Improvising Patterns: How to Gauge Length of Round Cozy

Knitting a tube, or of course a rectangle, is easy - right? Yes! Even with a decorative stitch inside those bounds. So making your own pattern to cover a round object, like say a cozy for a cup, should be very easy — except you need to know how long to make the width. Improvising patterns on straight things is easy with the Knit-On cast on method (visit www.knittinghelp.com to see cast on videos) and lining your needle up with the to-be-cozied objects. And cozying cups, etc. can be just as easy, just use circular needles, at least for your cast-on (in the same size), whether you will knit in the round, or sew up the seams.

How to tell how many stitches to cast on for a round cozy?

Number of stitches to cast on for round cozy

(This folded/seamed Starbleep’s sleeve makes it a little bit tough to do
[and photograph] but hopefully you see, it’s still easy!)

Just push your stitches around to the “cable” portion of the needle set and wrap it around a cup, can, or even a coffee shop sleeve you’ve saved! You’ll know when to lengthen or shorten. Since knitting stretches, approximate is fine. Good luck!

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