- [Kristen] It's back to basics with this knit cup cozy
today on GoodKnit Kisses. (classy piano music)
Welcome to GoodKnit Kisses.
We're all about helping you
stitch your love and love your stitches.
Nothin' wrong with goin' back to the basics
from time to time.
This basic cup cozy is a one piece cozy
that slides on with ease.
It's a tapered design, meaning it has no buttons
to fiddle with while you're trying not to spill your drink!
You can have your coffee, tea, or hot chocolate
and keep your hand nice and cool.
But basic and plain are not the same thing.
Being simple has its advantages,
because you can have a nice, big, bold color.
Or you can use stripes
on this nice stockinette flat stitch here.
Keeps it nice on your hand, not too many bumps on it.
Or you can spice it up with a duplicate stitch
and embroidery skills, put a monogram on here
or a nice, cool, fun design.
We've got some designs down below.
So if you'll click on that link,
you can go to the resource page
for some charts to inspire you.
We're going to go through all the materials you need
to keep it in this gauge.
The gauge is important to the pattern
because it's going to be a tapered cup.
That means it is wider at the top than it is at the bottom.
If you substitute a different yarn,
you're gonna need to check your gauge
and adjust accordingly.
But we have an interactive calculator.
Yay!
So go click down there.
It'll help you do the math.
It's approximately four inches tall.
You can make it shorter, but we've made it four inches
so that you have more room here
to stitch on a cool, funky design,
and if you've got big hands like me.
Let's grab our materials.
We're gonna need US 7 or 4 1/2 millimeter needles.
I'm using circular with 16-inch cords,
but you can use straight as well.
Be sure and grab a tape measure
if you need to measure and change your gauge,
as well as a tapestry needle for seaming and weaving.
Also, some scissors and maybe a stitch marker
if you wanna show what the right side is.
And then we need our yarn.
We're working with a medium 4 weight yarn.
This is a 100% wool from Red Heart called Chic Sheep.
There's 24 different colors.
So you can go from super basic colors
to really bold and do some fun stripes,
or use those for your duplicate stitch.
So let's grab that pattern.
Click on the link in the description below
to get yours, and we will take you
through all the steps you need from beginning to end.
And if you need more help, please click on the link below
for more stitches at a slower pace.
See you soon.
We're gonna begin by casting on 43 stitches.
Gonna make my slip knot and place this on my needle.
I'm gonna do the first part for you,
and then you'll complete that yourself.
And remember, there are links down below
for more information and slower videos
on different cast-ons.
Okay, we're gonna grab our yarn in our hand
and pull it apart with our two fingers,
our finger and our thumb.
Pull apart like this and then pull back,
and you're just going to scoop up.
Notice I've got my finger on this slip knot here.
We're gonna scoop up between the two stitches here,
this yarn here on the thumb.
Scoop up.
And we're gonna go down between this yarn here
on my finger, and down in the thumb area.
Then let go with the thumb
and kind of pull on that yarn that's the tail.
Okay.
I'm gonna do that again; you can see it from above.
You're going up through this hole here,
you're going down through this one here,
and that scoops the yarn.
And then you're sweeping and going down with the thumb.
And then let it go, and then pull on that yarn.
Okay.
And there we go.
You've got three stitches on.
You're gonna continue casting on
until you have 43 stitches.
Pause your video, and I'll see you then.
Alright, after you cast on, you're gonna take your needle
and turn it the other direction.
And you're not gonna work with this tail anymore.
You can go ahead and trim that or just let it hang.
Make sure you're working
with the working yarn coming from the ball.
Now, I'm working with a circular needle today,
but you can use a straight needle as well.
It just needs to have enough width
so you can get about 10 inches or so of stitches.
Okay.
So, we've got the first stitch here.
We're going to be knitting that.
We're gonna be working with a one by one ribbing,
so we're going to knit the first stitch.
So we stick our needle in the first stitch and yarn over.
Wrap that yarn around and pull it on through
to make the stitch, and then drop it off.
And then we're gonna go into the next one, which is a purl.
So we're gonna put the yarn back in between here
and then put the yarn into,
the needle into the first stitch.
