Fresh Seltzer Cozy - Free Cozy Crochet Pattern

I truly love creating cozies for many reasons:

• They are a quick project and you an make a lot of them in a short time frame (great for craftfairs)
  
• You never have to worry about ring marks on your favorite tables
• You can make them in any color and will always look great!

Lets get into this fun pattern! This is considered a beginner level pattern and should take an hour or less which is great if you want to create a bunch!

Notes:

1. For this pattern, make sure to work in continuous rounds which will result in no visible seams. Do not slip stitch after each round. 
2. The specific yarn used for this Fresh Seltzer Cozy was the
   Tool Bench Hardware Cotton Twine
3. The tags are from IdahoTaylorMade Chestnut Faux Leather Tag .85" x 2.75"
4. This pattern is for personal use only. Please do not sell this pattern as your own. Please feel free to sell the finished item and do give credit to Fresh Cut Yarn.
5. If you will be selling these online, please do provide a link to my shop, thank you!
   

Materials:

Yarn Weight: 4-medium

Crochet hook 4mm

Tapestry needle

Faux Leather Tags

Abbreviations:

R= round

Ch= chain

Sc= single crochet

Ks= knit stitch 

Ps= puff stitch

St= stitch

BLO= back loop only

Rsc= reverse single crochet

Cozy

Starting at the bottom of your Seltzer Farmhouse Cozy (and you can decide here if you will be using 1 or 2 strands of yarn for your cozy)

R1) Work 6sc into a magic circle [6]

 

In R2-R4 you will be working on increases 

R2) 2sc in each st, *6 [12]

R3) 1sc then 2sc in next st, *6 [18]

R4) 1sc in next 2st then 2sc in next st, *6 [24]

In R5 you will be working on BLO

R5) 1sc in each st BLO [24]

 

In R6-R11 you will be working on knit stitch

R6-R11) 1ks in each st for 6 rows [24]

 

In R12 you will be working on puff stitch

R12) Yarn over and insert the hook into the next st. Yarn over and pull through. this process will be repeated 5 times and you will end up with 11 loops on your hook which will be bunched together. Yarn over and pull through all of the loops on the hook. Ch1, skip 1 st. Perform this same process throughout the round. At the end of this round, you should have 12 ps.

 

R13) 1sc in each st [24]

In R14-R18 you will be working on knit stitch

R14-R18) 1ks in each st for 5 rows [24]

 

R19) 1 ps, ch 1, skip 1 st, perform this throughout the round and should have 12 ps.

R20) 1sc in each st [24]

In R21-R22 you will be working on knit stitch

R21-R22) 1ks in each st for 2 rows [24]

R23) 1rsc in each st [24]

Next you are going to f/o, leaving an approximate 2 inch tail which you will knot off and hide the tail inside the cozy. Using your Faux Leather Tag, place it on your beautiful cozy! I hope you enjoyed creating this pattern as much I did and please let me know in the comments section some of the following:

1. Did you find this pattern helpful? 
2. What other patterns would you like to tackle in the future?

I hope you have an amazing day!

Cindy 💖

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Crochet Mother's Days Gift Ideas: 3. Rustic Crochet Bar Stitch Basket

Rustic Crochet Bar Stitch Basket

I will admit, I LOVE baskets! They are such a great and versatile tool to have throughout your home. Plus they come in some many different shapes, sizes, colors and textures which makes me feel like a child at a candy shop every time I got to the basket section of a TJMaxx. 

With Mother's Day right around the corner, if there is a mama in your life that is all about baskets (like yours truly), then you should definitely create this Rustic Crochet Bar Stitch Basket. I loved designing/creating this basket because of the amazing texture that the bar stitch brings, it was truly a blast! For this pattern, I decided to use 2 colors but you can choose as many as you like.

