Are You Ready for Football Szn? (soda can coozie)

It’s my favorite time of the year! The weather is cool, the nights are long, and football is on TV! If you’re a football fan too, then this coozie is a must-have for your next game day party. These also make a great “game day” gift for your neighbor that always invites you to Sunday football parties! You can knit little mosaic footballs that wrap around your 12oz soda can so that you keep the coldness of your drink off your hands (which keeps your knitting fingers stay nice and warm) 😉 Or you could knit a coozie with your favorite team colors! No matter if they are for you or a fellow football fanatic, these soda can coozies will be a game changer. Let’s get this tutorial started!

 

MATERIALS:

• Clover PRO “Takumi” Circular Knitting Needles 24 in No. 5 (3.75mm)
• Yarn
  • Knit Picks “Swish Worsted”
  • 100% Fine Superwash Merino Wool
  • 110 yards/100 meters
  • 1 ball in 2 different colors (2 balls total)
  • Sample done in Color Pinecone Heather (C1) and White (C2)
• Clover Darning Needle
• Clover Patchwork Scissors (Mini)

NOTES:

• Gauge: 24 sts and 48 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm in garter stitch
• Finished measurements: finished can coozie fits a standard 12oz soda can
• These soda can coozies are knit using the mosaic technique. Two charts are given, but they both give the same information. Chart 1 is for knitters that have never knit mosaic patterns before, while Chart 2 is a simplified chart for more experienced mosaic knitters.
• There are two coozie options. One is simply a cuff that goes around the can of soda, and the second has a bottom that goes under the can.

ABBREVIATIONS:

• C1: color one
• C2: color two
• CO: cast on
• inc: increase
• kwise: knitwise (as if to knit)
• M1L: make one left (1 sts inc)
• rnd: round
• st/sts: stitch/stitches
• wyib: with yarn held in back

 

PATTERN:

COOZIE WITH OPEN BOTTOM:

• Using long tail cast on and C1, CO 48 sts.
• Join to work in the rnd being careful not to twist.
• Set Up Rnd: Purl
• Rest of coozie is knit using the chart below.
• If you are familiar with how to knit from a mosaic chart, use chart 2. If you are not familiar with mosaic knitting, refer to chart 1 and the symbols that accompany it.

CHART 1:

CHART 2:

FINISHING THE PATTERN:

• Work sewn bind off around all sts.
• Weave in tails.

 

COOZIE WITH CLOSED BOTTOM:

• Using C1, CO 6 sts.
• Join to work in the rnd being careful not to twist.
• Rnd 1: Knit
• Rnd 2: *kf&b* around – 12 sts
• Rnds 3 to 4: Knit
• Rnd 5: *K1, M1L* around – 24 sts
• Rnds 6 to 9: Knit
• Rnd 10: *K1, M1L* around – 48 sts
• Rnds 11 to 14: Knit
• Rnd 15: Purl
• Rest of coozie is knit using the chart above.
• Finishing:
  • Work sewn bind off around all sts.
  • Weave in tails.

I hope you enjoyed this pattern and are able to make these football-themed soda can coozies for your own game day parties! 🙂

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