Cabled Cup Cosy

Free Pattern for a Cabled Cup Sleeve

Practice your cable knitting technique and make this useful cup cozy which helps to keep your coffee warm without burning your hands.

This cup sleeve includes cable techniques for its pattern, and uses a little short row shaping to suit the conical shape of paper coffee cups.

Materials

Approx 20g aran weight yarn

Size 4mm needles

1 x cable needle.

Size

24cm/ 9 ½ inches at the top.

12cm/ 4 ¾ inches deep

Abbreviations

C4F Cable 4 Front. Slip the next two stitches onto the cable needle and leave at the front of the work. Knit the next two stitches and then knit the two stitches from the cable needle.

C4B Cable 4 Back. Slip the next two stitches onto the cable needle and leave at the back of the work. Knit the next two stitches and then knit the two stitches from the cable needle.

Tw3F Twist 3 Front. Slip the next two stitches onto the cable needle and leave at the front of the work. Purl the next stitch and then knit the two stitches from the cable needle

Tw3B Twist 3 Back. Slip the next stitch onto the cable needle and leave at the back of the work. Knit the next two stitches and then purl the stitch from the cable needle.

W&T Wrap and Turn – make sure that the yarn to the front of the work. Slip the next stitch. Take the yarn to the back of the work (thus wrapping it around the slipped stitch) and slip the stitch back on to the left hand needle. Turn. This is a method adopted when using short rows for shaping as it prevents the turning of the work from forming holes in the knitted fab.

To Make

Cast on 28 stitches.

Row 1 (right side) K1,P1,K1,P2,K2,P5,K4,P5,K2,P2,K1,P1,K1

Row 2 (and every wrong side row) Purl and stitches that were knitted on the previous row, knit any stitches that were purled on the previous row (thus keeping the stocking stitch and reverse stocking stitch in line).

Row 3 K1,P1,K1,P2,K2,P5,C4F,P5,K2,P2,K1,P1,K1

Row 5 K1,P1,K1,P2,Tw3F,P4,K4,P4,Tw3B,P2, W&T

Row 7 K1,P1,K1,P3,Tw3F,P2,Tw3B,Tw3F,P2,Tw3B,P3,K1,P1,K1

Row 9 K1,P1,K1,P4,Tw3F,Tw3B,P2,Tw3F,Tw3B,P4,K1,P1,K1

Row 11 K1, P1, K1, P5,C4B,P4, C4F, P5, K1,P1,K1

Row 13 K1,P1,K1, P4, Tw3B,Tw3F, P2, Tw3B, Tw3F, P4, K1,P1,K1

Row 15 K1,P1,K1, P3, Tw3B, P2, Tw3F, Tw3B, P2, Tw3F, P3, W&T

Row 17 K1,P1,K1,P2,Tw3B, P4, C4F, P4, Tw3F, P2, K1,P1,K1

Row 18 As row 2

These eighteen rows form the pattern.

Repeat them twice more

Row 55 As row 1

Row 57 As row 3

Row 59 As row 1

Row 60 As row 2

Cast off loosely. Sew the cast on and cast off ends together to form a sleeve.

Variations

Any stitch pattern could be used to make this sleeve, as long as it fits within the 22 stitches worked inside the K1,P1,K1 edges.

These patterns are free and offered for personal and charity use only. Patterns can only be used commercially with the permission of the designer.

 © Lesley Arnold-Hopkins, 2009