Okay.
You're going in from the front.
And we're gonna purl, yarn over, wrap around,
and push a new stitch through, and let that fall off.
Let's do that again.
Put the yarn to the back, so between
the two needles so it's hanging in back.
Knit that stitch, yarn over, pull through.
Let that fall off.
Put the yarn between.
Put the needle in and we're gonna purl.
Push it on through.
If you hold the yarn in the opposite hand,
it's going to look like this.
You're going to knit the first stitch, like this.
And let it pull through.
And then you're gonna put the yarn to the front,
gonna put your needle in,
and yarn over, and pull through, like that.
And you've got your purl stitch,
and your yarn stays over here.
So you're gonna continue with knit one, purl one,
all the way across, and join me up at the end of this row.
See you soon.
We're at the end of our row one,
and you're always going to knit that stitch there.
And this is right-side row.
And so in order to mark that,
you can actually put a stitch marker in.
Now that you've completed the row, it's very easy.
Go ahead and just stick it in one of these stitches here.
Alright.
And then this is just gonna show the right side.
Alright, so we're gonna turn our work
and work on row two. (rustling)
Row two always starts on a knit one, purl one,
and you're actually going to purl one, knit one.
So a one by one ribbing just starts
with a purl one, knit one on the wrong side.
And so it's opposite as to the row one,
so it ends on a purl stitch.
So we've got purl one, knit one,
purl one, knit one.
And continue repeating.
And at the end of row two, you'll turn your work
and make another row one.
I'll meet you back at the end
when you've finished another row one after this.
See you soon.
Okay, so you should've completed one more
of the row one, which is actually row three,
and we've ended on a knit stitch.
And we're gonna turn our work and start
on the wrong side, which is purl.
You're just purling across all the stitches.
So we're just gonna purl all the way.
No more ribbing until the very end.
So we'll be making a stockinette stitch,
where all the wrong-side row is purl
and the right-side row is knit.
So you're gonna go ahead and work this stitch.
Do purl stitch, and then do a row of knit stitch,
and then do one more purl row.
So you'll be working three more rows.
We're gonna knit all the way across
after this row, and purl all the way across,
and I'll meet you back at the end here.
Alright, pause your video,
and I will see you in a moment for the increase.
Alright, we're back on a right-side row.
We're on row seven, and we've already done rows four
through six, which is purl, knit, purl for a stockinette.
And then we have an increase row,
and these four rows will get repeated.
So we're going to knit the first stitch, and then increase.
Now, you can make whatever increase
you're most comfortable with.
If you do a KFB, which is a knit front and back,
where we use this stitch, and then pull it
to the back, and then knit in the back,
that produces a purl bump here, okay.
We're gonna eliminate that purl bump
by doing something a little bit different.
You can also do a make one, where you
grab this bar here and twist it in the back.
I'm gonna do something a little bit different.
We're gonna grab this stitch back here,
and we'll call this the mother stitch. (chuckling)
It's the stitch on the row before that you had worked.
We're gonna lift it back up onto our needle.
So I'm just gonna pick it up, place it,
and then work our needle through,
and knit it just as if we normally would.
And then work the stitch that was already on there,
and then continue on your row.
And that leaves a no bump right here.
Alright, so you're gonna continue on row seven in knitting,
and then repeat those four rows three more times, okay.
So you're gonna have three rows of stockinette,
and then an increase row on the right side,
and then continue on.
You're gonna continue until you
have 47 stitches in total on your needles.
Pause your video, and I will see you at that point.
See you soon.
Alright!
So you've got your stockinette field, and your ribbing
down below, and 47 stitches across on your needles.
Now, where I've got my stitch marker,
I've moved it, this is about where you should be right now.
And you can see I've added about six more rows
of stockinette, so that's what you're going to do next.
You're going to knit a row, or actually,
are going to purl a row first,
because you should be with your yarn on this side over here.
And you're gonna purl a row, knit a row,
and then repeat that two more times
for six total rows of stockinette.
You can see that this side is straight
and this side over here is angled,
and we're gonna have this stitch marker here.
