Crocheted Star Trivet Using T-Shirt Yarn Makes A Quick Unique Gift!
It is pouring rain outside and I have the luxury of spending a few days to do some crafting for Chanukah, and the first thing that came to mind was to try and use up all the t-shirt yarn that I have (so that I can justify buying more, of course!) and that is how these crochted star trivets were born, and I just love them! This is a quick gift to whip up in multiples for holiday giving and would be perfect together with an assortment of teas, or even better a nice teapot. Of course you could also make a large garland or wall hanging, or sew a bunch together to make a table runner, or even a rug (which is what I'm dreaming of, only I don't have enough yarn, sigh.) Once you make one, I can almost guarantee that you'll want to make a bunch more!
I've got the pattern for you right here, so lets get started!
You'll Need:
- size 10mm – N/15 metal crochet hook
- commercial t-shirt yarn, 1 skein will make 3-4 star trivets
- Note: in my experience commercial t-shirt yarn often comes in roughly 2 weights if it is actually made from industrial left overs…..the trivets should be made with t-shirt yarn that is of the thicker variety which also tends to be a higher percentage of cotton…..the silky smooth and very stretchy t-shirt yarn that seems to be made from polyester isn't really thick enough for the best results.
Crocheted T-Shirt Yarn Star Trivet Pattern:
Round 1: 11 sc in ring, finish with 1 sl st in first sc.
Round 2: ch 3, * 1 dc in same sc, ch 6, 1 dc in next sc *, repeat 5 times, 1 dc in next sc, ch 6, finish with 1 sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round = 6 ch spaces.
Round 3: ch 1, * 1 sc between the next 2 dc, 4 sc in ch space, ch 3, 1 sc in 3rd ch from hook, 4 sc in ch space *, repeat from *-* a total of 6 times, inish with 1 sl st in ch from beg of round.
Fasten off. Because t-shirt yarn is thick, pulling the yarn through the last loop and making a knot is not desirable, instead pull end up through last stitch, and then weave in end.
5 Comments
Michelle L
I just love how the points make a little flip! The beige ones are my fave – they would look chic anywhere.
Margie
It doesn’t work as written. There needs to be a skip a stitch in there too. I made mine skipping a sc between the sets of 2 DC’s. Then it worked perfectly. Thank you for the pattern. 🙂
Margie
Tried it without any skipped stitches , doing a DC in each stitch instead, that works too. But not with doing 2 DC in a stitch without the skipped.
Jackie
I love this pattern. I don’t crochet (I can’t do much knitting anymore either) but my daughter crochets so I think I will get her to make me some for Channukkah (this is how my Zeide taught me to spell it and it was spelled that way in the German town my Great Grandparents came from). I will probably end up buying the yarn also but that is a small cost to have something my wonderful daughter made me.
Sara Rivka
Thanks so much Jackie, this is a quick pattern so hopefully your daughter will enjoy it! I personally spell it Chanukah, with the ch to represent the guttural Chet letter in Hebrew. Most hebrew words translated into english use an H, which is so confusing…..even today my kids tease me because I though Haifa was pronounced as spelled in English, and it is not, it also starts with a Chet.
Reading signs translated into English in Israel is quite a comedy as there is no standard! The town I live in is spelled about five different ways when translated into English…..so it goes! Have a wonderful Chanukah!