MOD CROCHET HOT PADS SET; Castle Rock-WA

It's raining here & I am housebound … so, I decided to dig into my yarn cache and design a colorful hot pad et for my farmhouse kitchen; designing is soothing & working my WIP's help me unwind, as my yarn unwinds and my project takes shape.

I don't like being trapped by Mother Nature's schizoid whims 🤦🏻‍♀️, & I can’t stand to have idle hands; housework is caught up & I'm left to my own pursuits 😒 I have to be active, in some way - today, it is designing & crafting:

MOD ROUND LID KNOB HOT PAD

MOD Round Lid Knob Hot Pad.

This is an old pattern, that I have modified to suit my needs - I like these lid knob pads because they are easier to use on pot lids, than the bigger & bulkier regular hot pads: just slip them over the lid knobs before cooking commences 😊

This lid knob cover will fit both a raised knob, and a flatter knob.

You can work it up in a solid hue, a main color & contrast color mix, or a variegated blend to match your kitchen, or personality - they all look nice 😉

Materials: Red Heart worsted weight yarn; # I crochet hook, 1 rubber band, 1 tapestry needle, & scissors.

Terms Used:

ch = chain

sc = single crochet

sts = stitches

rpt - repeat

sl st = slip stitch

inc = increase

MC = main color

CC = contrast color

Row 1: With CC, ch 2 - then make 7 sc in circle; drop CC & attach MC - do not join: place a  marker & work in rounds from this point.

Row 2: 2 sc in each st: 14 sc

Row 3: *2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts*: rpt around: 20 sc

Check progress around top of knob, as you work.

Rows 4 thru 7: Sc even; 20 sc

20 sc will fit either style knob.

Row 8: Double the rubber band & work a row of sc around the band - join with a sl st: 20 sc

Row 9: Ch 3 & work as follows - 1 dc in same st (inc), then *1 dc in next st, 2 dc next st*; rpt around  30 dc

Row 10: Work even. 30 dc

Row 11: Ch 2 & work as follows - 1 hdc in same st (inc), then *1 hdc in next st, 2 hdc next st*; rpt around. EO MC & attach CC  46 hdc

46 hdc 1st row.

Edge Trim #1: With CC, *ch 1, sl st in next st*; rpt around, ending with a sl st in first sl st. EO & weave in loose ends.

Trim #1 shown.

Edge Trim #2: Attach MC *Ch 3, skip 1 st, sl st in next st*; rpt around - join with a sl st in the last st. EO yarn & weave in loose ends.

MOD STRIPED OBLONG LID KNOB HOT PAD

MOD Striped Oblong Knob Hot Pad.

This pattern is an old pattern, which I have modified to suit my needs, today - it was originally designed to slip over casserole dish handles to move from oven to counter or table top: I make them to slip over my slowcooker lid knobs 😁

Materials: Red Heart worsted weight yarn; # I crochet hook & scissors.

Terms Used:

ch = chain

sc = single crochet

sts = stitches

rpt - repeat

sl st = slip stitch

inc = increase

MC = main color

CC = contrast color

Row 1: With CC, ch 8, turn and through back loop, sl st down length (7); do not cut yarn: join MC in last st, and make a 3 sc inc in end st, sc x7, 3 sc inc in end st, sc x7 - drop MC (do not cut, carry yarn up backside of work) & attach CC (18)

Join MC in last st, and make a 3 sc inc (18)

Row 2: Make a 3 sc inc in end st & in next st - sc x8, 3 sc inc x2, sc x8 - drop CC (do not cut, carry yarn up backside of work) & attach MC (27)

Row 3: 1 sc, 2 sc next st x2, sc x12, 2 sc next st x2, sc x12 - drop & attach CC (31)

Row 4: sc x3, inc end st, sc x14, inc next st, sc x14 - drop & attach MC (33)

Rows 5 thru 6: Sc around even; following striped pattern of 1 rows CC & 1 row MC - EO with CC & weave in ends for a tidy finish (33)

Striped pattern of 1 rows CC & 1 row MC (33)

EO with CC & weave in ends.

