Diane's genius trivet made from recycled wool yo-yos inspired me to do some searching and round up a bunch of trivets, pot holders, and other assorted table items for you!  Starting, of course, with the Felted Sweater Trivet by Diane Gilleland of Craftypod:

There are many ways to make trivets from wine corks - Apartment Therapy shows us one method, which uses an adjustable metal pipe clamp:



And Still Dottie made this one by sewing the cork pieces together:



Design*Sponge has a tutorial for these stenciled trivets:



Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories shows us how to make an awesome Computer Chip Trivet:



Moving on to pot holders... Jenny Ryan did a how-to on Craft for this Simple Quilted Potholder:



Etsy's blog offers a tutorial for Patchwork Style Pot Holders, from the book Patchwork Style by Suzuko Koseki:



Artsy-Crafty Babe shows us how to make Dishtowel Potholders:



Make and Takes has a how-to by Kelsey of Vanilla Joy for these clever Blue Jean Pot Holders:



No tutorial here, but I have to include this set of freaking fabulous crocheted pot holders by meekssandygirl on Craftster (click to see all 9 of them!):

 

I already included this tutorial in a weaving roundup awhile back, but I can't leave it out of this one - especially since I just scored a vintage metal loom just like this one, so now I'm super excited to use it with sock loops!  DIY Sock Potholder on re-nest:



The Purl Bee has a detailed how-to for these colorful Woven Felt Placemats:



Vintage-craftiness expert Cathy Callahan posted on Craft about making Vintage-Inspired Tabletop Decor:



Also on Craft, Betz White shows us how to Sew a Table Runner:



And lastly, Chez Beeper Bebe spent the summer making 40 assorted cloth napkins, and offers a downloadable 5-part tutorial for all 5 styles: basic, rick rack, ruffled, appliqué, and embroidered!



For some reason, Autumn, and the feeling of impending Winter, makes me want to do home projects - reorganizing and decorating type stuff.  So I'll definitely be playing around with some of these ideas!  As always, if you have a favorite table decor project I didn't mention, let us all know in the comments!