15 Free and Low-Cost Crochet Hot Pad Patterns

Protect your hands and your table with these crochet patterns for hot pads and trivets. From basic single crochet to new and unusual stitches, these patterns provide lots of options to choose from. Some are designed to use only as a place to set hot pots and pans, while others function as hot pads for pulling pans from the oven.

Who knows—these could be your hottest crochet projects yet.

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Crochet Hexagon Trivets or Coasters

TL Yarn Crafts

There's something so satisfying about hexagon shapes, which makes this trivet pattern especially appealing. This free pattern from Toni Lipsey uses puff stitch for a fun texture, and you can make the smaller coaster version or go large for a handmade spot to set your warm dishes.

Hexi-Puff Coaster and Trivet Pattern via TL Yarn Crafts
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Make Hot Pads With Hand-Dyed Yarn

Knotted Nest

To make the doubled crochet fabric that protects your hands, this potholder pattern works up as a tube so you just close up the ends when you're done. But if the crochet isn't quite enough DIY for you, Nikki from the Knotted Nest also links to a tutorial on how to dye your own yarn with black beans.

Black Bean Dyed Crochet Pot Holder Pattern via Knotted Nest
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Construct a Colorful Candy Trivet

Knitting With Chopsticks

Get ready for a unique take on a crocheted trivet! Unlike most patterns in this list, the Candy Potholder starts as separately crocheted balls that are filled with stuffing then joined together. It's a perfect way to use up small amounts of colorful cotton yarn that really do look like a bunch of candies or gumballs.

Candy Potholder Crochet Pattern via Knitting With Chopsticks
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Crochet an Arched Trivet for Your Table

Christina Ann Studios

The Archway Trivet is a modern intermediate-level pattern that you will LOVE having on your table. When you make it in a single color it is just a fun shape, but if you use different colors (in brights or more muted tones) for the rows, you get a rainbow that's sure to make you smile.

Archway Trivet Pattern, $6, Christina Ann Studios

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Use Tapestry Crochet for a Patterned Hot Pad

Sarah Faith Crafts

Tapestry crochet creates multi-color patterns in your work, and this free diamond potholder pattern is a great place to start. Sarah from Sarah Faith Crafts walks you through the process and offers this both in written form and as a chart to follow.

Tapestry Crochet Diamond Potholders via Sarah Faith Crafts
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Make an Easy-Grip Potholder

Crochet Dreamz

This mini potholder is a bit like using the fingers and thumb of an oven mitt and is similar to silicone mitt potholders. Worked with two strands for extra hand protection, it's worked in the round and uses only the most basic of stitches.

Best Crochet Potholder Pattern via Crochet Dreamz
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Crochet a Blessing on a Trivet

Haven Crochet Designs

This beautiful pattern includes the Chinese character 福 (fu), which means blessing. And if you'd rather enjoy this design outside the kitchen, the pattern includes instructions for making this into wall art.

Fu Blessing Trivet Crochet Pattern $6, Haven Crochet Designs
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Create a Gingham Hot Pad With Crochet

Daisy Farm Crafts

Give your kitchen a touch of cottage charm with these sweet gingham hot pads from Daisy Farm Crafts. If you love the look of crocheted gingham but haven't tried carrying yarn for the color changes, a small project like this is a perfect way to learn.

Crochet Picnic Gingham Hot Pads via Daisy Farm Crafts

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Make a Hot Mitt in Tunisian Crochet

Crochet Cakes

Fully protect your hands as you reach in the oven to pull out a pan of fresh cookies with this crocheted oven mitt. Clarisabeth from Crochet Cakes shows you how to use afghan stitch in Tunisian crochet to create the mitt based on a vintage pattern. It's fully lined, and the pattern is also available in Spanish.

Crochet Oven Mitt via Crochet Cakes
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Go Vintage With Chevron Crocheted Hot Pads

Mollie Johanson

Based on classic vintage potholders, this free pattern for striped hot pads is easy and fun to make. You can also easily add more rows to expand it for larger pots and pans.

Vintage-Style Potholder Crochet Pattern via The Spruce Crafts
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Learn a New Stitch as You Crochet a Hot Pad

A Purpose and a Stitch

This crocheted potholder uses sledge stitch (a combination of single, half-double, and double crochets) to form a basic shape with accent stripes. It's part of a set of kitchen accessories, so once you make this first piece, why not make them all?

Earl Gray Potholder Pattern via A Purpose and a Stitch
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Create a Set of Cute Crocheted Potholders

Copyright Lion Brand Yarn Company, used with permission

You'll BEE smitten with these unBEARably cute potholders from Lion Brand Yarn. While the recommended yarn is no longer available, Lion Brand has plenty of other cotton yarns to choose from. The free patterns are fully functional, but they also look great if you keep them on display in your kitchen.

Bear Potholder and Beehive Potholder Crochet Patterns via Lion Brand Yarn

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Save Time Crocheting a Hot Pad With Thermal Stitch

My Crochet Space

In order to get a good thickness that protects your hands and tables, many hot pads rely on making two layers and sewing or crocheting them together, but not so with this one. Olga from My Crochet Space uses thermal stitch, which basically doubles the thickness of single crochets (she also has a pattern for one that uses half-double crochets). It's a win-win: an attractive stitch that's also a time saver!

Crochet Thermal Stripes Potholder via My Crochet Space
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Blend Colors for a Gradient Hot Pad

Edith Mak

If you enjoy crocheting granny squares, you'll probably like making Edith Mak's gradient pentagon hot pads. Both the thickness and the color changes come from holding multiple strands of yarn together—an easy trick that makes a big difference.

Gradient Pot Holder via Edith Mak on Love Crafts
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Tunisian Crochet a Basic Potholder

Sarita Creative

If you like working in Tunisian crochet (a blend of knitting and crochet), you need to try this easy pattern from Sarita Creative. This starts as a rectangle that you fold in half before crocheting the edges together. And while the sample uses just two colors of yarn, this would be a perfect way to use up some smaller lengths for a scrappy striped pot holder.

Tunisian Crochet Pot Holder via Sarita Creative