It's my house, my rules. I can put my feet on my coffee table if I like it. As a child, my mother would say, get your feet off the coffee table. We would do it anyway. It's so bad, I know.
I still like my feet on the coffee table as I have aged. I tend to always cross my legs over so I don't slump. However, the weight of my second leg can provide more gravity onto the back of my heel on the coffee table. I know a first-world issue.
Sometimes, I would take off my socks and use them as a pad for my heel, but dirty laundry on the coffee table might be a home decor designer's nemesis. Out of necessity, I created the Coffee Table Heel Pad Saver.
The heel pad only takes about 45 minutes to make and is something that you can use for years. You can wash it if you need to, as well.
I used Caron Jumbo Twirl yarn in the colour Terra Cotta to match my wood-themed TV room. This yarn has quickly moved up my list as one of my favourites for 2024. I just love it, as the colours can reflect a cottage-core concept.
Another example is Caron Jumbo Twirl in a baby blanket.
Crochet Heel Pad Saver
This is a great scrap yarn project.
Caron Jumbo Twirl Yarn, 340g / 12 oz, 528 meters / 578 yards
Colour is Terra Cotta Ribbon.
5 mm / H/8 Hook
Gauge: 14 sc and 15 rows = 4" [10 cm]
Project is 6.5" wide x 4" x ⅜" thick.
Abbreviations
Ch = Chain
Rep = Repeat
Rnd(s) = Round(s)
RS = Right Side
Sc = Single Crochet
Sl st = Slip Stitch
St(s) = Stitch(es)
WS = Wrong Side
Instructions
Pad - Make 2
Ch 21.
1st row: RS. 1 sc 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each ch across. Turn. 20 sc.
You may want to mark the RS with a stitch marker if you cannot identify it later.
2nd row: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st across. Turn. 20 sc.
Rep 2nd row until 12 rows are complete. Fasten off.
Make a second pad.
Edging
With the WS facing each other, you will crochet around the edging and single crochet the two pads together.
1st rnd: Join with sl st to any corner going through both pads to join. 1 sc evenly around, placing 3 sc in corners to turn. Coming around to the corner you started, place 2 sc in the same corner. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.
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