It's hard to tell on camera, but this is actually
just going straight up and down.
There are no increases from this point up.
So continue your pattern
for rows 20 through 25 for stockinette.
And at the end, this should measure,
from here to here, about 3 1/2 inches, or nine centimeters.
So at the point you should be now,
if your gauge is not the same is mine,
I'm about two and three quarters from here to here,
or 6 1/2 centimeters.
So you should be at 3 1/2 inches, or nine centimeters
by the time you reach the end of this stockinette.
Alright, pause your video, and I will see you
at this point and we'll begin the next part.
See you soon.
Alright, you're at your measured length,
the 3 1/2 inches, or nine centimeters.
We're on the 26th row, which is on the wrong side.
And we're gonna start our ribbing
opposite how we did in the beginning.
We're gonna work at row two, which is purl,
and then knit,
and repeat across.
Purl, knit, all the way to the end,
with the purl as the last stitch.
And then you're gonna repeat that row one,
as you did before, on the opposite side, knit one, purl one,
and then come back and do another one of these.
So we're doing three rows of one by one ribbing.
And pause your video, I'll meet you back up
and we'll bind this off together.
See you soon.
Okay!
So you've got your ribbing done,
and we're ready to bind off or cast off.
We're gonna do that "in pattern",
which means we're going to knit the knits
and purl the purls.
So we're going to knit the first stitch,
and then knit, I'm sorry, purl the second stitch.
Okay.
And then we're going to lift the front stitch,
the first one, over the second one,
leaving one on our needle.
And then we're gonna work the next stitch,
which this one is a knit.
So we wanna make sure our yarn is in the back first,
and then knit that stitch, and lift up and over.
And you've got one remaining, and so you're gonna
work the next one by purling
and continuing on from there.
I like to put my yarn back when I do it,
just 'cause it gets in the way for me.
Alright.
So continue on in pattern.
And when you get to the end, want you to leave a nice tail.
So you're going to have a tail probably about three
or four times the length of your seam here.
and we're gonna use this for sewing it up,
We'll do that together.
So pause your video, and I'll see you at that point.
See you soon.
Alright, you've come to the end.
You've got your last stitch, and go ahead
and cut off on the length to sew this up,
about three times this length, three or four times.
And pull out this last stitch.
So, this is a perfect opportunity
for you to go ahead and put on your duplicate stitch.
You wanna have this nice and steamed even.
This one's just a little bit rolling on me.
I had actually lightly steam blocked it
when I got to this point here,
so you're only seeing this part roll on mine.
If yours is more rolly, go ahead and block it.
You can pin it out like this, or you
can do a little bit of a steam block.
Just be aware of what materials you have.
So click on that link down below.
We've got a resource page for doing the duplicate stitch
with a video on how to do it, and a few charts for you.
You're just gonna work in all of these stitches.
It's just basically putting another color
on top and creating a design.
So you've got your basic one,
and now we want to move on to sewing it together.
Try and put on your duplicate stitch first
before you sew it, but you can do it either way.
Alright, pause your video.
Go ahead and get your needle ready,
and we'll sew this together.
See you soon.
Go ahead and thread your needle.
(rustling)
And got my yarn comin' out this side,
and we're gonna go from the top down.
So we're gonna go over this side.
We've got this nice knit edge going along here,
and we're gonna work into this bottom stitch.
Go right through...
The stitch here to connect,
pull on through.
And then we're going to work into these two stitches here
to complete that chained edge.
Alright.
And then we're gonna come back up through here.
And you've got that nice edge that's finished out.
And then we'll start working back and forth
across here to connect.
Alright, now that we're connected,
we're actually going to go through the purl bumps
between this column here and this salvage edge.
So we're gonna go in between the purl bumps
to the purl bumps on the opposite side,
and just picking those up.
And that will actually snug this all up together
and remove this edge here.
And we'll have a little bitty seam in the back.
but that won't matter.
So we're gonna pick up this first purl bump here.
This, I find, is the easiest way,
because you can see how to get it started.
So we're gonna jump across to the other side
and pick up the first purl bump over on this side.
