Description

The Doodle cafetière cosy was inspired by doodling spirals. I added a simple border and a corrugated rib. Then I played around with a colour palette using Spindrift from Jamieson’s of Shetland.

The Doodle cafetière cosy features feature stranded colourwork patterns. You knit Doodle in the round from lower rib to upper rib, then cut the steek. Now, cutting your carefully worked knitting may seem terrifying, but really it’s not! Spindrift is a woolly yarn, so doesn’t unravel. And once you finish your steek, the stitches are really secure and neat. You finish Doodle by adding a button and button loop. Then put the kettle on and make some coffee!

You could make one for yourself, as a gift or give the Doodle cafetière cosy kit to a coffee-loving knitter.

The pattern for the Doodle cafetière cosy is available as part of a kit.

Options

Kit

The kit contains:

• An A5 printed pattern booklet for Doodle cafetiére cosy.
• Sufficient Jamieson’s Spindrift to knit the cosy.
• A small amount of a similar weight smooth waste yarn.
• A button.

Pattern details

Sizes

Cafetiere circumference: 23.5 cm | 9¼ in.

Height: 13 cm | 5 in.

Tension | gauge

32 sts and 33 rounds per 10 cm over stranded colourwork stocking stitch after washing and blocking.

Needles & accessories

Always use a needle size that will result in the correct tension after washing and blocking. Suggested needle sizes are:

2.75 mm | UK12 | US2 needles: needles suitable for your preferred method of knitting projects with small circumferences: double-pointed or two circular needles or an 80 cm or longer circular needle for the Magic loop method.

3.25 mm | UK10 | US3 needles: needles suitable for your preferred method of knitting projects with small circumferences: double-pointed or two circular needles or an 80 cm or longer circular needle for the Magic loop method.

Lockable stitch markers, for marking pattern repeats.

Blunt-ended yarn or tapestry needle, for weaving in the yarn ends.

Level

Intermediate knitter (you can cast on and off, knit and purl, work stocking stitch and rib, knit in the round and follow a simple pattern).

Other details

This pattern is available in two versions: there’s one written for those who knit left-handed as well as the standard one for those who knit right-handed.

Most of you knit right-handed, that is, your stitches move from the left-hand to the right-hand needle as you knit: choose “knitting right-handed”.

Some of you knit left-handed, that is, your stitches move from the right-hand to the left-hand needle as you knit: choose “knitting left-handed”.

If you are a left-handed knitter who knits right-handed, that is your stitches move from the left-hand to the right-hand needle, you should choose “knitting right-handed”.

Samples knitted by Nicki Merrall.