Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The October Mug Cozy O Gratitude

Projects just don't get any easier than this.  I finished this in a couple of hours as a thank you gift for a very generous friend.  I used Lion Brand Cotton Ease in Terracotta (so, washable).  The pattern called for seaming the two ends together but I opted to give it a garter stitch edge, chained loops and buttons so it would be compatible with handle-ridden mugs.  Can you tell I'm full-on romanticizing autumn?  This is not just a mug cozy.  No, this little sweater scrap represents all the hayrides, pumpkin-carving and jumping into piles of orange leaves I will not be doing.  I start getting all misty eyed for October this time every year (symptom of heat stroke???) Next thing I know I'm making sweaters and planning what classic horror novel I'll read for Halloween.  (Ahem... Frankenstein.)  As long as it's less than 75 degrees outside, I can skip jumping in leaves and we can call it even.

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