My morning coffee wakes me up before I even take a sip. How? By the way my hand gets throughly seared through the thin paper cups available at the cafeteria at work. The cardboard jackets they provide offer about 1 minute of relief but that still leaves switching hands and trying to find somewhere anywhere to set my coffee down well before the time I get back to my desk.
One solution? A better coffee jacket. One like the one I knitted up last weekend from some pretty pretty wool tweed scraps I had on hand.
(Above) Red woolly hand protection
Used it today and was pleased - my hands got pleasantly toasty (but not hot) and despite the wool-ness of it it wasn't scratchy.
(Above) Clooooooooooose up on the stockinette stitch
Think I may make a couple more to have on hand, and I have some coffee loving friends who may get some as gifts for Christmas this year....
Interested in trying your own hand at it?
Materials: Each sleeve used up scraps of DK Weight wool tweed; Size 6 double-pointed knitting needles; Tape Measure
Patterns: Reusable Hot Coffee-Cup Sleeve from More Last Minute Knitted Gifts (ISBN-13: 978-1584798606)
Warnings: Don't think it was strictly necessary but I supported the cup at the bottom, was a little worried that the sleeve would slip.
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