MOD HOT PAD PATTERNS~4 sizes; 4 different designs

MOD Hot Pad Set to match MOD Round & Oblong Lid Knob Hot Pads

MOD 4 sizes Hot Pad to complete matched Set

The easy-peasy hot pad patterns are all 4 designed & worked around the original "Diagonal Grandma's Hot Pad", which is worked in a round throughout - marking the first st of each round with a stitch marker (I use a length of scrap yarn).

I remember making the hot pads for a class credit in high school during a Home Economic Class, in 1972 - I've been making these a very long time.

The extra large Rectangular Hot Pad is my own design that I worked up for the first time, the Fall of 2025 - while in Coalinga-CA.

MOD MED-SIZE STRIPED HOT PAD

I worked up the medium-sized hot pad first, because that size seems to be used the most; the others were an after thought - alterations to the original pattern, but also occasionally used & needed for their size.

Materials: Red Heart worsted weight yarn; # I crochet hook & scissors.

Terms Used:

ch = chain

sc = single crochet

sts = stitches

rpt - repeat

sl st = slip stitch

inc = increase

MC = main color

CC = contrast color

Round 1: With CC,  ch 36, turn and through back loops, sl st down length (36); do not cut yarn: join MC in last st and sc 36 sts - turn, sc down opposite side (70 total). Place a marker and begin to work in rounds at this point, following striped pattern of 2 rows MC & 1 row CC throughout, moving marker up each row.

Ch 36, turn and through back loops, sl st down length.

Join MC in last st and sc 36 sts - turn, sc down opposite side (70 total)

Rounds 2 – 19: Work in sc EA round, keeping to striped pattern.

Work rows in even ct. rounds~right side, center shaping.

Work rows in even ct. rounds~turned right-side-out, view.

Striped pattern of 2 rows MC & 1 row CC

Fold ends towards center to make a square; and with MC, continue in sc to corner point:

Fold ends towards center to make a square.

Drop MC & attach CC and work as follows: sl st in next st, ch 11, sl st in same st - for hanging loop; then, work 36 sc to opposite corner point. Cut yarn with a long tail for sewing & whip st back of hot pad closed. EO & weave in all ends.

Whip st opening closed~back view.

Back & Front views.

MOD LRG-SIZE  HOT PAD

MOD Lrg. Hot Pad

The worsted I used in this pattern, was slightly thicker, so the row count was shorter than the medium sized hot pad … if using thinner worsted, start folding the ends towards the center at row 14, and eyeball the distance to closure ends & make adjustments to accurately shape your square: this is not hard to figure out - you can do it!

Materials: Red Heart worsted weight yarn; # I crochet hook & scissors.

Terms Used:

ch = chain

sc = single crochet

sts = stitches

rpt - repeat

sl st = slip stitch

inc = increase

MC = main color

CC = contrast color

Round 1: With CC,  ch 42, turn and through back loops, sl st down length (41); turn, sc down opposite side (82 sc total). Place a marker and begin to work in rounds at this point, moving marker up each row.

Rounds 2 - 16: Work in back loop of EA sc around.

Sc down length through back loops (82)

Fold ends towards center to make a square; continue in sc to corner point - and work as follows: sl st in next st, ch 11, sl st in same st - for hanging loop; cut yarn with a long tail for sewing & whip st back of hot pad closed. EO & weave in all ends.

Continue in sc to corner point.

Make hanging loop & whipstitch closed. EO

MOD SM-SIZE STRIPED HOT PAD

MOD SM Striped Hot Pad

Materials: Red Heart worsted weight yarn; # I crochet hook & scissors.

Terms Used:

ch = chain

sc = single crochet

sts = stitches

rpt - repeat

sl st = slip stitch

inc = increase

MC = main color

CC = contrast color

Round 1: With CC,  ch 31, turn and through back loops, sl st down length (29); do not cut yarn: join MC in last st and sc down opposite side (59 total). Drop MC & join CC - place a marker and begin to work in striped rounds at this point, as follows: (2) sl st in back loop of EA sc; drop CC (3) with MC, sc in EA sl st.

