet in the round without seams. Ideas cannot be copy righted.
ReplyDeleteGreat design, I love the look of the rsc in the last row. I just inherited my grandmothers skillets and have quickly discovered how hot the handles quick so I want to make some of these. Question about round 1: after the ch 6 do you join into a round? And could you explain what you mean by rotate clockwise?
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Ed
So what you want to do is make your ch6 (this is your foundation chain), then work 5 sc into it as you normally would. Then you will rotate your work to work 5 more sc into the free loops on the opposite side of your foundation chain. After this you will be working in the round, but you never join. If would be helpful to place a stitch marker in the first stitch of each row (moving it up as you go along).
DeleteLet me know if you need more clarification!
Thanks for the pattern! Just finished making one and will definitely be making more for myself and some for gifts.
ReplyDeleteTo all, but especially Rose and Pamela. My son made me a handle cover for my cast iron skillets about 5 years ago. They look very much like yours but he just did it from fitting it to the handle. He has made several things this way and just makes them shaped the way he wantts by trial and error. I would think something as simple as this design or pattern would be very hard to patten since most all cast Iron skillet handles are pretty much the same and covers would end up looking pretty much alike. Just my thought on the subject! Lets just crochet and enjoy and not worry about who did what and when!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this pattern. I used cast iron daily, and I too on occasion forget that the handle gets hot. These will be very useful in our kitchen. :)
ReplyDeleteive made the same and w/o a pattern anyway!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited about this! I didn't think you could get away with knitting/crocheting a cast-iron skillet handle cover. Coolio.
ReplyDeleteWhat is, and how do you reverse single crochet? I'm excited to make these as gifts! Perfect timing.
ReplyDeleteReverse single crochet is exactly that...working single crochet stitches backwards (from left to right) It makes a nice firm border at the opening of the handle cover. There are lots of tutorials and videos out there on how to do it. Here is one: http://www.anniescatalog.com/crochet/content.html?content_id=17
DeleteI've made a similar cast-iron skillet handle cover using cotton t-yarn. Just make sure your yarn does NOT have acrylic (or other man-made fiber) in it or it will melt and burn you!
ReplyDeleteDo you allow people to make things to sell from your patterns? I just wanted to make sure before I made these for anyone but myself. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYes, of course please feel free to sell your finished projects!
DeleteThank you so much!!
DeleteGreat minds think alike. I created almost exactly this same pattern years ago.
ReplyDeletehttp://cherokeecampfiregirl.deviantart.com/art/Cast-Iron-Skillet-Handle-Cover-127363021
This is a great idea! I've made something very similar to use while crocheting with thread, a crochet finger cover, and just didn't think of doing it for a handle cover. My sister and I made covers just like potholder to use, works great but nice to have an alternate.
ReplyDeleteI am new to this and really want to make. I am going to need to look up all the abbrv. and terminology! :) A video would be great!!!!
ReplyDeletedo you really need a pattern for this?! and copyright???? girls wake up! happy crafting!
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ReplyDeleteOMG.... Luv Luv Luv thus. Going to start making me a few. Thus is the best ideal since sliced bread. Thanks for sharing. .....
ReplyDeleteI have been making these without a pattern long before the internet put the world at our fingertips. I use a G hook with two strands of 'kitchen cotton' yarn held together to make a very dense fabric since cast iron gets sooooo hot.
ReplyDeleteI'm so confused how to start this. After chain 6 you lost me.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first attempted to crochet, I accidentally made one of these (completely backasswards though). It is still a bit hard to follow for newbs, do you know of a video version?
ReplyDeleteMs.Pamela, I looked at your Crochet Pan Holders, and they are nice, but they are written for knit, that is what your pattern said . So Ms. Rose pattern is Crochet, and their is a big different's between the two. So both of pattern , your and her are nice. but she did not copy your's at all . And I have been Crocheting for almost 47 years. So please do not argue over something so silly.
ReplyDeleteJust came upon this pattern today. All of my skillets now have handle covers! Easy pattern. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletePamela, I feel it is sad you find it necessary to act ugly in this case. It sounds like the viewers here called you on your bluff, knit and crochet are far from each other and it isn't stealing to do something similar. As one person famous once said, there is nothing new under the sun. We all borrow ideas from one another and for the most part more than one person can have similar ideas. Artists deal with this nonsense all the time. Two people can have two similar ideas but yet be different. I personally would not check out your blog after your little snipe. It would have been nicer to say, "Hey!, I had a similar idea! Mine is knit though!" That would have motivated me to go check it out, after all I do both knit and crochet. But after the snipe, I think I will pass.
ReplyDeleteBy the way Rose, great idea! I plan to make them as gifts for my family, we are a cast iron bunch too!
ReplyDeleteRose, I am a completely new to crocheting.
ReplyDeleteBut. I do understand ch6, sc5, (I assume in the 2nd st,) however, I don't understand how you get 10 stitches after you say to, 'rotate clockwise and sc5 across in the free loop.'
I started this 4 times and still can't get 10 stitches across so that when I do round 2 I have enough stitches to make 14...and I do know how to inc.
Please clarify...I really want to make these.
Thank you for sharing your pattern.
Just make a Magic Ring and sc 6 into it.
DeleteNearly a month later, but did you get it figured out?
ReplyDeleteYou would do the first 5 single crochet like normal, but you don't turn your work like normal. Instead, you rotate the work so the stitches you just worked are pointing toward you, and place your stitches in the back loops of the foundation chain, those loops that haven't been used yet.
