Mug Cosies

A mug cosy is usually one of the more basic knitting patterns, but I have never made one before. For my parents wedding anniversary I thought it would be cute to make his and hers cosies with their initials on.

I found this free Valentine Mug Hug pattern and decided to give it a go. The pattern states "Use any size needles to obtain the gauge" but I just chose needles suitable for my yarn and decided I'd just go for it... the pattern was easy to follow and turned out correctly, but was too small to fit around a mug and has now become my button jar cosy... although it's actually more like a jar cape.

But the good thing about the first attempt going wrong was that I was able to adjust what I didn't like about the pattern. I decided I would make the button loop in the middle rather than the top to avoid the cape effect. I also learned that I would have to cast on more stitches to make it fit a mug.

I know that my Mum likes drinking from really large Disney mugs, so for her cosy I cast on 60, then did the increases in row 7 (75 stitches). In row 17 I continued the K2, P3 ribbing but cast on 14 more stitches to make the loop. I continued with the ribbed pattern until I was happy with the height of the cosy.

For my Dad's cosy I decided to still cast on 60, and knit ribbed, but I did not make the increases.

Once I had finished both cosies I knitted two little white panels with my parents initials on. I used my Knitters Bible which has an alphabet graph to knit the letters.

I am happy with the finished cosies, they both look very cute and easily fit around a large mug. You can really see the shape difference between the pink one where I increased and the Blue one where I didn't. It's worth keeping in mind the shape of your mug before starting the pattern.