How to Weave a Log Cabin Design

Inside: Learn to weave a Log Cabin design on a potholder. Includes row instructions, link to weaving chart and tutorial videos for both right and left handers.

The log cabin is an iconic quilt design and now you can duplicate this pattern on your potholder loom.

This easy weaving pattern uses 2 colors to creates a square of 4×4 blocks with stripes that alternate direction. This design is fun to weave.

I love the classic look of this potholder by itself, but I’m also picturing it used with other squares to make a fun “quilted” trivet2. Since the log cabin design is reversible you can easily use it with many other potholder designs.

This pattern contains written instructions and links to a weaving chart and  fully-captioned tutorial videos showing the entire project for both right and left handed weavers.

Weave a Log Cabin Design Potholder

By Kristen Mangus

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MATERIALS

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Loom 
⅜” potholder loom with 72 pegs.
CinDWood ⅜” Small 7” Hot Pad/Potholder Loom used in sample. This loom is available alone or bundled with a bag of loops. Use code goodknitkisses for $5 off your loom purchase.

Loops
36 cotton potholder loops (for 7” loom)
Color A: 20 loops (coral) 
Color B: 16 loops (green)

Notions
Weaving tool
Crochet hook to bind off

SKILL LEVEL Easy+

MEASUREMENTS About 5.5” x 5.5” (14 x 14 cm)

NOTES 

This design uses two colors on both the warp (vertical) and the weave (horizontal).

You place all the warp loops on the potholder loom first.  Then you weave the horizontal loops according to the row instructions. Pay close attention to the warp setup since it is essential to this design. 

In the row instructions below, directions written in parentheses ( ) are repeated.  The number of times to work the repeat are listed after the parentheses.

You can find a detailed chart of this design at Piglets Potholders Patterns: Log Cabin of 5 18-peg (Shared with permission under Creative Commons license CC-by-SA)

INSTRUCTIONS

Warp:

Place loops vertically (from top to bottom) on Pegs 1-18 as follows:

Color A on Pegs 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17

Color B on Pegs 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18

Weave:

Row 1: With B, weave (under 1, over 1) 9 times.
Row 2: With A, weave (over 1, under 1) 9 times.
Row 3-4: Rep Rows 1-2.

Row 5: With A, weave (under 1, over 1) 9 times.
Row 6: With B, weave (over 1, under 1) 9 times.
Row 7-8: Rep Rows 5-6.

Row 9: With A, weave (under 1, over 1) 9 times.
Row 10: With A, weave (over 1, under 1) 9 times.

Rows 11-18: Rep Rows 1-8.

Bind off using crochet hook.

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How to Weave a Log Cabin Design Tutorial Videos

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Left handed