Quick and Easy Crochet Carousel Coffee Cup Cozy

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Make your morning coffee break a bit cozier with this quick and easy crochet project! Create a Carousel Coffee Cup Cozy with Medium Weight Yarn [4] and a 4 mm (G) crochet hook. Try it today for a unique DIY project!

This Carousel Coffee Cup Cozy is a quick and easy stashbuster project. To make this coffee cup sleeve you will need Medium Weight Yarn [4] (I recommend cotton yarn) and a 4 mm (G) crochet hook.

The finished Carousel Coffee Cup Cozy measures approximately 9.5 inches around and can be easily customized to other sizes too!

This fun beginner friendly project was originally designed by Danyel Pink.

A quick and easy coffee cup cozy.
These coffee cozies are perfect for to-go cups from your favorite coffee shop! They work well on icy cold pint glasses and pints of ice cream, too!

Danyel Pink

Danyel Pink recently closed her crochet website (Danyel Pink Designs) and retired from the world of crochet. Oombawka Design purchased the full rights to this pattern, which means now I can share it with you.

I’m happy to be able to include the Carousel coffee cup cozy with my other free patterns on the Oombawka Design Crochet blog.

If you, or someone you know, is retiring and closing their crochet blog, please feel free to reach out to arrange for your patterns to be included at Oombawka Design too!

Carousel Coffee Cozy

Supplies

• Lily Sugar’n Cream. 2.5 oz (70.9 g), 120 yds (109 m). 100% Cotton. Worsted Weight Yarn [4]. Machine wash cool. Dry flat. Do not dry clean, bleach, or iron.
• Crochet Hook: 4 mm (G) 
• Finished Yardage: Cup Cozy: 0.7 oz (20 g), 34 yds (30 m).
• Scissors, Yarn Needle, Stitch Marker

Difficulty Level

• Easy

You can substitute any yarn and hook for this project just remember when you substitute the finished size of your project may also be different.

Finished Size

One Size fits most to-go cups, travel mugs, and pint glasses.

• Carousel Coffee Cup Cozy width approximately 4.50 inches X 3.5 inches tall when assembled on a flat surface

Gauge

• Approximately 8 sts per 2 inches and 10 rows per 2 inches; worked in pattern.

You can substitute any yarn and hook for this stitch pattern – just remember when you substitute if your gauge is different, the finished size, and amount of yarn used for your project will also be different.

Abbreviations

US Terminology used

• CA/CB/CC – Color A/Color B/Color C
• ch – chain
• g – grams
• LSC – long single crochet spike stitch
• m – meters
• MC – main color
• oz – ounces
• Rnd – round
• sc – single crochet
• sk – skip
• sl st – slip stitch
• st/sts – stitch/stitches
• yds – yards
• [] – at the end of the row – the total number of stitches

Special Stitches

Long Single Crochet Spike Stitch (LSC)

• Single crochet (sc) over the ch1sp into the stitch of the previous round

Helpful Tutorials

• Crochet Stitch Guide

Notes:

• Cozy is crocheted from the top down.
• The initial ch 1 does not count as a stitch.
• To hide the seam, change colors at the ch1 of each round.
• Do not cut the yarn at each color change. Instead, carry the unused yarn inside the cozy and fasten off at the end.
• Crochet snugly. The warmth and moisture of the coffee cup will make the cozy expand.
• Add the Carousel Coffee Cozy pattern to your Ravelry Libary here.

Carousel Coffee Cozy Pattern

This quick and easy coffee cup cozy is worked in joined rounds from the top down.

Using your 4 mm (G) hook are size required for gauge:

Rnd 1: With MC: Ch 34, join to form a circle, careful not to twist. Ch 1 (not a stitch), 1 sc in each ch around. Sl st to the first st to join.  [34 sc]

Rnd 2: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st around. Sl st to the first st to join. [34 sc]

Rnd 3: Ch 1, (1 sc in the next st, ch 1, sk 1 st) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 ch1sp]

Rnd 4: Drop MC (*see notes) and switch to CA: Ch 1, (1 sc in the next st, LSC in the st below the ch1sp) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 LSC]

Rnd 5: Drop CA and switch to CB: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st around. Sl st to the first st to join. [34 sc]

Rnd 6: Drop CB and switch to CC: Ch 1, (1 sc in the next st, ch 1, sk 1 st) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 ch1sp]

Rnd 7: Drop CC and switch to MC: Ch 1, (1 sc in the next st, LSC in the st below the ch1sp) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 LSC]

Rnd 8: Drop MC and switch to CA: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st around. Sl st to the first st to join. [34 sc]

Rnd 9: Drop CA and switch to CB: Ch 1, (1 sc in the next st, ch 1, sk 1 st) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 ch1sp]

Rnd 10: Drop CB and switch to CC: Ch 1, (1 sc in the next st, LSC in the st below the ch1sp) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 LSC]

Rnd 11: Drop CC and switch to MC: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st around. Sl st to the first st to join. [34 sc]

Rnd 12: Drop MC and switch to CA: Ch 1,  (1 sc in the next st, ch 1, sk 1 st) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 ch1sp]

Rnd 13: Drop CA and switch to CB: Ch 1, (1 sc in the next st, LSC in the st below the ch1sp) around. Sl st to the first st to join. [17 sc, 17 LSC]

Rnd 14: Drop CB and switch to CC: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st around. Sl st to the first st to join. [34 sc]

Rnd 15: Drop CC and switch to MC: Ch 1, sk the first sc, 1 sc in each rem st around. Sl st to the first st to join. [33 sc]

Rnd 16: Ch 1, sk the first sc, 1 sc in each rem st around. Sl st to the first st to join. [32 sc]

Proceed to finishing instructions.

Finishing Instructions

• Weave in your ends securely.

Other Suggestions

• Other yarns that will work well: Lion Brand Cotton, Red Heart Creme de la Creme, Bernat Handicrafter, Lily Sugar n Cream
• If possible, I recommend putting the cozy onto the cup before filling it, just to be safe.
• Cotton cozies are microwave-safe. Do not microwave acrylic cozies, or a cozy embellished with buttons, etc.
• Use a different color for each of the color change rounds. Use up all those scraps!
• If you want your cozy to be a little taller, work an additional round of SC at Round 2 and Round 15.
• Embellish your cozy with buttons, patches, or appliqués to make it unique!

Did you remember to make your Ravelry Project Page? (How to Make a Ravelry Project Page.)

Add a project page for the Carousel Coffee Cup Cozy here.

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Happy crocheting!

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