Crochet Bowl Cosy Free Pattern

I have not one, but TWO sets of Fargrik dinnersets from Ikea.
When my old hodgepodge of plates and bowls were almost unusable from chips and cracks, I found these nifty little sets on a shopping spree to the 2nd Amazona Heaven: Ikea!
Why 2? Because 1 set would just be enough, but it's super handy to have extra plates etc for guests. In case they, you know, don't want to eat from their hands. And each set was only $29.99 (who has 1 cent pieces these days anyway???)

When my Sonofaguns have to handle a bowl that's a little too hot from either the food or after heating food & bowl in the microwave, they usually grab a teatowel to help hold it. And carry it off to wherever they're going to eat it. Which is always the dining table. Not. Then all my teatowels disappear.

Not happy Jan.*

*For my non- Aussie readers, a common saying by peeps in Kangaroo Land embodied & originated from this:

 

The Mothership can do stuff with a sewing machine and had made herself a quilted microwave bowl cosy. They are very groovy and although I had asked her to make me one or two, before she could even breathe in the direction of the Automatic Electric Needle & Thread Stitchermebobby, I was already with yarn and hook posed in front of a bowl thinking of crocheting in a roundish, semi-circley way.

Once I started, I couldna stop Capt'n!

This pattern should fit a bowl approximately 15-17cm in diameter at the top, 6-8cm at the base and 7cm high. Although my cosies do not go all the way to the top of the bowl as it's sort of unnecessary and you want to minimize food spillage around the edges onto the cosy.

Having said that, I have used Patons cotton blend yarn which is AWESOME for its washability!!!

Tools of the trade:

 

Your choice of colours in 8ply cotton or cotton blend.

2.5mm crochet hook

Scissors

Darning needle

For this cosy, I am making the main body in this gorgeous mango, and the final row in white. But you can use whatever colours you like. Go crazy!

Abbreviations. US Crochet Terms are used.

 

 

MR- Magic Ring

Sl st- Slip stitch

Beg- beginning

Ch- Chain

Sc- single crochet

Dc- Double crochet

Let's start!
You can change colours at the end of each row or use the same colour for the whole piece.

Round 1: Starting with MR, ch3, then crochet 14dc into the ring. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, ch 3.[15]

Row 1

R2: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc in each dc of the previous round). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, ch 3.[30]



Row 2

R3: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [45]

Row 3

R4: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 2 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, ch 3. [60]

R5: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 9 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [66]

R6: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 10 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [72]



Row 6

R7: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 11 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [78]

R8: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 12 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [84]

R9: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 13 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [90]

R10: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 14 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [96]

R11: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then *(2dc, 15 x dc). Repeat from *. Sl st to top of beg ch 3, then ch 3. [102]

R12: Dc in same sp as beginning ch 3, then dc in each dc of the previous row, with no increases. Once you've crocheted around to the end, sl st to the top of beg ch 3, and Chain 1.[102]

R13: Sc in same sp as beg ch 1, sc in next two dc of the previous row, then *(long sc between the 3rd and 4th dcs, 3 x sc). Repeat from *. Sl st to beg sc, finish off and sew in ends.

AND YOU'RE DONE!

 

See how fast that was to whip up? Now go make another!



A classic 'Post- use' photo featuring Sonofagun No.2.

 

 

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