Calais Coffee Cup [FREE Knitting Pattern]

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Create this unique Calais Coffee Cup for a one-of-a-kind drinking experience. The Calais Coffee Cup is the perfect addition to your morning routine or afternoon tea time. It’s sleek design and comfortable grip make it easy to hold, while its insulated walls keep your coffee or tea at the perfect temperature for longer.

In fact, you can get the pattern for this lovely cover from the Knit Picks website.

Calais Coffee Cup – A Lovely Cup Cover

This free knitting pattern is ideal for Level 4 - Intermediate Level Knitters

From the brilliant designers over at Knit Picks, The coffee cup cozy features an elegant cable and lace pattern, while protecting fingers from the heat and keeping coffee hot for longer.

In fact, this is a great project for our intermediate knitters to work on.

Moreover, this pattern is available in one size only. They measure about 8.75 inches. That’s about 22.22cm if you prefer to use the metric system.

To make this pattern you will need the Wool of the Andes Sport Yarn. It is a gorgeous and luxuriously soft sportweight yarn made from 100% Peruvian Highland Wool fibers. It’s the perfect yarn for Garments, Accessories, and home projects.

Furthermore, you will need a US size 4 Circular knitting needle. That’s about 3.5mm if you prefer to use the metric system.

Techniques

You will be using the YO or open yarnover increase when you make this project. The open yarnover increase is an increase technique commonly used on lace patterns. It is a standalone, vertical increase, meaning it neither leans to the left nor to the right.

If you’re not familiar with the open yarnover increase and would like to learn how to do it, we have a fully illustrated, step-by-step tutorial for it you’ll surely find helpful. You can find this tutorial here: Learn the Open Yarnover Increase (YO).

You will also be using the k2tog knitting decrease when you make this project. The k2tog or knit two together is a basic right slanting decrease that is quite common throughout knitting patterns.

If you’re not familiar with the k2tog decrease, we have an illustrated, step-by-step tutorial for it that you’ll surely find helpful. You can find this tutorial here: Learn How to Make a Basic Right-Slanting Decrease (K2tog).