Knit a coffee cup sleeve with a gift card holder (or tea bag) pocket.
A Knitting Pattern by Jeris from Fandom Knitting + Crochet
Knit a quick and easy cup cozy with a handy pocket to stash a gift card or tea bag for the perfect gift.
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Gift Card Holder Coffee Cozy Knitting Pattern
If you know me, you know I am all about the coffee. Because I love coffee, and I love giving gifts, and, of course, I love knitting, I make a lot of coffee cozies to gift to people – my sons’ teachers, hostesses, random people on the gift list.
I decided to make a whole little gift of it by purchasing a reusable Starbucks cup, putting the knit sleeve on there, and giving a gift card. And that’s where the idea came for making a little pocket on the sleeve to hold the gift card. It could also be used to hold a tea bag for a non-coffee drinker, or really anything roughly card sized.
So, next time you need to stock up for a craft fair or just want to have a few quick gifts handy that anyone will love, knit the perfect gift – a gift card holder cup sleeve! This is an easy knitting pattern great for beginners.
What you’ll find here is the knitting pattern that includes FREE written instructions right here on the blog. There is also the option to get a printable version, which is a PDF Download formatted for printing with large print instructions. It is available for a very small fee, which you can get right here.
Download the Pocket Cup Cozy here.
Pattern for the Knitted Gift Card Holder Cup Cozy
For this pattern, you’ll use medium weight yarn (#4 weight). I used Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Silver Heather. You’ll need size 9 (5.5 mm) knitting needles and a yarn needle for seaming and sewing in loose ends.
This pattern is worked flat as a rectangle and seamed along the back.
Download the Printable PDF: Pocket Cup Cozy Pattern.
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Materials:
- Worsted weight (#4 weight) yarn – Less than 100 yds.
- Size 9 (5.5 mm) knitting needles
- Yarn needle.
Gauge:
Approximately 16 stitches and 15 rows = 4″
abbreviations:
- st = stitch
- K = knit
- sl = slip
Pattern:
Cast on 18 stitches (I like long-tail cast-on).
Row 1: Sl 1 st, knit remaining stitches across the row.
Repeat Row 1 until the piece measures approximately 7″ un-stretched OR until piece stretches to fit snugly around your to-go cup.
Bind off all stitches.
Sew seam. For seaming instructions, check out my YouTube tutorial here: How to Seam Garter Stitch.
Weave in loose ends.
For the Pocket:
Cast on 10 stitches.
Knit 18 rows (or amount to desired size of pocket.)
Bind off all stitches.
Sew the pocket onto the cup cozy in desired spot. I used whipstitch, which worked really well. Here is a tutorial for whipstitch.
*TIP – ensure that you place the pocket where the gift card or tea bag will fit nicely on the cup. Also, consider pinning the pocket in place while sewing the three sides with whipstitch. That will help keep the pocket even as you sew.
Weave in loose ends.
Ta-da! That’s it. You can then stuff the pocket with a gift card or tea bag and even give a reusable to-go cup with it for a delightful, easy gift.
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