This was my first attempt at making potholders. Yes, the date is close to being correct on this post! (As I have said on my homepage, posts are backdated to the time when the project was made.) This was when I first learned to crochet. Before I had any idea that there were patterns for crocheting, until I moved to the same town my sister lived in. She introduced me to crochet patterns. Then I was hooked! For the first two years of my crocheting I thought I had to make up my own patterns. I haven’t really made up a pattern since these potholders. They have lasted over 20 years!!