When Fall rolls around I fall back in love with sweatpants, cuddle blankets, hot tea … and everything else cozy. I gladly set aside my flip flops for my cozy slippers as the floors begin to feel cold in the morning.
All of the snuggling starts to get me in the mood for some knitting and crocheting. I don’t typically do either one during the Spring and Summer months. It’s not a rule or anything, I just usually don’t feel like it. But when Fall rolls around I start searching for my needles and hooks and scrounging whatever yarn is leftover from last winter.
So I did just that last week – found some needles, found some yarn and found a pattern. I wanted to knit a cup cozy, like this one:
Don’t you love it? I had some red yarn and small needles. I tried this pattern. I cuddled under a blanket and was so excited to knit myself a little cozy. I thought I was having a brilliant idea and I would knit a whole bunch for Christmas. Imagine my disappointment when it came out terrible. It was too big and almost stretchy – so it didn’t stay put on the cup. There’s no way I’m showing you a picture of the one I made. I was SO bummed.
Thankfully, it was a small, quick project so I didn’t have too much time invested. It looks like it should have been pretty simple. I’m not really sure what I did wrong. Can anyone help? I’d love to try it again and get it right!
Also, I’m dying to make a cute hat for myself – not a warm winter-y one – a cute one. I stumbled across this one and I think I might try it. It’s a little outside of my realm of comfort but I’m willing to try! What do you think?
Are you working on any projects? Have any tips for me or good patterns? Please share! I can use all the help I can get 
Why I do what I do ~ One night we were driving down the road and Chloe spotted something far away. She said, “Do you know why I can see that far? It’s because I ate carrots today.”
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That’s a beautiful cup cozy, and I’m sorry it didn’t turn out. No advice here. BUT if it makes you feel any better, my cool weather project is a cross-stitch stocking…. that I’ve been working on for 10 years!!! LOL!!
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Wow! Cross-stitch is something I’ve never attempted. I’m afraid the progress would be too slow for me and I’d give up! :-/
I am not a knitter, but I wonder if it was the type of yarn? I am going to try my hand at a jean quilt this fall. My first quilt ever!!
Good luck on your first quilt, Cheryl! That’s all it took for me and I was hooked on sewing. I love it now!
Oh, and the hat is adorable!!