With CC, sl st in back loop of EA sc.

With MC, sc in EA sl at.

Rounds 4 - 13: Work in established striped pattern (2 & 3) around, keeping to striped pattern.

Work in established striped pattern.

Fold ends towards center to make a square - you should have 7 MC stripes & 6 sl st stripes; with CC, now work 46 sl st, sl st in next st, ch 11, sl st in same st - for hanging loop; then, work 11 sc to center: cut yarn with a long tail for sewing … run backwards through back sts to hanging loop & whip st back of hot pad closed. EO & weave in all ends.

Work 46 sl st & make hanging loop.

Then, work 11 sc & cut yarn.

Run yarn backwards through back sts, to hanging loop; whip st closed.

Back & Front views.

MOD PLAIN X-LRG RECTANGULAR HOT PAD

MOD X-Lrg. Hot Pad fits oblong casserole or cake pans.

Materials: Red Heart worsted weight yarn; # I crochet hook & scissors.

Terms Used:

ch = chain

sc = single crochet

sts = stitches

rpt - repeat

sl st = slip stitch

inc = increase

MC = main color

CC = contrast color

With yarn & crochet hook, make a foundation chain of 31: turn and sl st through back loops, down length (30 sc). Place a marker at this point.

Row 2: Sc in EA st around (60 sc); a tubular shape is forming.

Sc in EA st around (60 sc)

Row 3 thru 45: Now you will begin to work entirely in rounds, as follows: sc in EA sc around , & move marker up each row. Piece should now measure 12" in length.

Begin to work entirely in rounds.

Piece should now measure 12-in length.

Row 46: Sc across 14 sc, sl st in next st, ch 11, sl st in same st - for hanging loop; sc last 14 sc; EO - Cut yarn & sew opening closed; weaving in loose ends.

That's a complete set of hot pads for just about every cooking pot, skillet, casserole dish, cake or pie pan; you use while cooking 👨‍🍳👍😘

ECHOING PRESIDENT TRUMP ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

END IT!

What has been going on in this nation, since the 1960's … and more obviously since the 1970's: is NOT what our Founding Fathers INTENDED.

I said it then - and I echo it, now: STOP THE INSANITY. Our nation can't handle the astronomical bills, and our People - who work hard for their paycheck - deserve what the illegals are handed to them freely.

mexicans illegally flooding across the border, dropping kids left and right to "claim back our land!"

muslims shills, illegally flooding both borders, to the south & north, flooding our great nation to bring their 3 or 4 [wives] and dozen or more kids here - to raid our emergency funds & medical aid ... while, shouting for our death & outright ignoring our nation's Laws; do all they can, with the obamanite's support, to pillage our land, subvert our People, and force their terroristic politics on us!

Upper-class chinese & japanese spies illegally flooding our waters & crossing our borders - north & south - pretending to be peasants, infiltrating government positions to gather government secrets to pass to their counterparts in china; who want to destroy American & Americans.

Avowed socialists & communists, illegally flooding our waters & crossing our borders - north & south - infiltrating educational & governmental positions like maggots ... NO LONGER HIDING THIER INTENT; go about grabbing high seats of power to force the decline of our great nation & it's People: decimating our national financing and destroying the foundational value of America and its People!

Please Elohim, let the bastardized [birthright] insanity stop this year!

{{Resurfaced clips from top Democrats echoing Trump on birthright citizenship spark online uproar: 'Wow'

~Story by Andrew Mark Miller

Fox News Digital's Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.

Original article source: Resurfaced clips from top Democrats echoing Trump on birthright citizenship spark online uproar: 'Wow'

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/resurfaced-clips-top-democrats-echoing-trump-birthright-citizenship-spark-online-uproar-wow

As the debate over birthright citizenship is debated in the Supreme Court, resurfaced videos of top Democrats echoing the argument of the Trump administration sparked a conservative uproar on social media.

"If making it easy to be an illegal alien isn’t enough, how about offering a reward for being an illegal immigrant?" Former U.S. Senator Harry Reid said on the Senate floor in 1993.

