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Mug cosies are a new and growing trend in home knitting, and are arguably the most stylish way to keep your hot drinks hot. Now you can knit them quickly and easily using the simple patterns in this book. There are 20 'mug hugs' to choose from and 20 alternative colourways, ranging in style from traditional to contemporary, fun and funky to cute and homely. All the designs can be easily adapted to match your home style or colour scheme, or to complement your favourite set of coffee cups. They make fantastic gifts too for special friends and relatives, or indeed anyone you share a coffee with regularly. And why not make a personalised one for each member of your knitting or sewing group, book club or staff room? The mug hugs are very quick and easy to make, and can be knitted up in an hour or two from scraps and oddments of wool. They are suitable for knitters of all abilities, and an ideal starting point for adults and children who are just learning to knit.

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Publié par	Search Press Ltd
Date de parution	06 septembre 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781781260302
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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Val Pierce’s passion for knitting began when her father taught her to knit at the age of five. Later in life she began home knitting for yarn manufacturers, and since then she has made a huge range of items, from evening dresses to teddy bears. She later began designing items of her own, and before long Val’s designs were appearing regularly in national knitting and crochet magazines. She also teaches knitting, as well as a range of other needlecrafts, to both adults and children. Val lives and works in Shropshire.

First published in Great Britain 2010
Search Press Limited Wellwood, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3DR
Text copyright © Val Pierce 2010
Photographs by Debbie Patterson at Search Press Studios
Photographs and design copyright © Search Press Ltd 2010
All rights reserved. No part of this book, text, photographs or illustrations may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means by print, photoprint, microfilm, microfiche, photocopier, internet or in any way known or as yet unknown, or stored in a retrieval system, without written permission obtained beforehand from Search Press.
Print ISBN: 978-1-84448-606-9
EPUB ISBN: 978-1-78126-030-2
Kindle ISBN: 978-1-78126-085-2
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78126-139-2
The Publishers and author can accept no responsibility for any consequences arising from the information, advice or instructions given in this publication.
Readers are permitted to reproduce any of the items in this book for their personal use, or for the purposes of selling for charity, free of charge and without the prior permission of the Publishers. Any use of the items for commercial purposes is not permitted without the prior permission of the Publishers.
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Dedication
To Ellie, Abi and Oliver, three very special little people. A true source of my inspiration for all things bright and beautiful!

Safety note
Please ensure you wrap your mug cosy around your mug or cup and secure it before filling the mug or cup with hot liquid, otherwise you may accidentally spill your drink. Once filled, the mug or cup should be held by the handle when in use to avoid it slipping through your fingers and the drink being spilt.

Contents
Introduction
Hints and tips
Snowflakes and Stars
Cosy Christmas
Leaf Fall
Butterflies and Beads
Buttons and Bows
Cat’s Whiskers
Celtic Plait
Cottage Garden
Fair Isle Hearts
Coffee and Cream
Highland Hugs
Gold Fish
Lady’s Smock
Rambling Rose
Warm and Woolly
Ship Ahoy!
Strawberry Fair
Time for Tea
Sunflowers
Candy Twist

Introduction
Drinking a cup of tea or coffee will never be the same again with these fun and colourful mug hugs! What better way to keep your hot drinks hot than to create your own special cosy. In this little book I have designed twenty unique projects, each with an alternative colourway, in a range of colours and styles.
The patterns are easy to follow and the cosies quick to make, so they are ideal projects for those of you who are new to knitting, as well as more experienced knitters looking for something a little different to make for themselves, their family or their friends. They can be knitted up in just a few hours, and each project takes only a small amount of yarn, so they are ideal for using up all those odds and ends that you have stashed away.
Make a matching set of mug hugs to complement your favourite tea or coffee cups; make a personalised one for a special friend or close relative; create a set of mug hugs to celebrate Christmas, a birthday or a special occasion; make one for all the members of your work team, club or circle of friends; or simply treat yourself to your own special mug hug.
Whatever you decide to do, I hope that the designs in this book will inspire you all to ‘get hugging’.
Happy knitting!

Decorative and useful, mug hugs will warm your heart as well as your drink. Here are just some of the designs featured in the book.

Hints and tips

There are no specific tensions set for any of the projects in the book, but if you decide to use different yarns from those stated do note that the mug cosy may turn out a little larger or smaller than the pattern states.
When a pattern is knitted lengthways it is possible to adjust the length by simply knitting more or fewer rows before completing the buttonhole band.
Fair Isle and stocking stitch tend to curl a little at the edges after they are knitted. Pressing the piece with a warm iron over a damp cloth can help to alleviate this and even out the patterning.
Abbreviations
The list of abbreviations shown below are the most common ones used in the book. Where abbreviations are used in one pattern only, they are given with the appropriate pattern for ease of reference.
UK and US terminology

UK
cast off
moss stitch
stocking stitch
yarn forward
US
bind off
seed stitch
stockinette stitch
yarn over
Button sizes
All the mug hugs in this book are designed to take a button that measures approximately 1.5–2.0cm (½–¾in) across.

The design shown above is given on the Warm and Woolly page. The mug hug itself is knitted following the same pattern as that given for the project, but with the addition of the rose motif in place of the sheep. The instructions for the rose are given in the Warm and Woolly project.

alt:
cm:
dec:
GS:
inc:
K:
P:
psso:
rem:
rep:
RS:
skpo:
SS:
st:
tog:
WS:
yfwd:
yrn:

alternate
centimetres
decrease
garter stitch (every row knit)
increase
knit
purl
pass slipped stitch over
remaining
repeat
right side
slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
stocking stitch
stitch
together
wrong side
bring yarn forward to increase 1 stitch
yarn round needle (yfwd then go round the needle again)

Snowflakes and Stars

Materials:
1 ball dark blue double knitting yarn
7 white snowflake buttons
1 plain blue button
Needles:
1 pair 4.00mm (UK 8; US 6) knitting needles

Measurements:
23 x 8cm (9 x 3¼in)
Instructions:
Cast on 7 sts.
Knit 2 rows.
Continue in GS.
Inc 1 st at each end of next and every alt row until 19 sts on needle.