The instructions below for making an oven mitt are fairly simple. Just trace your dominant hand to make a pattern and then use the proper fabric (no manmade materials that will melt) to sew up the mitts.
Proper Holder for Kettle
Users of ordinary kettle holders will find no difficulty in calling to mind some instance in which the holder has not been quite properly adjusted, with the result that the hot handle has come in contact with the hand with unpleasant consequences.
With the holder shown in our sketch, this disaster is scarcely possible, as it is made in the shape of a loose, fingerless glove into which the hand may be easily slipped. It will also be found of use and convenience in holding a toasting fork.
It should, of course, be made for the right hand, and to obtain the shape in which the material should be cut out, a hand may be placed upon it and outlined with a piece of chalk, and in cutting out the material, an inch should be allowed all around.
The holder can be made from some pretty remnant of silk, and well lined on the inner side with flannel or cloth, and some pretty little floral design such as suggested in the sketch, may be worked on both sides. It is bound at the wrist with narrow ribbon, which is carried into a loop at one side, by which the holder may be hung upon a nail close to the fireplace when not in use.
Source: The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.), 24 Jan. 1912.
