Easy Go Green Cup Cozy

This cup cozy is great for beginners. The steps are very easy and it can be made in only four steps. This cozy fits most takeout cups and will keep your hands toasty.

Materials:

• Knitting worsted yarn
• Crochet Hook, size 5.5mm (US I-9)
• Buttons
• Yarn needle
   

Steps:

1. Chain 11, single crochet in the 2nd stitch from the hook, and in each stitch of the chain.
    
2. Chain 1 and turn, single crochet in each stitch across the row, working in the back side of the stitch only. (Working in the back side of the stitch means: in crochet, every stitch, when viewed from the top, has two sides. Insert the hook through the back side of the stitch only. This produces a ribbing stitch.)
    
3. Repeat row 2 until the rectangle measures 8 inches. Bring the first row completed, and the last row completed together, and slip stitch closed to form a tube.
    
4. Sew buttons of your choice to the cup cozy. Weave all the yarn ends into the finished work.

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