FREE PATTERN WITH VIDEO TUTORIAL
The perfect start for a nice day, always includes a good cup of coffee. That warm feeling and taste, while looking at the sunrise, that has no equal. Our own special everyday ritual.
The Oriens Mug Cozy is one of those simple projects that you did not know you needed, until you make one. Useful and cute, to dress up your beloved coffee cups, to make with simple stitches and in only one piece.
Easy skill level, that will allow you to practice back and forth, in the round and basic increasing techniques.
A suitable project for beginners as well, if you have little experience with the crochet hook. But in case you think you need a little practice beforehand, I suggest you watch the video below first. Crochet from scratch is almost a beginners crochet course, where I show you the basics.
All essential steps are covered in the Oriens Mug Cozy Video Tutorial. Video is in Spanish, but you have the option to see the Closed Caption in the language of your choice, by selecting the settings icon on the video then, select Closed Caption, Automatic Translation and select your language. And you also have the round by round directions (below this same post), to follow every detail step by step.
I used cotton sport weight yarn for the project, because I always have lots of left overs from other pieces. And this is the kind of design in which we can take advantage of those beautiful remains we do not want to throw away. But you could really use any kind of yarn you have.
Including the eyelet and a nice big button, to give a modern touch and also the practicality to easily remove. Suitable for the medium size mugs that almost all of us have at home.
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
- 3 mm (11) crochet hook
- One 50 gr/ 1.76 oz (between 100 m-120 m approximately) skein of sport weight cotton yarn
- One 1.2”/ 3 cm wood button
- Sewing thread to join the button
- Sewing needle
- Stitch marker
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
FINISHED SIZE
10.8”/ 27.5 cm (circumference) x 2.8”/ 7 cm high (to cover a medium size mug)
GAUGE
(single crochet, back and forth)
23 sts x 24 rows= 4”/ 10 cm
SKILL LEVEL
Easy: This design includes basic crochet stitches, simple shaping and finishing techniques.
STITCH GUIDE
- Rnd: round
- R: row
- Ch: chain
- St(s): stitch(es)
- Sl st: slip stitch
- Sc: single crochet
- Rep: repeat
- RS: right side
- WS: wrong side
NOTES
- When crocheting in the round, in a spiral, with sc, place a marker in first st of the Rnd and move up as work progresses.
- When crocheting back and forth, with sc, ch 1 to begin every R, this ch does not count as a st.
MUG COZY
Crocheted in the round, in a spiral and back and forth, starting from the bottom. Make a magic/slip ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, 6 sc inside the ring= 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around= 12 sts
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, 2 sc in next st) rep ( ) 6 times= 18 sts
Rnd 4: Sc 1, (2 sc in next st, sc 2) rep ( ) 5 times, 2 sc in next st, sc 1= 24 sts
Rnd 5: (Sc 3, 2 sc in next st) rep ( ) 6 times= 30 sts
Rnd 6: Sc 2, (2 sc in next st, sc 4) rep ( ) 5 times, 2 sc in next st, sc 2= 36 sts
Rnd 7: (Sc 5, 2 sc in next st) rep ( ) 6 times= 42 sts
Rnd 8: Sc 3, (2 sc in next st, sc 6) rep ( ) 5 times, 2 sc in next st, sc 3= 48 sts
Rnd 9: (Sc 7, 2 sc in next st) rep ( ) 6 times= 54 sts
Rnd 10: Sc 4, (2 sc in next st, sc 8) rep ( ) 5 times, 2 sc in next st, sc 4= 60 sts
Rnds 11-13: Sc 60= 60 sts.
To shape the mug cozy flap, continue crocheting back and forth, starting from the outer edge of the flap. Turn.
R14 (WS): Ch 15, starting in 2nd ch from the hook sc 14 and continue with 59 sc over sts of Rnd 13 (leaving 1 sc uncrocheted), turn= 73 sts
R15-26: Ch 1, sc 73, turn= 73 sts.
R27 (RS): Sl st 73= 73 sts.
Don’t turn. To shape the buttonhole, continue working over the edge of the flap rows and sc 6, ch 9, skip next R, sc 6.
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
FINISHING
Sew the button to the inner part of the mug cozy, to R20 and 15 sts from the open edge.
And your mug cozy is ready, to fit a medium size coffee/tea cup, adding that special pop of color and texture.
As soon as you finish one, you will want to make more, to dress up all your mugs! You will discover how cute they look, by using different colors and button styles. Share your makes with me, use #oriensmugcozy tag for me to see your version or tag me as @chabepatterns on my Instagram.
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