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Heart Mug Cozy Crochet Pattern.

Pattern by Pam Carr ©2020

 This heart mug cozy crochet pattern is a simple design and is embellished with a crochet heart, the symbol of love, and perfect  as gift for any occasion. This free crochet pattern is for a mug cozy to keep  your coffee or tea hot and your hands warm. I am in love with this cute little cup cozy. 

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Heart Mug Cozy Description.

The heart mug cozy is made with the simple double crochet stitch so it is beginner friendly. There are so many colour combinations that give it a different feel and vibe. Make it with  a dramatic red yarn with a white heart, or for a softer feel use gentle pinks and snowy white. You can make a pair of them for your favourite couple. This mug/cup cozy is a great gift and you can whip it up in an afternoon. Chic, cute and cosy.

This heart mug cozy crochet pattern is a beginner pattern using the double crochet and single crochet stitch at the beginning and end of the cozy. The row of single crochet gives a solid base for sewing on the button. At the button hole end of the cozy, single crochet is used to create the loop to hold the button.

Looking For More Cozies.

Cozies are such quick and easy crochet projects and they make such great gifts. They are a quick way to add warmth to your home and so practical as well as they keep things warm while looking great at the same time. They can also be purely for decoration purposes, adding texture and colour to your home. 

You might like my Heart Mason Jar Cozy if you are in the Valentines mode. I also have the Sunny Days Iced Coffee Cozy that is fun for summer days. If you are a tea love I have the Cozy Chic Tea Cozy as well as the funky Merry and Bright Tea Cozy. I hope these are enough to keep you happily busy with your crocheting. 

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For those new to crochet, there are videos on my Carroway Crochet youtube that will demonstrate the single crochet and double crochet stitches. I have many beginner crochet tutorials there for you. 

I have right and left handed video tutorials on my youtube channel demonstrating how to make this mug cozy.

 

I am a lefty, so I always have left handed version of all my tutorials. 

 

Heart Mug Cozy Crochet Pattern

Supplies you will need:

Yarn: One skein of Worsted weight (4) in your main colour for the cozy. You will need a small amount of worsted weight (4) yarn in the contrasting colour for the mini heart.

For the red and white version I used:

Red Heart Super Saver yarn in red

Red Heart Super Saver yarn in white.

The yarn used in the  white and pink cozies was Red Heart Super Saver in white.  and Caron’s Simply Soft yarn in pink.

Hook:

size 5 mm, US – H/8 I use a Boye crochet hook, but there are many different styles.

Notions:

Tapestry needle and scissors.

A sewing needle and sewing thread.

A colourful or any large button of your choice.

I know these can be hard to find. You can get a great selection from Amazon.

Gauge:

13 dc – 7 dc rows = 4” (10 cm) square

 Size:

Finished Cozy Size: 9.5 inches not including the button loop“/ 24 cm. It is 3.25 inches, 8.5cm (approximately) tall,

Abbreviations (uses US terms)

• Ch = chain

• sc = single crochet

• st = stitch

• dc = double crochet

This pattern uses US terminology. The US and UK crochet terms are different, but they use the same terms to describe different stitches. Here is a simple conversion chart for anyone in the UK.

US single crochet (sc) double crochet (dc)

UK Double crochet (dc) Treble (tr)

 

Instructions:

Please note that the Ch 2 worked as the turning chain does not count as a stitch. Always count at the end of each row to ensure you have ten stitches so the cozy is uniform with even edges.

Chain 11

Row 1: Single Crochet into the 2^nd chain from the hook and single crochet to the end. Chain 2 and turn. (10 SC stitches)

Row 2:  DC into the first stitch and into each stitch across, Chain 2 and turn. (10 DC stitches)
Rows 3-15: DC into the first stitch and into each stitch across, Chain 2 and turn. (10 DC stitches)

Row 16: DC into the first stitch and into each stitch across, Chain 1 and turn. (10 DC stitches)

Row 17: SC into each of the next three stitches, then chain 10, skip 3 stitches and sc into the 4^th stitch, sc into each of the next 3 stitches, ch1 and turn

Round 18: SC into each of the next 3 st, sc across the ten chain stitches, sc into each of the last three stitches. (16 sc stitches}

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Attach your button to the centre of the cozy opposite the loop and use a sewing needle and thread to sew on your button. You can see this done in the video tutorial below on how to make your Valentines Heart Mug Cozy.

(If you want a taller cozy just add extra chains for the foundation row and continue with the pattern as is.)

Mini Heart Applique

Now it is time to move onto the mini heart appliques.  These are so incredibly cute and you can use them for so much more than appliques for your cup cozy.  You can make book marks with them. They would even make a lovely addition to the pom pom garland I created using mini pom pom. You can see a video tutorial for making the pom pom garland on my YouTube channel.

Here is the pom pom tutorial in case you are interested.

How to make The Mini Heart Applique

The Mini Heart Applique

Instructions:

Using your contrasting yarn and your 5 mm hook make a magic circle. Here is a video on how to make a magic circle.

If you really do not want to begin your heart in this way you can ch 3 and join to make a mini circle to crochet into.

I find this sequence a challenge to follow when written out in a long sentence, so I have broken it up into steps.

Round 1:

Step 1: Chain 3, 3 hdc into the magic circle, (or your mini circle),

Step 2: 3 dc into the circle.

Step 3: ch 1, slip stitch into the circle, ch 1

Step 4: 3 dc into the circle.

Step 5: 3 hdc into the circle. Join to the top of the ch 3 with a slip stitch.

If you made a magic circle this is the time to pull the yarn and tighten it up.

Round 2

Step 1: Chain 3, 1 hdc into each of the next three stitches,

Step 2: 1 dc into the next stitch.

Step 3: 3 dc into the next stitch

Step 4: 2 dc into the next stitch.

Step 5: ch 2, slip stitch into the previous sl st below, ch 2

Step 6: 2 dc into the next stitch.

Step 7: 3 dc into the next stitch

Step 8: 1 dc into the next stitch.

Step 9: 1 hdc into each of the next three stitches, Join to the top of the ch 3 with a slip stitch.

Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Now is the time to attach the applique to the cozy. I have a full length video tutorial of how to make this mug/cup cozy that shows you in detail how to attach the heart.They are posted above the pattern here on my blog.

 

To attach the heart I put it about three double crochet rows down from the end of the cozy, centering it.  (see the picture above).  You can pin it into position and then use the tapestry needle and yarn that is the same colour as your heart to stitch it into place. I go up and down inside the outside stitches of the heart. Fasten off the yarn and weave in the ends.

Now you have a beautiful Heart Mug/Cup Cozy. I hope you enjoyed making it and please do comment below to let me know how you found this crochet tutorial. Also let me know if you have anything special you would like me to feature here on my blog.

 

If you have any questions or need help with the patterns, please email me at carrowaycrochet@outlook.com, and Iʼll be glad to help you.

Thank you for trying my pattern, I hope you enjoy it!

 

 

 

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