Luxury Cup Cosies by Lily Steeple

Luxury Cup Cosies

Knitting
April 2024
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
126 yards (115 m)
one size
English
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Luxury Mug Cosy
‘A little bit of cashmere luxury’

Materials (knit flat)
1 50g ball of Sirdar Cashmere Merino Silk DK (pictured in ‘Meadow Green’)
One pair of 4mm knitting needles (single point)
A 3.75mm cable needle or additional 4mm knitting needle
A 4.5mm crochet hook
A tapestry needle

Variations
A plaited cable
A wishbone cable

Measurements
Measures 9“ long and is 2.5” wide – the cup cosy stretches to fit around a standard size paper cup that is 3.5“ in diameter at the top of the cup and 4.5“ tall.

Techniques
Knit and purl stitches, cable stitches plus provisional cast on and three needle bind off to join seams.

There is a blogpost about the design on my blog.