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.]

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.

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