And then go back across, pick up the next purl bump.
And across,
pick up the next one.
And you know that you did three rows, so I'm picking up.
You can actually count back down and say okay,
this was the third row, this is the second row,
this is the third row, and that way,
you kind know you're on point here.
So I'm picking up the third row on this side here,
and then the third row on this side.
Okay.
And so that pulls that together,
and now it continues that ribbing look.
And you're gonna go back over to this side and go up.
Now, this side right here is the one that was all
the increases, and this one is the straight one.
It's going to be easier to see this side here.
But this one over here, you're picking up
on some of them where there was an increase.
So it might be a little bit harder to see.
But on this side, it's gonna be consistently lining up
where this column is, where we had the purls.
So you can see that we're gonna go to the next stitch up,
which is going to be right here,
in between this column here,
okay, this little bar, and pick those stitches up.
And then come over to the next side,
and we're gonna go in one, let's see,
where were we the last time.
Okay, so we were here, and then we wanna go up one stitch.
And then go over to this side over here
and go up one.
I'm just goin' right through that bar.
And then go over to the other side
and go right through there.
I'll do one more and I'll show you
how it's kinda working up here.
One bar,
and over to the right again.
And if you follow along this very edge here,
you should be able to see it,
if you can see that I have been stitching this together
and it's bring the sides of these edges up nicely.
Okay.
So you're just gonna continue going back and forth,
and get to the very end.
And we'll meet you there for some final stitching, alright.
So just take your time.
And don't pull too tightly.
If you need to, you can kinda pull back
and see where you came from,
and loosen the stitches, and undo it if you need to
if you've never practiced this before.
Alright, pause your video,
and I will see you down at the end.
See you soon.
Okay.
And so when you get down to the end here,
where you've got the ribbing, you just wanna make sure
that you're lined up and ready to go.
If you need to work two stitches together
to get yourself lined up, you can do that.
You can grab two bars
from the same line to ease that tension
and ease the fullness, actually, is what that's called.
And that way, one side doesn't look all bunched up
and the other one isnit.
Okay, so I'm gonna go over.
Let's see, I'm goin' to this side.
I'm gonna go over here and pick up my purl bump
Oops.
And go over to pick up this first purl bump
and continue as I've been doing.
And then you will want to finsih off
by connecting as we did before in the beginning.
You're gonna connect
and finish off that look to the chain there.
Let's see.
My eyeball is deceiving me here.
Alright, I think I've got the last one.
So I'm gonna go through. (groaning)
This is where you kind have to eyeball it here,
and my bifocal eyes, (laughing) okay.
I'm gonna go through this end here
to the back, and then I'm gonna go around to the front.
And I wanna pull in the stitch that would line up here.
So gonna go through here.
K, so I'm creating the back end of this chain,
and I wanna do the front end of this chain
to go around to the front of this column,
'cause we're on this column here.
So we're gonna go all the way to this chain.
Okay, and that's gonna pull those extra stitches
to the back because you do have a seam in the back.
Alright, and so that makes that nice
and imitates exactly what you have along the edge here.
And then you can just turn it inside-out
and continue stitching that in.
And then you've got your tail.
And this is the original tail,
and you can just kinda go back through here
and weave in
your tails.
Alright!
So continue weaving in your tails.
And pause your video.
I'll meet you back at the end.
See you soon
(rustling)
And there you have your basic knit cup cozy.
And it is tapered, where it's smaller at the bottom,
bigger at the top, and you can design
any duplicate stitch pattern on the top here.
Use just the width of it, or fee free
and go all the way around to the side.
For ideas, go click on that link down below
and hit the Subscribe button with a bell notification
for your next video.
We have videoe every week here.
Thank you so much to Red Heart Yarns for the yarn.
And be sure and click on the comments down below.
Tell me what you thought, which designs
would you like to see in a duplicate stitch
to match your cup cozy?
Alright, and also, be sure and tune in
to the loom knit video for a basic cup cozy
if you like (classy piano music)
on the knitting loom.
Thanks for joining us today where we help you
stitch your love and love your stitches.
See you again soon.
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