Notes:

1. For this pattern, make sure to work in continuous rounds in the first 13 rounds, which will result in no visible seams. Starting in round 14 you will stop working in continuous rounds and perform slip stitches to end a row.
2. This pattern is for personal use only. Please do not sell this pattern as your own. Please feel free to sell the finished item and do give credit to Fresh Cut Yarn.
3. If you will be selling these online, please do provide a link to my shop, thank you!
4. Show me your work:Share your amazing photos with me on Instagram @freshcutyarn- it truly makes my day seeing how wonderful our creations turn out!
   

Materials:

Yarn Weight: 4-medium

Crochet hook 3.5mm

Tapestry needle

Stitch marker

Macrame cord 5mm

Abbreviations:

R= round

Ch= chain

Sc= single crochet

FPtr = front post treble crochet

St= stitch

Rsc= reverse single crochet

Sl st = slip stitch 

F/o= fasten off  

*6= repeat that part of the round 6 times

Basket

Starting at the bottom of the basket, using your first yarn color (if you decide to use more than one color):

R1) Work 6sc into a magic circle [6]

In R2-R11 you will be working on increases 

R2) 2sc in each st, *6 [12]

R3) 1sc then 2sc in next st, *6 [18]

R4) 1sc in next 2st then 2sc in next st, *6 [24]

R5) 1sc in next 3st then 2sc in next st, *6 [30]

R6) 1sc in next 4st then 2sc in next st, *6 [36]

R7) 1sc in next 5st then 2sc in next st, *6 [42]

R8) 1sc in next 6st then 2sc in next st, *6 [48]

R9) 1sc in next 7st then 2sc in next st, *6 [54]

R10) 1sc in next 8st then 2sc in next st, *6 [60]

R11) 1sc in next 9st then 2sc in next st, *6 [66]

In R12-R29 you will be working on bar stitches ; R12 & R13 is the foundation rows to start building on the bar stitch.

R12-R13) 1sc in each st for 2 rows [66]

At the end of row 13 you will do a sl st. At this point of the pattern you will be performing sl st at the end of each round.

 

R14) ch 1, sc in the first 2 sts, FPtr around next st 2 rows below (note: skip the st that is right behind the FPtr, and sc the st right next to it), repeat this 21 times, then 1 sc in the last 2 st, sl st.

R15) 1sc in each st [66]

R16-R29) you will be repeating R14 & R15

Note: if you do decide to use two colors for your basket, I would recommend switching to your second color in R25 

R30) 1sc in each st [66]

Now you are going to work on the top row of the basket

R31) 1rsc in each st [66]

Next you are going to f/o, leaving an approximate 5 inch tail which you will use to  hide the tail inside the basket.

Basket Handles (you will be making 2 of them):

Using the Macrame cord 5mm, you will cut 2 strands roughly 12 inches each. With the first strand, you are going to place one end in between R28 & R29, then place the other end of the strand roughly 9-10 stitches apart. Since these are thicker strands, I would recommend just making a little knot and that should keep the handles in place. 

Repeat this process for the second handle.

Congrats on creating your very own basket!! I hope you enjoyed creating this basket, please let me know in the comments below if you would like to make them in various sizes. I am debating on making them larger.

Thank you so much for stopping by and if you are enjoying all of this content, make sure to press the follow button in the followers section of the blog.

Thanks!

Cindy 💖

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Crochet Mother's Days Gift Ideas: 2. Classic Cotton Farmers Market Bag

With Mother's Day quickly approaching, I wanted to create a pattern for the type of woman who loves earthy colors and enjoys picking out fresh organic produce at their local farmers market. This the type of woman who prefers using a reusable bag that is both fantastic for the environment while also looking extremely fashionable. If you know of a mom like this, then the Classic Cotton Farmers Market Bag would be the perfect gift for her on Mother's Day!

As stated in the title, this bag is made out of 100% cotton and is very light weight. The great thing about using cotton yarn for this type of bag is that after taking out all of the items, the bag will return to its original shape vs other types of yarn that once it is stretched out, it will not be the same.

The Classic Cotton Farmers Market Bag requires a lot of cotton yarn and I would highly recommend investing in the Lily Sugar'n Cream Cotton Cone Yarn, 14 oz, Soft Ecru, 1 Cone This is considered an intermediate level pattern  since it uses the ruled lattice stitch, which might be tricky on the first try but once you get the hang of it, it becomes second nature.

