Dreaming of Spring in Montréal: Free Plant Pot Cozy Design
The next thing that came to mind was cozies. People wrap all manner of objects up in yarn: teapots, coffee pots, iThings... apples...
I was totally shocked when I found 65 apple cozy patterns on Ravelry.
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| Bloepper's version of the Apple Cozy / Jacket pattern by Linda Dawson |
Now a tea/coffee pot cozy makes a bit more sense, as the wool must keep the tea nice and warm. But I couldn't compete with the amazing patterns out there. It's really worth clicking on this search to enter a whole new world of knitting.
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| The Beehive Tea Cosy pattern by Patons is free here |
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| The Sack of Mice Tea Cosy pattern by Debi Birkin available here |
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| Jazzquelin's version of the Barrel Cactus Tea Cozy pattern by Gina Russell |
However... there are only 6 knitting patterns for PLANT POT cozies on Ravelry, and my plant pot corner needed some spicing up. :)
Plant Pot Cozy: Free pattern download here!
Ok, so a plant pot cozy is not an *essential* home item and really serves no purpose whatsoever. At least a teapot cozy keeps your tea warm! To my surprise, I absolutely love it as a home decor item. I especially like how the wool texture sits among the pot ceramic and leaves.
Most of the patterns available are plain knitting. My idea was to mirror the elements of a plant with some kind of motif. Off to the stitch dictionaries, this time flipping through some old Nicky Epstein books.
She has a nice take on the organic, and I got to looking at her extensive leaf motifs. The leaf motif is used over and over in knits with little yarn-overs to show the leaf rib. Wouldn't the perfect place for a leaf motif be on a plant pot?
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| Veera Välimäki's Modern Garden Cardigan for download here |
Bonus: a twisted rib for the leaf "stems" provide a lot of stretch! Also, if you just twist the cozy while on the pot, they'll move diagonally and travel along the pot like a cable.
I wrote the pattern flat with a seam because Rowan tends to use flat knitting. However, it is easy peasy to convert in-the-round... just remove the first and last stitch, which are selvedge stitches. See detailed notes on this on knithemiptera's Ravelry project page.
I would recommend folding up the bottom when watering, but it's not essential. Wool is naturally fast-drying and odor-repellent. If you are using Rowan Pure Wool Worsted, it's washable, too!
This is a great stashbuster, only 92 yards of worsted weight yarn required. The cozy fits a very wide range of pots -- in fact, through testing I discovered that it's fabulous on a big square pot!
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| See knithemiptera's Aleaf Cozy here! |
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| And it looks so great in Noro, too! See Gothknitty's Plant Pot Cosy Ravelry project here. |
If you make one, do tell me how it came out! I'd love to see someone try it on a really big pot. Just cast-off rather loosely and it should work. Now, off to design a humidifier cozy! (Just kidding.)
It is so lovely! I might give it a go.
ReplyDeleteOh, I would love that! I was thinking you could do it in a plastic/raffa twine and use it to decorate pots outside, too.
DeleteThis is so cute, Dayana. I love the apple cozy and the mouse-y teapot cozy, too. It's got me thinking that everything needs a knitted cozy; maybe Doug's guitar?
ReplyDeleteYES. Now tell me, is it on display or in a case? Because it would be hilarious for him to suddenly come upon it, lovingly covered and dust-free!
DeleteСool idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea to put the leaf motif on a plant cozy! For anyone with a lot of plants in pots at home that would be an invaluable decorative item! Love the version in the variegated yarn the best. :-) I can't keep any plants indoors--my cats eat them!
ReplyDeleteCats cats cats, one must build ones life around them, lol! After my current Noro pullover I am definitely trying a variegated one with the leftover bits.
ReplyDeleteOn my To Do List ;-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome! 🤗
Deletei'm so grateful to your lovely work, photography, tips, info and inspiration. thank you so very very much. i'm about to start the plant pot pattern. what a truly wonderful idea to add our desirable texture through craft into our homes in this manner. woohoooo! ;-) xx
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful, I'm so glad you want to make it! :D If you want to send me a picture when it is done, I would LOVE to see it. Happy knitting, and I just published a new post you might like: http://www.dayanaknits.com/2016/09/Next-In-My-Scraptastic-Series-Scraptankulous.html
ReplyDeleteI would love to knit the plant pot cosy but the pattern does not seem to be available. Could you share?
ReplyDeleteHere are some links, I will add them to this post:
Deletehttps://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/plant-pot-cosy-in-rowan-pure-wool-worsted
https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/patterns-and-books/rowan-plant-pot-cosy-in-pure-wool-worsted-downloadable-pdf