Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cup Sleeve BySusanPreston Blueeyed grl@hotmail.com It's about that time again! Time for our favorite seasonal coffee, lattes and various other products to be offered at our favorite coffee buying spots! Celebrate this wonderful provision with your own cute coffee cup sleeve!
What you will need: WW #4 yarn in three colors. Pie I used Caron Simply Soft in Pumpkin Crust I used Caron Simply Soft in Bone Whipped Cream I used Caron Simply Soft in White You can use any yarn you wish, just make sure it's worsted weight, #4 to keep the gauge the same. H-8 Hook Yarn Needle Scissors Gauge is not too important here. To Begin, starting with Sleeve: WithPie color chain 35 R-1 Sc in 2nd chain from hook, and all chains across (34sts) Join to form a circle being sure not to twist.
(From here on out you will not join each time around, but just keep crocheting in a circular motion. You might want to place a marker here and move it up as you go.) R- 2 and on... Ch 1, sc in same stitch. Place marker her if you are using; sc around. Do not join. Keep sc around until your piece measures 3" from top to bottom. Fasten off with an Invisible Join and weave in ends.
To make Crust: With crust color, join in any Back Loop (BL) of the top of your sleeve. Look at the picture to tell where your top is and where the bottom is...they will look different. The top will have a discernible row of stitches where the bottom will look like it only has one loop.
All in the Back Loop: Ch 1, do a sc, hdc in same stitch. In the next stitch do a hdc, sc in the same stitch. In the next stitch, sl st. \* In the next stitch make a sc, hdc in the same stitch, in the next stitch do a hdc, sc in the same stitch. Sl st in the next stitch.\* Repeat from \* to \* around and join with a sl st to your beginning stitch. Fasten off. Turn piece over, working on the bottom' of the sleeve (also called the initial chains) Repeat steps for crust that you did on the other side. This can be tricky as it looks like there is no back loop here. You can either do it in the back loop or not, it's your preference. It should look like this when finished: Fasten off and weave in your ends.
To make Whipped Cream Dollops: (Make 4) With Whipped Cream color and leaving a tail to be used later, ch 10. In second chain from the hook make 2sc, 2sc in each of the next 2ch (total of 3 ch with 2sc each in them), make 2 hdc in each of the next 3 ch, and make 2 dc in the last 3 ch. Fasten off leaving a tail that canbe used.
Roll up the dollops in line with the natural curve it will make. It will kind of look like a flower. With the beginning tail and your yarn needle, gently weave the tail through the dollop to secure the stitches.
Your dollops should then look like this before sewing them onto your sleeve, after you have rolled them and weaved the yarn through a time or two: You will notice that both tails are still attached to the dollops.
Spacing them evenly around the sleeve, sew your dollops with a yarn needle and the tails onto the sleeve. Weave the ends through the dollop a couple of times to secure, bring both tails to the back of the sleeve and tie a knot. Trim ends. Do this for all four dollops.
et your Pumpkin Spice coffee or latte and slip on your new coffee sleeve and Enjoy!
