In winter I love holding a coffee in my hands, and basically taking a moment to think.  Here is a quick knit coffee cozy knit in the round, with a subtle Christmas tree.  Make one of these for a quick stocking stuffer or last minute gift idea… include a mug, fancy coffee, or a coffee voucher.

You will need:

• DK Yarn
• 4mm double pointed needles (4)
• darning needle

Christmas Cozy

Cast on 36 on 4mm dpn with DK yarn- 12 on each of 3 needles.

Rib 8 rotations – k2, p2

Knit 2 rotations

Start your tree on this rotation.

Mark the start of the rotation to the end of the first 8 stitches. Your tree will go here. Follow the chart knitting all the white squares and insert a purl for every blue square.

Knit 2 more rotations – carefully including the tree motif.

Third row of the tree motif: K8, k1 front and back, repeat 3 more times. You will now have 40 stitches.

Knit 4 more rotations including the tree motif

Eighth row of tree motif: K9, k1 front and back, repeat 3 more times. You will now have 44 stitches.

Knit final rotation of the tree motif.

Knit 2 more rotations.

Rib 8 rotations – k2, p2

Cast off

You can now darn in your ends.  The cozy is reversible at this point, with a tree shape on either side.  Optionally you can overstitch the tree stitches for a Scandi style look.

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