Kitty and Doggie cup cozies

 I have been making these super quick and easy kitty and doggie cup cozies

FREE PATTERN

Here is what you will need 

Yarn - any 4 weight yarn - I used acrylic but you can use cotton or a cotton blend
Hook - 5mm

Optional Safety Eyes/buttons/glue on eyes etc

Optional Safety nose/button/glue on nose etc

small amount of yarn or embroidery floss for faces

Optional fishing line or nylon thread for cat whiskers

Gauge - starting chain should be approx. 8" and stretch to 9" for a 12 oz coffee cup   (after round 1 check to make sure it will fit snuggly around cup add or remove chains or go up/down in hook size)

Terms (US)

sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
tr = triple crochet
ss = slip stitch
ch = chain

shell = hdc, 2dc, tr, 2dc, hdc in same stitch

The stitch counts in parenthesis at end of each Round/Row are for reference only

We will start with a loose chain of 35, slip stitch in first chain form a loop (to make the seam less visible, pull the stitch tight, ch1 and pull that stitch tight - do this at the end of every round). 

Rounds 1-11: sc in same stitch as ss&ch, sc in each stitch around, sl in first sc, pull tight, ch1, pull tight (35 sc)

Kitty (make two shells evenly spaced in the front half of cozy - you will need to make adjustments if you added or removed stitches to the starting chain)

Round 12 (kitty) - sc in same stitch as ss&ch, sc in next 11 stitches, shell (hdc, 2dc, tr, 2 dc, hdc) in next stitch, skip stitch, sc in next 7 stitches, shell (hdc, 2dc, tr, 2dc, hdc) in next stitch, skip stitch, sc in next 12 stitches, slip stitch in first sc, finish off

Doggie (make two ears evenly spaced on each side of cozy - you will need to make adjustments if you added or removed stitches to the starting chain). The dog ears are work in rows going up/down and connecting with sc to Round 11 - see photo for reference or you can do the optional SEW ON ears (instructions at the end)

Round 12 (doggie) - sc in same stitch as ss&ch, sc in next 6 stitches
Make 1st ear:
    Row1:  chain 9, sc in 2 chain from hook and next 7 chains, sc in each of next 2 stitches of round 11 (8sc for ear and 2sc for round 12)
    Row2: (working up the sc from Row 1) turn without chaining, sc in first 6 sc of Row1, sc last two stitches together, turn (7sc for ear)
    Row3: (working down the sc from Row 2) sc first two stitches together, sc in next 5 stitches, sc in each of next 2 stitches of round 11 (6sc for ear and 2sc for R12)
    Row4: (working up the ear) turn without chaining, sc first 4 sc of Row3, sc last two together, turn (4sc for ear)

    Row5: (working down the ear) sc first two stitches together, sc in next stitch, sc in each of next 2 stitches of round 11 (3sc for ear and 2sc for R12)
    Row6: (working up the ear) turn without chaining, sc first stitch of Row5, sc next two together, turn (2sc for ear)
    Row7: (working down the ear) sc two stitches together (1sc for ear)
Continuing around top of cozy - sc in next 10 stitches of Round 11
Make 2nd ear:
    Row1: ch2, 2sc in 2nd chain from hook, sc in each of next 2 stitches of round 11 (2sc for ear and 2sc for R12)
    Row2: (working up the ear) sc in first sc of Row1, 2 sc in last sc, ch1, turn (3sc)
    Row3: (working down the ear) 2sc in first sc, sc in each of next 2 stitches, sc in each of next 2 stitches of round 11 (4sc for ear and 2sc for R12)
    Row4: (working up the ear) sc in each of first 3 stitches of Row3, 2 sc in last sc, ch1, turn (5sc)
    Row5: (working down the ear) 2 sc in first sc, sc in next 4 stitches, sc in each of next 2 stitches of round 11 (6sc for ear and 2sc for R12)
    Row6: (working up the ear) sc in each of first 5 stitches of Row5, 2 sc in last sc, ch1, turn (7sc)
    Row7: 2 sc in first sc, sc in next 6 stitches (8sc)
Continuing around the top of cozy - sc in next 6 stitches of Round 11, ss in top of first sc, pull tight and finish off

OPTIONAL SEW ON DOGGIE EARS (make two)

Row 1: leave a long tail for sewing ear onto the cozy, chain 9, sc in second chain from hook and each chain across, ch1, turn (8 sc)
Row2: sc in front loops only of each sc across, ch1, turn (8sc)
Row3: sc two together, sc in next 4 stitches, sc two together, ch1, turn (6sc)
Row4: sc in each sc across, ch1, turn (6sc)
Row5: sc two together, sc in next 2 stitches, sc two together, ch1, turn (4sc)
Row6: sc in each sc across, ch1, turn (4sc)
Row7: sc two together, sc to together, ch1, turn (2 sc)
Row8: sc in each sc across, ch1, turn (2sc)
Row 9 :sc two together, ch1, turn (1sc)

finish off and sew ears to cozy

If using safety eyes/noses, you will need to either melt the post so it is flat on the inside of the cozy or cut the post and glue the eyes/nose to the cozy.

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