Tea anyone?

Anyone who owns a teapot, or serves a casserole, knows the importance of a trivet.

triv·et

ˈtrivit/

noun

1. an iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on.

   • an iron bracket designed to hook onto bars of a grate for a similar purpose.
   • a small plate placed under a hot serving dish to protect a table.

   
   

Although generally made of metal or wood, a trivet (okay, hot pad) can be anything that will protect a table from something hot.  I've made some this summer because, well, they're practical.  They are also decorative while serving a purpose.  Isn't that a wonderful thing!

I have used the ends of each warp I've woven to use up small balls of yarn and weave squares that are sewn into trivets with a lining of quilt batting.  They are all roughly 12"x12" but somtimes they're 12"x10"...you get what you get after washing fabric.  

I wanted to show some of them to you.  Enjoy!

Left: Peacock (cotton and bamboo silk) 

Right: Neutrals (cotton and wool)

 Left: Sunset (cotton and cotton chenille)

Right: Neutrals (cotton and wool)

 Left: Sunset (cotton and cotton chenille)

Right: Neutrals (cotton and wool)

Left: Neutrals (cotton and wool)

Right: Sunset (cotton)