Heart Cup Cozy Crochet Pattern (Free)

Protect your fingers and use our free pattern to crochet a reusable cotton cup cozy with an adorable heart pattern — perfect for Valentine’s Day or any day! Just say no to those cardboard sleeves at the coffee shop!

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

With the Super Bowl over and done, and my present home team the Carolina Panthers defeated by my future home team of the Denver Broncos (which I guess makes sense, right?), next up is Valentine’s Day! V-Day is not my jam, but I kept seeing beautiful red and pink heart crafts on Craftgawker and Pinterest, and I started to feel kind of left out! I spotted the Heidi Cowl from Divine Debris, and a little light bulb went off. I used her idea of rotating solid and outlined hearts to create the pattern for my tapestry crochet cup cozy!

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

Disclaimer: Please note that some of the links and banners contained in this post are affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of the links, you will pay the same prices as always, but You Should Craft will receive a small commission that helps to keep the site up and running.

Of course, this coffee cozy isn’t only for Valentine’s Day — just pick a different color scheme (gray and yellow perhaps? monochrome blues?) and you’re good to go! Next time you’re at Starbucks, you can just say no to that cardboard sleeve because you’ll have your very own reusable, handmade, crocheted-with-love tapestry cup cozy! With adorable hearts! Perhaps green is the new color of love? Lo siento dudes, that was a lame eco-friendly pun. #sorrynotsorry

The tapestry heart cup cozy pattern uses 3-4 different colors at once (I chose red, hot pink, and white) and requires a lot of color changes and counting. However, it’s a small item and the whole cup cozy is worked in single crochet, so a beginning crocheter could use 2 colors and tackle their very first tapestry project!

Add this pattern to your Ravelry Queue or Pin It for Later

Now you’re ready to rock, right?

But first, double check your crafty stash or hit up the craft store for some supplies.

Supplies:
Worsted weight cotton yarn in 2-4 colors (I used Lily Sugar ‘n Cream in red, white, and hot pink. Buy from LoveCrochet or Amazon)
I 5.5mm and H 5.0mm crochet hooks
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Optional (but very helpful): Clothespins or yarn bobbins

Abbreviations:
sc – Single Crochet
ch – Chain
sl st – Slip Stitch
 

Heart Cup Cozy Crochet Color Chart

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

I’ve provided the color-coded graph (above) for those of you that prefer to work from the chart, but if you prefer a written pattern it’s outlined below.

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet #Valentine

I began by making a yarn bobbin (from a clothespin) for each of my heart colors. In this case, I made two red bobbins and one hot pink bobbin. This helped my to keep my yarn from becoming tangled, and made it so I didn’t have to carry the red yarn through the whole piece. I carried the white throughout the whole cup cozy, but only carried the red in the red heart section, and the hot pink in the pink heart section. Hopefully this makes sense!

Color A = White (background)
Color B = Red (solid hearts)
Color C = Hot Pink (outlined heart)

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

Body:
Using your I/5.5 mm hook, ch 35 + 1 using Color A
Switch to your H/5.0 mm crochet hook.
Row 1: Using Color A, skip the extra ch and sc in each ch across. (35 stitches)
Row 2: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc. Color B, 3 sc. Color A, 3 sc. Color B, 3 sc. Color A, 2 sc. Color C, 3 sc. Color A, 3 sc. Color C, 3 sc. Color A, 2 sc. Color B, 3 sc. Color A, 3 sc. Color B, 3 sc. Color A, 2 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 3: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc. Color B, 5 sc. Color A, 1 sc. Color B, 5 sc. Color C, 5 sc. Color A, 1 sc. Color C, 5 sc. Color B, 5 sc. Color A, 1 sc. Color B, 5 sc. Color A, 1 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 4: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc. Color B, 11 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 2 sc. Color C, 3 sc. Color A, 2 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color B, 11 sc. Color A, 1 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 5: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc. Color B, 11 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 3 sc. Color C, 1 sc. Color A, 3 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color B, 11 sc. Color A, 1 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 6: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 1 sc. Color B, 11 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 7 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color B, 11 sc. Color A, 1 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 7: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc. Color B, 9 sc. Color A, 2 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 5 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 2 sc. Color B, 9 sc. Color A, 2 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 8: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 3 sc. Color B, 7 sc. Color A, 4 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 3 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 4 sc. Color B, 7 sc. Color A, 3 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 9: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 4 sc. Color B, 5 sc. Color A, 6 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 1 sc. Color C, 2 sc. Color A, 6 sc. Color B, 5 sc. Color A, 4 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 10: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 5 sc. Color B, 3 sc. Color A, 8 sc. Color C, 3 sc. Color A, 8 sc. Color B, 3 sc. Color A, 5 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 11: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, 6 sc. Color B, 1 sc. Color A, 10 sc. Color C, 1 sc. Color A, 10 sc. Color B, 1 sc. Color A, 6 sc. (35 stitches)
Row 12: Color A – Ch 1 and turn, sc in each stitch across. (35 stitches)

When you finish, leave long yarn tails so that you can correct any imperfections as you weave in your ends. For example, I had some areas where the white yarn I carried could be seen behind my red stitches, so I wove in through that area to hide the white.

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

Border:
Connect Color C (hot pink) at a corner and crochet 2 sc. Begin to sc across. In each corner, crochet 3 sc. Unlike my picture, you’ll want to crochet from right to left (my border ended up being wrong-side up and I had gone too far before I noticed it).

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

When you’ve reached the end of your border, crochet one more sc in the space where you began (there will now be 3 sc in the first corner). Do not tie off yet.

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

Fold your cup cozy in half and line up the sc stitches along the horizontal border. sl st together. Trim yarn and weave in ends.

Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

That’s it!! Pop that bad boy onto your coffee cup and you’re good to go! My finished cup cozy was about 10.5 inches in diameter and 3.75 inches tall. If you need a smaller cozy, you could use a smaller crochet hook, or you can crochet the sc border on the top and bottom, but skip the sides (just slip stitch them together in the border color).

Craftsy
Tapestry Heart Cup Cozy | YouShouldCraft.com #crochet

(( Sidebar: Don’t my hands look weirdly small here? ))

If you use my tapestry heart cup cozy pattern, share it with me on the You Should Craft Facebook page, or on Instagram with #youshouldcraft! I’d love to see your crochet creations!

Click here to add this pattern to your Ravelry queue!
Crochet Bobble Heart Potholder | YouShouldCraft.com

Speaking of eco-friendly, reusable crochet awesomeness with hearts on it, have you seen my Bobble Heart Potholder pattern? It’s free. It’s cute. Everyone loves it. You should make one!

This post was shared at: Crafting Along, Snickerdoodle Sunday, Sundays at Home, The Wednesday Showcase, DIY Crush, The Handmade Hangout, The Wednesday Roundup, Wine’d Down Wednesday, Welcome Home Wednesdays, Thursday Favorite Things, The Pretty Pintastic Party, Lou Lou Girls, and Funtastic Friday.

Protect your fingers and use our free pattern to crochet a reusable cotton cup cozy with an adorable heart pattern -- perfect for Valentine's Day or any day. Just say no to those cardboard sleeves at the coffee shop and crochet your own heart cozy. Click to make now or pin for later!