Inside: Learn to make a potholder using the diamond buffalo weaving design. Includes row instructions, link to weaving chart and tutorial videos.
The diamond buffalo weaving design has a pattern of alternating colored diamonds on a checkered background. This easy potholder pattern is reversible and makes a great gift.
Unlike most of my potholder patterns, this design uses 19 pegs instead of the typical 18 pegs. But you don’t need another loom. (Did I just say that?) You can adapt your regular potholder loom to accomoate the extra row and I show you how in the tutorial video below.
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.
Diamond Buffalo 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 (38) cotton potholder loops (for 7” loom)
Color A: 19 loops (red)
Color B: 19 loops (light green)
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 one is used on the warp (vertical) and the other on 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.
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: Buffalo Diamond 19-peg (Shared with permission under Creative Commons license CC-by-SA)
INSTRUCTIONS
Warp:
Place loops in Color A vertically (from top to bottom) on Pegs 1-18 and use the column of pegs at the end as the 19th peg for the warp.
Weave:
Use all Color B loops for these rows.
Row 1: Weave over 1, under 1, over 1, under 3, over 1, under 1, over 3, under 1, over 1, under 3, over 1, under 1, over 1.
Row 2: Weave (under 1, over 1) 9 times. Weave under 1.
Row 3: Weave (over 1, under 1) 9 times. Weave over 1.
Row 4: Weave under 1, over 1, under 1, over 3, under 1, over 1, under 3, over 1, under 1, over 3, under 1, over 1, under 1.
Row 5: Weave under 2, over 2, under 1, over 2, under 2, over 1, under 2, over 2, under 1, over 2, under 2.
Row 6: Rep Row 4.
Row 7: Rep Row 3.
Row 8: Rep Row 2.
Row 9: Rep Row 1.
Row 10: Weave over 2, under 2, over 1, under 2, over 2, under 1, over 2, under 2, over 1, under 2, over 2.
Rows 11-19: Rep Rows 1-9.
Bind off using crochet hook.
PIN IT!
Diamond Buffalo Weaving Design Tutorial Videos
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