This weekend, I decided to start using up my leftover bits of sock yarn sitting on my UFO shelf. The most prized bit of leftovers I have right now is from a skein of Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Socks that Rock Lightweight in the adored Free Range Chicken colorway. So I decided to make a few coffe cup wraps. I first made one with WAY to many stitches cast on (56 I think) so it was too big to stay put on a to-go coffe cup, but will work well for a 24 oz Ball Jar. So I modified what I first did and instead came up with this, and it works perfectly for me.
Materials needed: US 2 needles, leftover bits of fingering weight yarn, tapestry needle.
How to:
Using a set of US 2 double point needles, cast on 48 stitches, distributed 16 sts across three needles. Join into a round.
Row 1 (only row): Knit 2, purl 2. Repeat til end of row
Repeat Row 1 20 times, then cast off. Weave in ends.
That's it, friends! I have a great wrap that I can use each morning that I stop and get a cup of coffee from my local shop, and I don't have to waste the cardboard wraps that they give me each monring. Instead, I have an awesome, hand dyed, hand knit creation. And it took just an hour.
This would be great for a quick stocking stuffer for all those loved ones who stop and get a cuppa each morning, don't you think? I don't know why it's taken me over a decade of knitting socks to finally cast on a coffee cup wrap.
I also might have gone to Indianapolis this weekend and did a bit of yarn shopping. There's nothing like a gorgeous yarn shop to make a quick summer day trip exciting!
Perfect! I also have litte balls o sock yarn left over! I volunteer at the hospital gift shop and bring my knitting. Many people admire the colors in the sock yarns. I think I'll make up a few of these and offer them in the gift shop!
Posted by: Ann Austerman | July 07, 2014 at 09:41 AM
That's a great idea! And, it would be a great first project for someone learning how to use dpns. By the time they made a set of 4, they should feel comfortable with casting on, casting off and knitting in the round on the dpns!
Posted by: Leslie Fehr | July 07, 2014 at 10:57 AM
This way you get to always enjoy the beautiful yarn colors on your coffee cup wrap. Gorgeous!
Do tell what you purchased in Indianapolis??? Yarn for you? Yarn for the store? We are so curious!
Posted by: Barb | July 07, 2014 at 08:10 PM
I love the fact that you still like to visit other yarn shops when you own one of your own!!
And I love your coffee mug wrap! I've done something similar for my soda cans. Anyway to insulate it works for me!!!
Posted by: Lynn | July 07, 2014 at 08:52 PM
What a great idea!!!
I am always looking for something creative
to do with my left-over bits of sock yarn!!!
Posted by: Jeanne | July 08, 2014 at 11:11 AM