I made this cozy red, white and blue on my YouTube channel but make them the color of your choice.
Simple, cute and useful, the cozy should sell well during the summer months.
My YouTube video for this project can be found below.
What you need:
#10 Crochet Thread in Red, White and Blue
1/2.75mm Crochet Hook
Embroidery Needle
Scissors
Cozy
Beginning with red -
Ch 26
Row 1: Sc in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (25 sc)
Ch 3, turn.
Row 2: 2 Dc in 1st sc, *skip 2 sc, sc in next sc, skip 2 sc, 5 Dc in next sc* repeat from * to * until 3 sc remain. Skip 2 sc, 3 Dc in last sc.
Ch 1, turn.
Row 3: sc in 1st Dc, *skip 2 Dc, 5 Dc in next sc, skip 2 Dc, sc in next Dc*, repeat from * to * until 3 Dc remain, sc in last Dc.
Chain 3, turn.
Rows 4 - 11: Repeat rows 2 and 3 alternately.
Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew sides. Change to white.
Rows 12 - 21: Repeat rows 2 - 11.
Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew sides.
Change to blue.
Rows 22 - 31: Repeat rows 2 - 11.
Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew sides and bottom.
Fold cozy in half lengthwise. Using the long tails, sew the sides and bottom together. Weave in ends. Turn the cozy right side out.
Flower:
Using white
Ch 2
Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Sl st in 1st sc to join.
Ch 1
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around. Sl st to join in 1st sc. (12 sc)
Round 3: sc in 1st sc, 5 trc in next sc, *sc in next sc, 5 trc in next sc*. Repeat from * to *, sl st to join in 1st sc.
Fasten off, weave in ends.
Place the flower on the cozy and working around the posts of the first round of sc, join with a sc around the post of any of the 6 sc making sure the thread is passing through the front of the cozy at the same time. Sc around the post of each sc and through the cozy. Sl st to join in the 1st sc. (6 sc)
Ch 1
Round 2: Sc in the 1st sc, *5 trc in the next sc, sc in the next sc*. Repeat from * to *. Sl st to join in the 1st sc, fasten off.
Weave in ends