"No sane country would do that. Right? Guess again. If you break our laws by entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we reward that child with U.S. citizenship and [a] guarantee of full access to all public and social services this society provides — and that’s a lot of services."

Reid, who served in the Senate as a Democrat for 30 years and was Senate Majority Leader for 8 years, was speaking about the Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993 which he introduced. The legislation was a broad immigration reform package that included a provision to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to mothers who were neither U.S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents.

President Donald Trump

Reid, who died in 2021 at the age of 82, ultimately changed his tune on the legislation and said in 2018 that the bill was a "mistake."

Many on social media quickly pointed to Reid’s lofty stature within the Democratic Party and wondered aloud why he is not labeled "racist" the same way Republicans who oppose birthright citizenship often are.

"WOW," conservative influencer Libs of TikTok posted on X. "Senator Harry Reid, a DEMOCRAT, introduced a bill in 1993 to END birthright citizenship for illegal aliens .But if Trump wants to do it, Democrats call it ‘rAcIsT.’"

"Lots of Democrats supported him," actor Kevin Sorbo posted on X. "They change their minds to fit whatever narrative suits them. That's why they can't be trusted."

"Democrats once said ‘no sane country’ would give birthright citizenship to illegal aliens," Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) posted on X. "Now, breaking our laws is rewarded with full US citizenship and access to every government benefit. SCOTUS should END this exploitation once and for all!"

"Harry Reid was right," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, posted on X.

 Another Democrat, the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein from California, also became fodder on social media in recent days over similar comments on immigration that were viewed over 8 million times after being posted by MAZE, a conservative influencer account on X. 

"Should you have a system where people can come to this country, even if they’re well-to-do?" Feinstein said in 1993.  Get on Medicaid and give birth to a baby, then go back. The answer is no! And we know that Medicaid laws are being used and abused to do just this in the state of California. I’d like to see that stop."

The resurfaced posts come as the Trump administration argues at the Supreme Court in favor of an executive order signed on the president's first day back in office, which seeks to end automatic citizenship for nearly all persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, or to parents with temporary non-immigrant visas in the U.S.

The high-stakes case brought into focus more than a century of executive branch action, Supreme Court precedent, and the text of the Constitution itself — or, more specifically, the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment — which the administration argues has been misinterpreted in the more than 100 years since its passage.}}

I will go even further: ALL foreigners should be barred from entering and staying in America for any and all reasons until they understand that America and its People are to be respected, English is the official language to be spoken in public, and our governing seats are not to be used to push foreign agendas. They are after all, claiming they are coming here to escape the very "persecutions" they then are trying to force down our throats. NO! If they are so damned unhappy here … then, they can go back to wherever they came from, and continue raising Hell there. And their children "who love them so much!" can go with them if they cannot understand that their parents living illegally in America have had decades to legalize themselves - and why didn't the children insist their parents become legal citizens? It's time to end the crazy train ride.

Student Visa holders and Green Card holders ARE GUESTS = VISITING OUR GREAT NATION … they ARE NOT "Citizens".

Guests do NOT have the RIGHT to raise Hell whenever-wherever they feel like it. Wild hairs are being pulled and sent out with the trash.

Guests do NOT have the RIGHT to riot for the sheer purpose of uncontrollable rioting - they are here to STUDY and WORK: rioting 24/7/365 is NOT "study" or "working".

No one, in their RIGHT MIND, would INVITE GUESTS into their home to raise Hell, violently attack family members - sending them to ER, permanently damaged, destroy their home, rape a family member, aimlessly murder a family, mindlessly burn a family member alive, DEMAND you engage - and sanction, perverse sexual activity, force abortions, force genital mutilations, dictate religious observance, demand specific foods, demand specific dress, demand you apologize for your skin color … NO ONE. Not a single person would allow this demonrat insanity in their home space.

America is the HOME of Americans.

Foreigners do NOT get to dictate how they are treated in OUR HOME - they are here as GUESTS. Guests do not make demands to their Hosts.