Knitting Patterns for Can and Bottle Coozies

Last month when I shared a collection of picnic blanket knitting patterns, I said that I would spend the summer sharing some other patterns that might be useful for summer picnics, campouts and other adventures. In that spirit I wanted to share some fun can and bottle coozie knitting patterns, which it looks like I may have never before done a full roundup of, so that’s kind of fun.

First, let’s cover our cans.

Robin Loving Life has a super simple pattern called Cozies for Everyone that is a perfect basic pattern that you can add stripes or other embellishments to as you like. It calls for worsted weight yarn but if you’ve got a can handy to make sure it fits, you can do this same method with any weight of yarn you have handy.

The Generic Double Knit Can Cozy from Supergraphique is another good basic one that you can fancy up however you like. As the name notes, it’s worked in double knitting for extra insulation (this one uses fingering weight yarn) and the pattern includes charts for the words cola and beer.

Make a stripy cozy to go with your favorite sports team’s colors with this design from Etsy seller Eros Gifts, which has instructions for 12, 14 and 16 ounce cans and uses worsted weight yarn. Or you can elevate your drinks with these striped, fingering weight ribbed can cozies, which feature a pretty I-cord edge that should hug your cans nicely. This pattern is from Love in Stitches KN. (They also have a coordinating bottle cozy if you want to make a set.)

If you’ve never felted before, can cozies are a great place to start. This free pattern from Palmeri Knits is a great way to use wool scraps and calls for worsted weight yarn.

Prefer to drink from a bottle? I think I’ve shared this scrap busting bottle cozy from Lucky Fox Knits before, but it’s worth another look because it’s so colorful and fun (and also pretty easy to knit). This may be the perfect use for all your sock yarn leftovers if you don’t want to knit socks with them.

Liat Knits has a fun pattern for a cabled bottle cozy, or check out Jeanette Mirken’s Seeing Double (a free pattern on Ravelry), which has a cute little button closure at the top.

September Hill Farm has a few cute bottle coozie knitting patterns on Ravelry, but the houndstooth one is my favorite. It’s worked in worsted weight yarn from the bottom up and would be a great first houndstooth knitting project.

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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