I just tried it now, and I found that stitches 6-9 were easy, but that last stitch, it was a little hard to see which thread was the loop from the chain. It took a little playing around to find it, but it's there. I think maybe you could put a scrap of yarn or a bread tie in that 5th chain before you start the single crochets, to make it easier to find for that 10th stitch.
Do you know what the final measurements are?
ReplyDeleteHelp! What does inc mean?
ReplyDeleteIncrease.
DeleteIt means increase. To increase, you will single crochet twice in the same stitch.
DeleteIt means increase. To increase, you will single crochet twice in the same stitch.
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ReplyDeleteI just stumbled on to your pattern and would like to thank you! I crochet dishcloths and pot holder all the time and don't know why I didn't think of making a cover for my cast iron skillet handles. I have a couple of covers I bought at cracker barrel but I'll be spending the rest of the evening making several of these! I think I'll make two and then put one inside the other and whip stitch them together for a double layer of protecting.
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled on to your pattern and would like to thank you! I crochet dishcloths and pot holder all the time and don't know why I didn't think of making a cover for my cast iron skillet handles. I have a couple of covers I bought at cracker barrel but I'll be spending the rest of the evening making several of these! I think I'll make two and then put one inside the other and whip stitch them together for a double layer of protecting.
ReplyDeleteI use my cast iron nearly every single day!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea and not to daunting for
someone with only moderate crochet skills.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING! :)
I would like to put my two cents in. To all the people who say their patterns have copyrights shame on you, you should incourage people to creat new things. They might can make your pattern even better by inproving your pattern and adding their ideas to it. Also if you go to the copyright page it states that common shapes and patterns are not coprightable. By the way most patterns are common shapes. So must patterns the words are the only thing copyrighted and these people just want to scare you so you dont use their idea and make some to sell at a bazzar. Also I have looked several patterns up that i have bought that say you cant make these to sell etc etc on the copyright website. The persons name or pattern does not even show up as really haveing a copyright.I also read on the copyright website that once your pattern is published to the public you can not have a say in what the person who bought your pattern can and can not do with it.So how about we stop telling people you cant do this with my pattern because i have a copyright when to do that you really need to get a patent or dont publish you pattern at all. Lets let all crafters enjoy there hobbie and lets improve or ideas and learn from each other. Happy crafting
ReplyDeleteCan you give the final measurements of the handle cover? Making these for my mom and I don't have any skillets to test my finished cover on. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your pattern. My grandmother made tons of these for her cast iron and they passed down to my mother, me and sisters in law. I've always wanted to make some newer updated ones since ours show YEARS of use! Lol. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your pattern. My grandmother made tons of these for her cast iron and they passed down to my mother, me and sisters in law. I've always wanted to make some newer updated ones since ours show YEARS of use! Lol. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know if I can sell items made from this pattern? I have been asked to make some things for a craft fair where we will take the money earned and donate it to a local elderly heating funds. I dont want to get into any sort of trouble as I work for a huge company and do not want us to get into any legal trouble through my mess up. I did however change this up a little bit by adding a hanging loop, does that make it different?
ReplyDeleteYou can absolutely sell anything you make from knit or crochet patterns. The author of the pattern owns copyright of the written pattern, but you own your finished products and can do as you wish with them!
DeleteThanks for this pattern. I was making grilled cheese on my flat skillet and kept having to reach for my pot holder to turn the skillet. It tends to rotate as I use it. Plus I have so many small cotton remnants from a blanet I'm working on. No one likes to throw out yarn��.
ReplyDeleteMisty
I love this pattern, although I modified it by using a magic circle to start, instead of the chain. They all turned out great! Thanks a lot for the great pattern.
ReplyDeleteLoved this pattern. We are just starting to use cast iron skillets and I was looking for something for the hot handles. I found this pattern and stitched one out. After the first one being too loose, I read the comments and learned not to join. Well, the instructions didn't say join so that was bad on my part. When I frogged and rehooked, I actually decreased 2 stitches in the 15th round (3SC, Dec, 6SC, Dec, 3SC for 14 stitches total) and then again in the 18th round (3SC, Dec, 5SC, Dec, 2SC for 12 stitches total) and the fit was snug for pulling on and a great overall fit.
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly it is still a little loose on my smaller cast iron skillet. I will be making another one for it with fewer stitches. Or maybe I'll try doing one with the yarn doubled up as someone suggested.
It is really helpful to fit as you stitch and modify as needed.
Anyway, thank you Rose for this wonderful pattern.
Hi Rose. I'm currently working on these and being a bit rusty had some questions. Do u plan to return to ur blog and I should consider a YouTube channel as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Correction*U* should consider a YouTube channel..lol
ReplyDeleteCorrection*U* should consider a YouTube channel..lol
ReplyDeleteI used this pattern concept to make a little sleeve for my teapot handle and the knob on top. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteRose, this is great I have made similar myself but it's nice that you wrote it down! Thank you! Sometimes having to wing it; is just to much for me. As for this whole silly copyright thing. Pamela,you are a troll! These handles are pretty basic to claim someone stole your knit pattern, made them crochet and that's a copyright issue is insane. I am sure you enjoyed the free blog traffic from your post. I for one will never use your patterns now because of this behavior. Us craft types know that there are ALOT of similar between patterns just means more then one person had a similar brilliant idea and wrote it down. Thanks again Rose for the great pattern!
ReplyDeleteThis design is spectacular! You certainly know how to keep a reader entertained. Between your wit and your videos, I was almost moved to start my own blog (well, almost...HaHa!) Great job. I really enjoyed what you had to say, and more than that, how you presented it. Too cool!
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