Owens Villa Chick Designs

Inspired by my Blooming Grace Basket, I designed a cup cozy that is both functional and beautiful! Bonus, this project makes a great stash-buster!

The Blooming Grace Cozy features the link stitch with v-stitches worked into the links. The puff stitch flowers sit above the link stitches with a moss stitch trellis behind them!

Don’t let the intermediate level fool you. Tutorials for the link stitch, joining the link stitch and placement of the v-stitches are included in the pattern pdf so an advanced beginner could potentially whip up the Blooming Grace Cozy!

Instructions for the Blooming Grace Cozy are below and you can find tutorials for the link stitch and joining the link stitch on my blog. If you would rather have all the information at the your fingertips they are included in the paid pattern pdf in my Ravelry store.

Materials Medium weight (4) cotton yarn in three colors          Yardage: Main color – 20 yards                   Leaf Color – 5 yards                    Flower Color – 5 yards 5 mm hook Scissors Stitch Marker Needle Abbreviations Chain (ch) Double Crochet (dc) Half Double Crochet (hdc) Single Crochet (sc) Stitches (st)/(sts) Slip Stitch (sl st) Triple crochet (tr) Yarn over (yo) V-stitch (st, ch1, st) Pattern Notes ·       Intermediate ·       Written in US crochet terms ·       Finished Size: 4”x 2.5” ·       Gauge: 6 sts x rounds 1-5 Before You Start ·       Pattern is worked in the round from bottom up. ·       A stitch marker comes in handy for marking the beginning of each round.   Special Stitches HDC Cluster – YO and insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop. YO and insert your hook into the next ch/st, YO and pull up a loop. YO and pull through all five loops on your hook. *YO and insert your hook into the ch/st just worked, YO and pull up a loop. YO and insert your hook into the next ch/st, YO and pull up a loop. YO and pull through all loops on hook. Repeat from * to end of round.   Puff Stitch – YO, insert your hook, YO, insert your hook into same stitch, YO insert your hook into the same stitch, YO and pull through all loops on hook, close with a ch 1.

Pattern Instructions

With main color ch 24 and join with sl st to starting chain.

Alternatively, fsc 24, join and skip round 1.

Rd 1: Ch 1, sc into each chain around, join. (24)

Rd 2: Ch 1, hdc clusters into each st around, hdc last st, join. (23 hdc clusters, 1 hdc)

Rd 3: Ch 3, link stitch in each stitch around, join. (24 link sts)

Place marker in last stitch and fasten off. You will weave your end behind the link stitch join to help close it.

Change to green yarn.

Join with sl st into top of joined link st (Where you placed your stitch marker).

*See photos below to reference placement of sts.

Rd 4: Ch 1, (tr in bottom horizontal bar of link st, ch 1, tr in same st, skip next st, hdc in top of next link st, ch 1 hdc in same st, skip next st, dc in middle horizontal bar of next link st, ch 1, dc in same st, skip next st, hdc in top of the next link stitch, ch 1, hdc in same stitch, skip next) repeat 9 times around, join. (6 tr, 6 dc, 12 hdc, 12 ch 1)

Place a stitch marker in the unworked stitch between the first tr v-stitch and the first hdc v-stitch. Fasten off.  Weave in your ends.

Change to flower color.

Join with slip stitch into top of first tr of round 4.

Rd 5: Ch 1, (2 puff sts in ch space between tr sts, ch 1, 1 puff in ch space between hdc sts, ch 1, 2 puff sts in ch space between dc sts, ch 1, 1 puff in ch space between hdc sts) repeat around and join. (18 puffs, 12 ch 1)

Fasten off.  Weave in your ends.

*TIP: It is helpful to weave in your ends before continuing onto round 6.

Change to main color.

Working into round 3, join in the first skipped stitch after the first tr v-stitch from round 3.

* Rounds 6 and 7 are worked behind rounds 4 and 5.

*TIP: It is helpful to fold down rounds 4 and 5 so you can work into and see round 3 better.

6) Ch 1, hdc same st, skip next st, (hdc next st, ch 1, skip next st) repeat around, join to top of 1^st hdc. (12 hdc, 12 ch 1)

7) Ch 2, (hdc in ch 1 space, skip hdc, ch 1) repeat around, omitting last ch 1 and join in ch 2 space. (12 hdc, 11 ch 1, 1 ch 2)

*Working over the ch spaces between the flowers in round 5 and into ch 1 spaces of round 7.

8) Ch 1, (sc in ch space, ch 1, skip hdc) repeat around, join. (24)

9) Ch 1, hdc cluster in each st around, hdc in last st, join. (23 hdc clusters, 1 hdc)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Congratulations, your Blooming Grace Cup Cozy is complete!

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Until next time. Happy Crocheting!

ETHY