Knit Socks and a Cozy with Jazz

I like to come up with themes for different days of the week to amuse myself and make it a little easier to plan out content for the month, so I’ve decided that from now until I get tired of it Wednesdays will be “Whimsy Wednesdays,” where I share some kind of fun, maybe a little wacky, knitting pattern that has tickled me in some way and I hope will do the same for you.

If you’re a child of the 1990s, you probably immediately recognize the graphic on this sock and cup cozy combo. The iconic design is called Jazz, and it was used on disposable cups through 2015 and has been seen copied onto all sorts of things, including cars, shoes and now, socks.

The Paint Brush socks and cup cozy pattern from Etsy seller Lost Socks Knits features a woolly variation of the classic teal and purple strokes, with a bit of extra colorwork around the foot near the toe.

The pattern comes in three sizes, which are made by adjusting the needle sizes, and they are worked from the top down using three colors of sock yarn. The colorwork sections are charted, and the sock includes a heel flap and gusset. Of course you could work them in other colors but the ones shown here really are classic and will make it easier for people to understand the reference.

The coordinating cup cozy comes in one size and is a fun addition to the ensemble (and of course it’s fitting to have the design on something cup related). Stitch these up to wear and use at your next yoga class or as a gift for a friend who loves all things late 2th century.

You can grab the pattern from Etsy. Lost Socks Knits has a small but cute collection of sock knitting patterns including flowers, axolotls, owls and hearts.

[Photo: Stephanie Maz]

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These Ladies Lace Top Socks are a sweet step up from a basic handknit sock, with a delicate lace cuff that adds just the right amount of pretty. The rest of the sock is worked mainly in stocking stitch, so it’s a nice project for knitters who are ready to try sock shaping without making the whole thing overly complicated. A lovely handmade gift idea, especially if you use a soft 4-ply sock yarn.

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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