These colorful cup cozies are a quick, easy knit and make wonderful gifts. They keep your hot or cold beverage insulated and your fingers protected. Have fun playing with color, using up those small, leftover bits of your favorite worsted weight yarns. Try your own variations with charts in multiples of 4, 5, 8, or 10.

Stitches and Skills:
Knitting in the round on small circular or double-pointed needles
Two-color stranded knitting following simple charts
Cast on, cast off, knit (K), purl (P), increase by knitting into the front and back of a stitch (KFB)

Finished Size:
Height: 4.5 inches (11.4 centimeters)
Bottom Circumference: 9.5 inches (24.1 centimeters)
Top Circumference: 10.5 inches (26.7 centimeters)

Yarn:
Worsted weight. I used Paton’s Classic Wool.

Color A (for top and bottom ribbed sections):
approximately 20 yards (18 meters)
Color B (for middle background):
approximately 15 yards (14 meters)
Color C (accent stripe):
Approximately 2 yards (1.8 meters)
Color D (for shamrock, heart, or flower)
Approximately 8 yards (7.3 meters)