FAQ: Patterns, Inspiration, and Community – Piglet's Potholder Patterns

Note: This FAQ has just been added recently and is a work in progress. If have have suggestions for material to add, drop us a line!

Where can I find free patterns?

There are over five hundred free charts on our website.
The “Files” sections of the various Facebook groups contain free charts.
There are thousands of traditional weaving charts on handweaving.net and many of them can be adapted for use on potholder looms.

Potholder Loom Weaving: Techniques For Multi Color Patterns, Different Shapes and Tapestry Weaving (2020) by Noreen Crone-Findlay [Amazon]
Potholder Loom Designs: 140 Colorful Patterns (2019) by Rachel Snack for Harrisville Designs [Amazon]
Artful Twill Weaving with Loops: Endless Possibilities (2022) by Linda Lutomski [Amazon]
Design & Texture: Endless Possibilities: Weaving with Loops on a Potholder Loom (2023) by Linda Lutomski [Amazon]
Radical Potholder Weaving: Techniques and Inspiration for the Potholder Loom; 100+ Weaving Patterns (2024) by Deborah Jean Cohen [Amazon]
In the Loop: Radical Potholder Patterns and Techniques (2021) by Deborah Jean Cohen [Friendly Loom]
Potholder Patterns and More Potholder Patterns by Gina Underwood for TimberCreekCraftsTX. [Etsy] Spiral-bound books, 50-plus patterns, almost all tabby.

Numerous people sell instructions for single patterns or sets of related patterns on Etsy. Prices vary, but $5-10 per pattern seems to be typical. Here are few vendors but there are many more:

Potholder People started by Paul and Jean Ravinski in 2020.
Potholder Loom Weaving started by Noreen Crone-Findlay in 2020
The Weaving Way Community started by Kate Kilmurray in 2020.
Radical Potholder Weavers started by Deborah Jean Cohen in 2021.
Weaving With Little Looms started in 2016. Also covers pin looms and related weaving styles.
Potholder Charting With Desmos started by Julie Binkley Hue in 2023.
Trading-Loops R Us started by Jodi Elmore Larson in 2023.