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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I don’t know if you all know this about me, but I’m a huge fan of the Studio Ghibli movies and the books that inspired them. Calcifer, if you don’t already know, is an important character in the book and the movie Howl’s Moving Castle, which is one of my daughter’s favorites (though she did like the book better thanks to some changes that were made for the movie).

Whether you’ve got a Ghibli (or Diana Wynne Jones) fan in your house or you just want to knit a roaring fire to sit in your fireplace in the off season, the Calcifer Knitted Plushie from Kamila Hernandez Firl is here for you.

This irresistible pattern is super cute even if you aren’t familiar with the story (which I won’t spoil for you, but you should check it out!).

The pattern calls for DK weight yarn in eight different colors, for of which make the colors of the flame, two browns for the log and black and white for details. You’ll also need some black embroidery thread for finishing the details on the face. The project is worked in the round, with the flame and the log worked separately, stuffed and sewn together. The general instructions for the pattern are written, but the color changes (and some shaping on the flames) are shown in chart form, so you should have some familiarity with reading and following charts before you start this one.

It’s well worth learning how to do it if you know someone who loves Calcifer, or even just to make a pretend play “campfire” for your kiddos who aren’t old enough to know who Calcifer is yet. They’ll thank you later.

This pattern is free to download on Ravelry, so go check it out and get ready to stitch up some firey fun.

[Photo: Kamila Hernandez Firl]

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