Knit a Cozy to Make Any Drink a Unicorn

After the Unicorn Frappuccino took over the world a few weeks ago, you might be feeling like your regular beverage just doesn’t have enough sparkle.

Never fear, Studio Knit has got you — or your drink, anyway — covered with this cool unicorn cozy.

It’s a simple pattern embellished with multicolored tassel tails to make it a little more awesome.

Knit the cozy in a single color or with stripes. Make the tail a rainbow or solid (for more of a horse look, maybe?). Whatever you want.

This would be a great little stash busting project, and I’ll bet your kid’s one-of-a-kind teacher would love one along with a travel mug and a gift card to her favorite coffee joint as an end-of-the-year gift. Just putting that out there…

We love our Unicorn parties around here so much that we decided to create our own DIY Unicorn Party Pinterest board. This means we have literally 100’s of our favorite Unicorn ideas, party decorations, Unicorn cakes, and other Unicorn tutorials and crafts all in one spot. You can check them all out here DIY Party Ideas – Unicorn. Or check out these Unicorn Crafts and these fun Unicorn Party decorations.

[Photo: Studio Knit.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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