Knit Zig Zag Beer Cozy
Before your next tailgate, create a Knit Zig Zag Beer Cozy from Rebecca Brown to keep your brew nice and cool. If you're looking for knit gift ideas for the holidays or birthdays, this is a great pattern to keep on hand. Use the zig zag stitch and your favorite color of yarn. This pattern was created using Pick-A-Stitch Knitting Software.
Materials:
- 20 yards Remnants of Machine Washable Worsted Weight yarn, (15 g of unknown brand consumed in this project)
- Four Size 3 (3.25 mm) double pointed needles
- A beer bottle to check the desired height
Gauge: 6 sts/inch; 8 rows/inch over the lacy zig zag pattern
Finished Size: 3.5” wide x 5.25” high
Instructions:
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Cast on 43 sts in the main color (this will be the top of the cozy). Join to work in the round. Place a marker or somehow designate the beginning of the round.
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For two rounds, *K2, P1* across until the last stitch, P1.
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Knit 1 row across
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ZigZag Row 1: *SSK, K2, YO, K2* repeat from * until last stitch, K1
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ZigZag Row 2: K across
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ZigZag Row 3: Repeat Row 1
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ZigZag Row 4: K acorss
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ZigZag Row 5: Repeat Row 1
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ZigZag Row 6: K across
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ZigZag Row 7: K3, *YO, K2, K2tog, K2* repeat from * until last 4 sts, YO, K2, K2tog.
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ZigZag Row 8: K across
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ZigZag Row 9: Repeat Row 7
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ZigZag Row 10: K across
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ZigZag Row 11: Repeat Row 7
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ZigZag Row 12: K across
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Repeat ZigZag Rows 1-12 twice more
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Begin shaping for the Cozy Bottom: K13, K2tog, K12, K2tog, K12, K2tog (40 sts)
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K1 round even
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K1, *K1, K2tog* Repeat from * across (27 sts)
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K1 round even
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K2tog across until the last stitch, K1 (14 sts)
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K2tog across (7 sts)
- Cut yarn, pull through remaining stitches and weave in loose ends.
Abbreviations:
- K - knit
- P - purl
- YO - Yarn Over
- SSK - decrease by slipping two stitches then knitting them together. Alternatively, you could slip one stitch, knit one stitch and pass slipped stitch over.
- K2tog - decrease by knitting to stitches together.
