The next time you go out to meet a friend for coffee or to get a mid-afternoon workday pick-me-up slip a coffee cozy into your bag and leave the little corregated cardboard sleeve at the counter. It's cute, quick, and reusable. What's not to love?
It's also a great beginner crochet pattern.
materials:
approx. 22 yards worsted or aran weight yarn
size H crochet hook
2 medium buttons
matching thread
sewing needle
gauge:
3 stitches per inch (3 "v's" per inch)
pattern:
Leaving a 4 inch tail, chain 24 stitches.
Row 1: Single crochet to the end of the row, chain 1 and turn.
Row 2: Long single crochet to the end of the row, chain 1 and turn.
Repeat rows 1 and 2 four more times.
Bind off leaving a 4 inch tail.
finishing:
Weave in ends and sew on buttons fitting them into two of the spaces left by the stitch pattern.
