A Loving Cup

A quick knit for Valentine’s Day with a long return – a cosy cup of Rosie Lea or coffee, and bags of admiration and compliments.  As someone once said, ‘Knitting makes the heart (and the tea or coffee) stay warmer’ or something like that.

This pattern was quick and easy to make, and my first attempt at cables.  I reduced the number of rows by just a few to avoid woolly mouthfuls, and then found that it fits taller mugs just as well.  The two Valentine recipients (not both mine) loved them.  I used Wendy Supreme 100% luxury cotton for the one in the top and middle pictures, and DK Special by Stylecraft, 100% acrylic, for the other, shown on the taller mug.

Cabled Mug Cozy is the place to go for this pattern.