Comments on: diy wednesdays: knitted french press cozy http://www.designsponge.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:57:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Libby http://www.designsponge.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html/comment-page-1#comment-315533 Libby Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:11:24 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html#comment-315533 Great project! I'm attempting to try this...I bought a french press for my boyfriend for christmas and was thinking of adding a cozy into the present. by size 5 needle, do you mean 5mm or US 5? Thanks for sharing! :) Great project! I’m attempting to try this…I bought a french press for my boyfriend for christmas and was thinking of adding a cozy into the present. by size 5 needle, do you mean 5mm or US 5? Thanks for sharing! :)

]]> By: missy http://www.designsponge.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html/comment-page-1#comment-315434 missy Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:01:47 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html#comment-315434 i made this for my sister, but she found it still cooled too quickly. we created our own pattern out of old flannel shirts and insulated it with the same stuff they put in pot holders and oven mitts. keeps the coffee piping! here's a link to a pic if you'd like to check it out: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=245248482200297&set=a.182143891844090.47692.179301088795037&type=3&theater i made this for my sister, but she found it still cooled too quickly. we created our own pattern out of old flannel shirts and insulated it with the same stuff they put in pot holders and oven mitts. keeps the coffee piping! here’s a link to a pic if you’d like to check it out: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=245248482200297&set=a.182143891844090.47692.179301088795037&type=3&theater

]]> By: liz http://www.designsponge.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html/comment-page-1#comment-164758 liz Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:14:47 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html#comment-164758 i added a slight variation which i hope will make it more insulating. after the ribbing i knit in the front and back of each stitch so i would have double the number of stitches. then i worked the body in double knit (k1, s1 purl-wise). then on the row before the bottom ribbing i k2tog all the way across to end up with the original number of stitches. this will make the body of it double thickness! also, i have a 4 cup bodum and it took casting on 40 stitches on size 5 needles with worsted weight yarn for it to fit with my guage. happy knitting/coffee drinking! i added a slight variation which i hope will make it more insulating. after the ribbing i knit in the front and back of each stitch so i would have double the number of stitches. then i worked the body in double knit (k1, s1 purl-wise). then on the row before the bottom ribbing i k2tog all the way across to end up with the original number of stitches. this will make the body of it double thickness!

also, i have a 4 cup bodum and it took casting on 40 stitches on size 5 needles with worsted weight yarn for it to fit with my guage. happy knitting/coffee drinking!

]]> By: Tim Kilroy http://www.designsponge.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html/comment-page-1#comment-137790 Tim Kilroy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:37:38 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html#comment-137790 OK...this is just really cute. I want to strat selling these! What a great idea (and a great color, too!) Bravo! You are making my poor little Bodum feel neglected ;-) OK…this is just really cute. I want to strat selling these! What a great idea (and a great color, too!) Bravo! You are making my poor little Bodum feel neglected ;-)

]]> By: Traci http://www.designsponge.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html/comment-page-1#comment-134793 Traci Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:12:12 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html#comment-134793 Thanks for the super cute project! I just finished mine and it looks so cute!! Thanks for the super cute project! I just finished mine and it looks so cute!!

]]> By: claresa http://www.designsponge.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html/comment-page-1#comment-133747 claresa Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:17:31 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-knitted-french-press-cozy.html#comment-133747 love the french press pattern. it will be perfect for my sister-in-law who is devoted to her french press. love the french press pattern. it will be perfect for my sister-in-law who is devoted to her french press.

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