With the advent of Ravelry, and its awesome pattern delivery service the dream can become a reality. Now I know that you are itching to get your hands on some more beer cozy patterns so I have excerpted a pattern available for free. the pattenr is hosted on Ravelry, but I think everyone should be able to download it Behold! The Sock Yarn Beer Cozy!

I didn’t bring any knitting needles with me so i crocheted this cozy during the superbowl. I added the ruffley edge so the boys would quit eyeing it. They kept looking so i added a flower. I still didn’t leave it unattended.

[Ravelry project page]

On an unrealted note, i was tagged by Hannah (ages ago) to show everyone my computer desktop. I took the capture and put it in my flickr, but never mentioned it here.

The background is a photo of Arizona where I was collecting rock samples a while ago. Click through to flickr to see the notes.

Want to share yours? Consider yourself tagged!

I tried to come up with a clever title for my entry into this month’s whiplash competition, but I have failed. I am just saying it like it is. I like to drink beer, and occasionally malt liquor. Frequent readers here may also remember that I like to keep my beer cold, and my hands warm. I also like to make small efforts to reuse materials, or recycle – you know, like taking your own bag to the grocery store… Now I can have it all – warm hands, cold 40’s, and no soggy paper bag to throw in the recycling.

Made from superwash wool to look like a paper bag, this cozy will meet my 40 transportation needs perfectly. It has vertical details that look like the folds on the side of a paper bag. The top edge is pointed like the pinked edge of a paper bag*. Though the fit around the body is snug, a proper 40 sack can cling tightly to the neck of the forty so mine has a drawstring for cinching up. It also looks good when the top is folded down.

I am happy to have this new cozy to add to my collection.

Though i haven’t written up the pattern for this cozy, I do have a beer cozy pattern available for your enjoyment. And if you like to drink forties in your home, you should try participating in Simpson’s and 40’s.
edit:I forgot to mention that I made a flickr group for whiplash participants. Please join! Or visit and look around.

*I had a heck of a time figuring out how to make the pointed top edging. If you are interested in the knitting details on how to get that done, the pattern is below.

Pointed Bind-off:

This is worked in multiples of 5 stitches. If you don’t have an even multiple of 5 stitches, you need to sneak some decreases in somewhere (I have never tried entrelac, but I bet it works something like this).

k1, turn
* k1, turn
k2, turn
k2, turn
k3, turn
k3, turn
k4, turn
k4, turn
k5, turn
k5, turn
Cast off 5 *

Repeat from * to *.

A beer cozy that I am calling “the Handyman special.” When you know a handy guy that welds a new piece for your ball-winder, you need to repay him somehow. I attempted a dramatic picture in front of sunset behind the golden gate bridge, but it didn’t work at all. This cozy is knit out of dishcloth cotton from our big order and was done on straight needles.

I have two other practically completed projects, but they won’t be around much longer. The first is a prototype for a sock pattern I am working on.

i like the pattern a lot. It has a little bit of yarn-over laciness, a little bit of ribbing, and a little bit of twistiness. unfortunately it is a little too small and needs to be reworked. This time I think I will use a normal weight sock yarn instead of the medium-weight socks that rock (in the color dreidel in case you were wondering). I think my standard 3×1 sock will be perfect for this str, just like the last. So this particular sock will be ripped out momentarily.

The second project destined for destruction: a square for larissa’s square-along using some of my solar dyed sock yarn. This is what it would look like if I was actually blocking it:

It’s an age old tale of knitting woe… I didn’t check my gauge and it is an inch too big. So it is getting ripped out and done again on smaller needles. Don’t know if I will be able to get it done by the deadline, though. Too much other stuff going on.

Edit: Larissa is accepting all squares, so I can send mine after all and I don’t need to rip it out and redo it. hooray!

Yarn: Schachenmayr Rainbow (worsted weight)
Needles: 4 double pointed #6 US, and a cable needle

Cast on 36 stitches.
{brackets} indicate the cable
part of the pattern

row 1-4: *k2 p2 k2 p2 k2 {p1 k6 p1}* repeat from * to *.
row 5: *k2 p2 k2 p2 k2 {p1 place 3 stitches on cable needle and hold behind work, k3, k3 from cable needle, p1}* repeat from * to *.
Continue repeating rows 1-5 until cozy is as tall as the body of the beer bottle that you would like it to fit (mine is about 6 inches). The decreases occur only in the ribbed portion of the pattern, so you should continue the cable as above throughout the decreases.

Begin Decreases:
decrease row 1: *k2 p2 k2 p2tog k2 {cable continued from above}* repeat from * to *. (34 stitches remain).
decrease row 2: *k2 p2tog k2 p1 k2 {cable}* repeat from * to *. (32 stitches
remain).
decrease row 3: *k2 k2tog k1 p1 k2 {cable}* repeat from * to *. (30 stitches
remain).
decrease row 4: *k4 k2tog k1 {cable}* repeat from * to *. (28 stitches
remain).< Decreases finished! Continue with the following pattern until the neck of your cozy is as long as you wish. Neck rows: k6 {cable} k6 {cable}.

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