Quick Coffee Cosy

The purl bind off creates a nice brim 

In keeping with my quick little series about knitted gift giving, I have made a friend a coffee mug cosy.

Every morning she comes into work holding a *insert very large fast food chain*'s large coffee.  The take-away cup was just asking for a quirky little cosy and so I quickly knitted one for her for Christmas.

I made it the night before I gave it to her and when she effusively thanked me, I felt a bit awkward as it took next-to-no time to make.

The pattern I used is very simple and can be found at  Kureyon Coffee Cozy  It's a great example of the little things that a knitter can make and give as gifts and, as I had the Noro Sock wool in my stash, it really cost me nothing.

I did not use the crochet cast-on and my normal method (cable cast-on) worked well.  It knits up in no time.  In fact, there is still time to knit quite a few for Christmas and, if you made a coffee now, you could knit a cosy by the time it got cold.  Almost!

Noro Cosy

Happy Knitting and Happy Christmas,
Louise

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