Alright lets get into the pattern!

Notes:

1. For this pattern, make sure to work in continuous rounds in the first 14 rounds, which will result in no visible seams. Starting in round 15 you will stop working in continuous rounds and perform slip stitches to end a row.
2. If you are not familiar with the ruled lattice stitch, I highly recommend watching Knitiversity's YouTube video "How to Crochet the Ruled Lattice Stitch". This was the video I referred to when creating this pattern since this was also my first time working with ruled lattice stitch.
3. This pattern is for personal use only. Please do not sell this pattern as your own. Please feel free to sell the finished item and do give credit to Fresh Cut Yarn.
4. If you will be selling these online, please do provide a link to my shop, thank you!
   

Materials:

Yarn Weight: 4-medium in soft ecru

Crochet hook 3.5mm

Tapestry needle

Abbreviations:

R= round

Ch= chain

Sc= single crochet

Hdc= half double crochet

St= stitch

Sl st= slip stitch

Sc2tog= single crochet 2 together 

Classic Cotton Farmers Market Bag

Starting at the bottom of your bag

R1) Work 10sc into a magic circle [10]

In R2-R11 you will be working on increases 

R2) 2sc in each st, *10 [20]

R3) 1sc then 2sc in next st, *10 [30]

R4) 1sc in next 2st then 2sc in next st, *10 [40]

R5) 1sc in next 3st then 2sc in next st, *10 [50]

R6) 1sc in next 4st then 2sc in next st, *10 [60]

R7) 1sc in next 5st then 2sc in next st, *10 [70]

R8) 1sc in next 6st then 2sc in next st, *10 [80]

R9) 1sc in next 7st then 2sc in next st, *10 [90]

R10) 1sc in next 8st then 2sc in next st, *10 [100]

R11) 1sc in next 9st then 2sc in next st, *10 [110]

R12-R14) 1sc in each st for 3 rows [100]

At the end of row 14 you will do a slip stitch. At this point of the pattern you will be performing slip stitches at the end of each round.

This is how the ruled lattice stitch looks on the bag

The next part of this pattern, you will be using the ruled lattice stitch to create the central part of the bag

R15) *ch 7, skip the first 3sts, 1sc into next st* you will repeat this process 28 times. Once you reach the end of the row, sl st

R16) ch 1, *1sc into 1st st, ch 3, 1sc into next 7ch arch* you will repeat this 29 times. Once you reach the end of the row, sl st 

R17) ch 1, 1sc into 1st st, *3sc into the arch, then 1 sc right on top of the sc*, you will repeat this throughout the row [116]

R18-R37) You will be repeating R15-R17 7 times. 

At this point of the pattern we will start working on the top border portion of the bag

R38) 1sc in each st [142]
In R21-R25 you will be working on decreases

R39) 1sc in next 1st then 2tog, 47 times and 1 sc in the last st, sl st [95]

R40) 1sc in each st [95]

R41) 1sc in next 4st then 2tog, *16 [80]

R42) 1sc in next 3st then 2tog, *16 [64]

R43) 1sc in each st [64]

The bag handles, you will be making 2 of these

R1) ch 68, make sure to keep the stitches straight and then sl st it approximately 14 sts apart;.sl st one more time; Turn your work, and hdc along the chain. Once you are back in the beginning of the chain, sl st [68]

R2) sl st one more time, turn your work, hdc in each st [68]

Next you are going to f/o, leaving an approximate 6 inch tail which you will knot off and hide the tail inside the bag.

 

 

Congratulations, you have now created your very own Classic Cotton Farmers Market Bag!

 

Since this is my first time creating this farmer market inspired bag, if there is anything that is either confusing or the count is off, please do not hesitate to reach out to me! I cannot wait to see how your
Classic Cotton Farmers Market Bag turns out.

Make sure to stay tuned, more Crochet Mother's Day Gift Ideas will be dropping these next few days!

Cindy 💖

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