Saturday, February 27, 2010

7 Cable Mug Cozy

This is the first pattern I've ever tried writing out. For the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class in my Hogwarts at Ravelry group, we were challenged to make various bevarage cozies. There are lots of beautiful cabled options out there for knitters but I didn't find any for crocheters. So here's my contribution - I hope it makes sense! Please send me a note if you need any clarification in the instructions. Thanks!


7 Cable Mug Cozy
















Materials
Worsted weight yarn
G hook

Abbreviations
ch: chain
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet
ss: slip stitch
sk: skip
fptr: front post treble crochet: yo twice, insert hoof from front to back around post of st indicated, yo and pull up a loop, (yo and draw through 2 loops on hook) 3 times. sk st behind fptr.

Base worked in continuous rounds – place marker at beginning of each round
R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in second ch from hook (6sc)
R2: 2 sc in each sc around (12sc)
R3: *2sc in next st, sc* 6 times around (18sc)
R4: *2sc in next st, 2sc* 6 times around (24sc)
R5: *2sc in next st, 3sc* 6 times around (30sc)
R6: *2sc in next st, 4sc* 6 times around (36sc)
R7: *2sc in next st, 5sc* 6 times around (42sc)

Sides worked in rows back and forth
R8: ch 1 (does not count as stitch), in back loop only hdc in each st around. ss to first hdc. ch 1, turn. (42hdc)
R9: Working in both loops, hdc in each st around. ss to first hdc. ch 1, turn. (42hdc)
R10: Repeat round 9.
R11: (hdc, sk next 2 st, work fptr around st one row below next 2 hdc, working in front of fptr just made work fptr around st one row below each skipped hdc, hdc) 7 times. Do not join to first stitch of this round. ch 1, turn.
R12: hdc in each st around. ch 1, turn.
R13: (hdc, work fptr around next 4 fptr, hdc) 7 times. ch 1, turn.
R14: Repeat round 12,
R15-18: Repeat round 11-14
R19: Repeat round 11.
R20: Repeat round 12. Do not ch 1 and turn. Instead, ch 30 and finish off (tie made).
Join with ss to first st of round 20. ch 30 and finish off (second tie made).
Weave in ends.


Row 11

Ties

18 comments:

  1. I really love you cozy :). Found it through Ravelry. Cannot wait to make it!! Thank you for sharing it!

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  2. i love this design but I am really struggling with row 11, any chance you could explain what I need to do in very simple terms? Thanks so much!

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  3. loove it <3 :) than< for sharing :D

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  4. im really confused on row 11! clarification would be great!

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  5. Thank you for the pattern, though ours do not match, i do like the way it turned out! Thanks Again!

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  6. I somehow keep coming up with 9 posts instead of 7. 3 hours wasted on one row!!! :(

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    1. Make sure you are doing 2 HDC's between each set of cables :) I had the same issue and then realized I had only been doing one.

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  7. sames having probs with row 11 please explain

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  8. Video please!!. Need help. Thanks

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  9. Can't understand Row 11 either and I've been crocheting for 20 years!

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  10. Ummmm. Ok, I understand this is a free pattern. But........ For several years now, so many having problems with row 11!!!!!!

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    1. I hope this helps (the pattern should have been clearer on this point) just make sure to do two HDC's inbetween each set of cables, it helps keep it all add up to the stitches mentioned in the pattern.

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  11. So I'm REALLY having problems with row 11. Is there going to be any clarification posted or am I going to trash my work so far and move on to a different pattern?? PLEASE help me. Thank you

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  12. So I figured out an easy way to do row 11. U have 42 stitches and need to do 7 sets of cables. That means each set is 6 stitches. So to begin make a hdc in the 1St stitch. look at the row below and from the beginning count from right to left 3 stitches. This is for the hdc and the 2 skipped stitches. Then in the 4the stitch work the front post treble crochet. Then in the next stitch another fptc. Go back to the 2 skipped stitches and work the fptcs. There should b a second row behind the treble crochet row seeing u are working around the posts and not into the top of the stitches. you should be able to see the unworked loops as well as the hdc in the 1St stitch. Count 4 of the unworked loops (stitches) from the hdc. Hdc in the 5th stitch. Hdc in the 6th stitch. Then look at the row below again and u should b able to see the loops around the post of the stitches from the fptc. Count 2 stitches from the last treble crochet (for the 2hdc above) and count 2more for the stitches we are supposed to skip. Now work a fptc in the 5th and the 6th stitch. Then go back and work the fptc in the 2 skipped stitches. Keep going around until the row is done. The last stitch will b a hdc in the 1st stitch of the previous row and can be hard to spot but it's there. After I figured this out I had no mistakes. Hope this helps.

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    1. That was awesome!! Thank you so much!! MUCH easier to understand!!

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    2. Yes! Thank you very much, this helped me with Row 11. I was so puzzled until I saw this. It turns out I was unwittingly putting my hdc in the top of the stitch I had worked my 4th fptr in (i.e., one stitch too early).

      I’d like to note, in case this is useful for anyone: in my cozy, once I had done it correctly, there was a large gap after each cable cluster in Row 11 (and 15 and 19). Don’t know if that’s just how it was for me or if it also happened to other people. As I crocheted Row 20, I closed the big gaps in Row 19 by including the unused back loop of the stitch below each gap in my hdcs.

      Thank you to Nancy for creating and sharing her pattern, and thank you to the anonymous commenter for sharing their Row 11 breakthrough.

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