Today I'm excited to share with you a fun and easy pattern that I made up. It's a knitted coffee cup sleeve with my favorite sign-off message on it: xoxoxo.
You can use any worsted weight yarn for this project, just make sure to go down a needle size from the one recommended so the stitches will be nice and tight. I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease worsted weight yarn and size US 7 needles. This is a quick knit that uses less than one skein of yarn.
The goal is for the sleeve to say xoxoxo with a 3-stitch ribbing on either side.
Abbreviations used in this pattern:
- C8F: Slip 4 stitches from the left hand needle onto a cable needle, holding the cable needle in front of the main knitting. Knit the next 4 stitches from the left needle, then knit the 4 stitches from the cable needle.
- C8B: Exactly the same as C8F, but hold the cable needle behind the main knitting.
Here's the pattern:
- Cast on 22 stitches
- Row 1: Knit 22
- Row 2: Knit 3, Purl 16, Knit 3
- Row 3: Knit 22
- Row 4: Knit 3, Purl 16, Knit 3
- Row 5: Knit 3, C8F, C8B, Knit 3
- Row 6: Knit 3, Purl 16, Knit 3
- Row 7: Knit 22
- Row 8: Knit 3, Purl 16, Knit 3
- Row 9: Knit 22
- Row 10: Knit 3, Purl 16, Knit 3
- Row 11: Knit 3, C8B, C8F, Knit 3
- Row 12: Knit 3, Purl 16, Knit 3
- Rows 13-18: Repeat rows 7-12
- Rows 19-24: Repeat rows 1-6
- Rows 25-30: Repeat rows 1-6
- Rows 31-36: Repeat rows 7-12
- Rows 37-42: Repeat rows 7-12
- Rows 43-48: Repeat rows 1-6
- Rows 49-54: Repeat rows 1-6
- Rows 55-60: Repeat rows 7-12
- Rows 61-66: Repeat rows 7-12
- Rows 67-72: Repeat rows 1-5
- Row 73 (beginning of button holes): Knit 3, Cast Off 4, Purl 8, Cast Off 4, Knit 3
- Row 74 (finishing the button holes): Knit 3, Turn work around, Cast On 4, Turn work around, Knit 8, Turn work around, Cast on 4, Turn work around, Knit 3
- Cast off 22 stitches
Now all that's left is to sew on a couple of buttons, slip your new sleeve onto your coffee cup, and enjoy!
Happy sipping!
xoxo
Laura
