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Christmas Themed Coffee Cup Cozy Knitting Patterns

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A couple of years ago I made a couple of Christmas tree coffee cup cozy knitting patterns as an introduction to knitting stranded knitting and intarsia. I love little projects like this because they don’t take long to knit but can bring a bit of holiday cheer to every day (and they’re great knit gifts for a teacher or someone else along with a gift card to your favorite coffee shop). 

Let’s look at some more fun coffee cup cozy knitting patterns with a holiday theme. 

Not all of these projects are overtly Christmas. This bulky coffee cup cozy from Whimsy North has a duplicate stitch tree on the side, but it’s not super festive. Other options are included such as knitting stripes or stitching on a snowflake or ornament. 

Or the Candy Cane Cozy from Sara Elizabeth Kellner, available as a free download on Ravelry. This two-color brioche cozy can be worked in holiday colors or not so you could use it all year long. It calls for worsted weight yarn and you can make a bunch with all your leftovers from other projects. 

The Blue Spruce Mug Cozy by Melissa Metzbower (originally published in I Like Knitting, now also available on Ravelry) has a cable pattern that looks like an evergreen tree, but out of the context of the holidays would just be a pretty design. This one is also worsted weight. 

And Danielle Thuen’s First Flake coffee cozy has colorwork snowflakes, so it’s a great one to use all winter long. It’s worked in fingering weight yarn in two colors, and you can grab the pattern on Ravelry. 

If you want a cozy that’s a little more obvious in its association with Christmas, I’ve got you covered as well. The Holiday Doodle cup Cozy from Jamie Lomax uses some of her holiday doodles and a plain coffee cup sleeve so you can add trees, snowflakes, plaid or other designs. Find the pattern, which uses DK weight yarn, on Ravelry. 

Or you can go all out to keep your mug (actual mugs not travel mugs for these last ones) warm with tons of holiday spirit by making a reindeer coffee cup cozy from Justjen Knits & Stitches, or a Santa complete with arms with this pattern from Yarn Hobby Home. Or you can find options for a sweater, Santa, snowman and gingerbread man in this pattern from Huggable Bears. I love that this one shows a gift in the mug that the cozy is on. Oh, what fun!

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Pencil Knitting Patterns

Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns! 

I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy project that uses little bits of leftover yarn (and if you don’t have yellow you can make it a colored pencil using whatever color’s your favorite). And if you want to make a bigger version check out this pattern from Orange Olive Road on Etsy.

If you want to knit a pencil pillow by hand, check out Sketchy, available on Ravelry from Shana S. Cohen. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has two size options and the choice to make a pencil with an eraser or a colored pencil. 

Pencil scarves seem to be the most popular kind of pencil knitting pattern, and there are lot of cute ones. This one from Cosy Craft UK mostly uses garter stitch, with some welts to add texture and what looks like an I-cord edging. It calls for DK weight yarn. 

If you want to go all garter stitch try this version from Emsley Co Creations, which uses five colors of DK weight yarn and just a little shaping to make the point of the pencil.

There’s also this fun, mostly stockinette so it looks like it curls a bit, pencil pattern that looks like it’s worked in chunky yarn from Little Knits Studio. This one uses just a little garter stitch and easy shaping for the point. 

If you don’t want a pencil scarf, how about some pencil socks? The No. 2 Pencil Socks from The Yarn Enabler are available from Ravelry and use five colors of sock yarn. They feature wide ribs to mimic the texture of a pencil and have options to be worked from the top down or the toe up. 

Needs Sharpening by Alexander Walker is a free pattern on Ravelry that uses five colors of sock yarn to make a sort of shortie sock. The little bit of black at the tips of the toes inspired the name. These, too, can be worked in either direction and are available in three sizes.