I don’t know about you, but being that I am a regular canner, I need to store a many many Mason jars in my kitchen. Rather than needlessly purchasing/replacing drinking glasses, we just use my jars until I’m ready to use them for canning. This works out really well for us for the most part, until I want to drink something hot out of a Mason jar.
Enter, the Mason Jar Cozy! Ha ha, ok–it’s not THAT innovative, but hey, it’s going to work for me. I thought it might work for you too. Here’s the pattern:
Mason Jar Cozy
This pattern fits a pint sized wide mouth Mason jar.
Here’s what you need:
Let’s get started:
Row 1: Ch 33
Row 2: SC in 2nd ch and all the way across to the end. (32)
Row 3: Ch 3, turn. 10 dc, inc 1. Repeat once. DC to the end of the row. (34)
Rows 4-6: Ch 3, turn. DC all the way across to the end. (34)
Row 7: Ch 1, turn. SC across to the end. (34)
Row 8: Turn (do not ch 1) and sl st all the way across to the end. Do not fasten off.
FOR FINISHING WITH A WHIP STITCH: Fasten off, leaving about a 5 inch tail. Fold your item in half, right sides together. Thread your large needle with Fold finished item in half, right sides together, matching short edges. Whip stitch your ends together and fasten off. Weave excess yarn into your project..
FOR FINISHING WITH A ROW OF SINGLE CROCHET: Fold your item in half, right sides together. SC all the way across and fasten off at the end. Weave excess yarn into your project.
You’re done! If you want to get really creative, you can add a crocheted flower or two to it, or some other crocheted embellishments.
*Editor’s Note: On the latest cozy I crocheted, I add one more row after row 6, which made row 8 the SC row, and row 9 the sl st row. I like it much better!
I hope you enjoy making it, and don’t forget to come back and post a link in the comments so I can see your finished project!
That is just adorable! I don’t drink hot liquids other than hot cocoa (and I have my library reading club mug for that!) but this would cut down on condensation and insulate a cold drink a little bit too! Do you hear how I’m making excuses so that I can make a few of these?
Yes, I think so, Laura. I hadn’t really thought of using it for cold drinks, but I will for sure. I will be crocheting some more in different colors for that reason.
He he, I hear you over there making excuses—good thing these don’t take too long! I wanna see when you are done!
Oooh cute! I don’t drink out of mason jars, but I’ll bet I could make a few for our mugs – maybe with a button so they can fasten inside the handle….hmmmm….
Yep Michelle, for mugs you would need buttons or something. Sometimes all we need is an idea and to realize we need something and we’re off! I’m sure yours will be awesome, and don’t forget–I wanna see when you are done!
What a perfect compliment to a gift in a jar idea! I like it
I personally don’t know how anyone can stand to drink out of mason jars, but so many people do it! LOL
I think its that textured rim that gets me
Blessings,
Christy
Oh yeah—I had never thought of it that way, Christy!
I love drinking out of them, but at first—yeah—it’s weird. You have to get past all them threads. LOL
Hi Kristi,
Thank you for the pattern. It WILL come in very handy as this is mostly what we use for glasses too.
A thought to think about, I have a collection of jars that are JUST for storing left overs, drinking and other daily tasks in the kitchen. They take abuse with nicks, scratches even if you can’t see them. This compromises the jars and they might break because of this while pressure canning. It has happened to me before and its a bad feeling. I dabbed a bit of red nail polish onto the bottom so they can easily be identified.
Our jars for canning are not used for anything other than canning and I take care not to put metal into them. Since I seperated them several years ago I have had no jars break or not seal in the canner.
It takes so much time and energy to can food for our family I don’t want to chance loosing some of it to a bad jar…because I abused it and expected it to continue to work for me.
Again thanks very much for the pattern.
Karyn
Those are great points, Karyn. Yes, a broken jar in the canner is a super bummer! I use mine interchangeably, so it’s definitely something to keep in mind. Thanks for sharing!
Pretty!
Thanks Diana!
Your mason jar cozy is lovely! I’m drinking my coffee out of a pint mason jar with cozy this morning =)
I linked over from Frugally Sustainable, thanks for the pattern too!
Thanks for the visit and kind comment, Jan! I love your avatar, so cute! I’m checking out your blog and am a new follower. LOVE your post about soap in the crockpot! I so want to try that, but I’ll need a second-hand CP for soap. Thanks for the idea!
I wish I could crochet. I would love to have one of these!
Aw I know how you feel—there are so many neat things to knit and I don’t know how! I’ve been contemplating crocheting a few of these up and putting them in an Etsy, so if you stick around, you may see that happen after the new year sometime.
Pinned it for after Christmas!
Merry and happy!
God bless you and your family.
Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage
Merry and happy to you, too, Laura! Enjoy the pattern and God bless you!
I came to your site thru Dandelion House & so glad I found you & just joined your site thru Google Connect although I prefer email. You have a beautiful site and am looking forward to reading more from you. Thank you!
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Simple and sweet both, I think I might add a bottom too.
Hi Jamie! Thanks! I’ve actually had other people tell me that they would add a bottom. I think that would be adorable.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I hadn’t seen this post before but we always drank out of mason jars when I was a kid and my nana crocheted a cozy sort of like yours only it had a bottom to it and you slid it on sort of like a sock I guess. We used them because of all the humidity here – they were great to keep glass from slipping out of your hand and condensation on our tabletops. She made me a set when I moved out of mom and dad’s in 1980 and would you believe they still work great? Yarn is a wonderful thing!
I love these and yep, so many people have mentioned making them with bottoms—totally great idea! I may need to add that to my to-do list!
Thanks for stopping by, Kelli!