Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Owl Keep Your Cup Cozy

Please allow me to introduce my very first finished knitting project, the owl coffee cup cozy!  (For those not on ravelry, here's a link to the pattern on their blog.)  Okay yeah I know, it's a bit complicated for a first project, but I've also got a cable knit scarf in the works, which taught me most of the stuff I needed for this.  But scarves take forever and I banged this off in an evening, so it beat it out for first place. 

I used some the left over blue wool from this toque (Cascade 220, and I still have some left over!), and some black wool for the eyes.  I didn't like the googly eyes the designer suggested and didn't have any buttons even remotely the right size, so I figured that french knots would be best.


As you might've guessed from yesterdays post, knitting in the round with dpn (double point needles) is hard.  I will admit, it did get easier as I went, but my goodness look at that pointy mess!  There's FIVE NEEDLES in there! 

The only real problem is that the cozy is a bit big.  I'm giving this to my roommate, and I'm pretty sure it'll fit her travel mug just fine, but I'll reduce the number of owls from 5 to 4 in the next cozy.  (This might've been because I used size 5 mm needles instead of 4.5 mm, but other's on ravelry have mentioned the same problem.  Maybe it's also that the wool is too heavy?)

Here's the list of skills learned (and links to the places I learned them from) in this project:
Also, I have started and plan to finish reading every post that TECHknitting has ever posted, because my goodness that woman knows her knitting!

So...think I'm ready to start this sweater yet?

7 comments:

  1. AHH! This is so adorable!!! And I love the sweater. I say go for it!

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    1. Thanks!

      Eh, I really can't start it now. I'm committed to making up all of my Christmas gifts, and shouldn't start up the pattern yet. Plus I'm asking for the pattern for a Christmas gift, since I can't actually order stuff online. It'll be a good way to keep me from working on it until after the 30+ gifts I'm making for Christmas is done. :D

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  2. That is so dang cute! I'm excited to see your sweater!

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    1. I know, right? This is why I needed to learn to knit. :) (Thanks!)

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  3. Congrats on the cozie! I'm glad you liked my pattern!

    A few folks have noted it was big, and pending on the type of worsted or dk weight yarn, it can be big - it often may mean just going down a needle size or two, pending on the yarn.

    Nevertheless, great work! :)

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    1. Thank you so much for offering the pattern for free! I really enjoyed making it, and want to make scads more of them. :) They'll make fantastic gifts!

      I've already made one with just 4 owl repeats, and it turned out perfect. I might try making it with 4.0 mm needles too, just to see if that helps shrink the pattern a bit. Don't want to go smaller with this yarn though (Cascade 220), since it gets too stiff and awkward to handle then (or at least, it does for this beginner. :D)

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  4. I really like the look of the french knot eyes. Great choice!!

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