Knit Coffee Cup Cozies

If there are tea or coffee lovers on your list, the perfect last-minute gift is a great bag of coffee or box of tea, a mug or travel cup and a simple knit cozy.

Coffee cup cozies usually take less than an hour to knit because they are so small, and they’re a great useful gift that adds a little homemade touch to storebought goodies.

There are tons of great coffee cup cozy patterns out there, but here are just a few to get you going:

Andrew Rau’s Cup Cozy is worked in 3×2 rib for a classic look great for guys and gals alike.

The Very Simple Coffee Cup Cozy from Picking Knits is perfect for beginners because it’s worked in Garter Stitch. Use scrap yarn or multicolored yarn to make it a little more fun.

Natural Suburbia’s Cup Cozy is meant to fit around the handle of a tea cup or coffee mug, and it gives you a chance to show off a fun button.

Red Heart has a great little cup cozy worked in a simple textured stitch pattern that’s a perfect use for odd balls and leftovers.

The Fun Because Coffee! pattern from PostStitch uses stitches worked through the back loop for extra texture without a lot of extra effort. So pretty!

Do you have a favorite mug or travel cup cozy pattern? We’d love to hear about it!

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Now that all the Joann stores have closed, a mysterious message has appeared on the company’s website:

For generations, Joann has been honored to be part of your creativity: your quilts, costumes, school projects, and handmade moments of love. It has been our joy to serve markers and dreamers across the country.
We’re stitching up something new behind the scenes and we can’t wait to share what’s next.
Stay tuned for exciting news about the future of Joann.

To quickly recap, Joann filed for bankruptcy in January for the second time in less than a year. In February, in the hope of making the company more attractive to potential buyers, it petitioned the court for permission to close about 500 of its 800 stores. The company was put up for auction, with Gordon Brothers set to buy the company, sell its assets and close all the stores if no other buyer materialized.

In the end the winning bidder was GA Group, but the result was the same: all stores were to be closed by the end of May if not sooner.

Once store closure sales started the company quickly stopped selling on its website, and now all that remains is this jpeg image hinting at new ventures.

I’m sure there will be a tone of speculation in the coming days and weeks (or as long as it takes for them to announce the meaning of the message) as to what sorts of plans Joann could be cooking up.

My theory based on nothing but my gut is that they will transition to an online only storefront, probably with much reduced inventory, sort of like Herrschners (which had previously announced that it will be carrying Big Twist yarn, the beloved private label yarn brand sold at Joann). I also think they will use whatever retail sales they do to support CreativeBug, the digital learning platform that Joann purchased in 2017. That could mean producing kits for projects that already have classes, or developing classes based on products they want to sell, or both.

As of this writing the CreativeBug website seems to still be functional and there’s a full slate of new classes planned for June. I’ve got my eye on both the Joann website and the Joann restructuring website and will let you know as soon as I see changes.

In the meantime, I’d love to hear your speculation as to what the next chapter might be for Joann.

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