Saturday, August 31, 2024

No-Sew Flip Coffee

 I've been selling my Happy / Sad / Angry coffee cups at craft shows for a couple of years now... but at a show last year or so, a guy said, "You know what you should make? A coffee that flips from angry to sad." 

At first, I was using the same pattern as my Happy/Sad coffee, but then I realized they were a little too small to flip easily, so I played with the pattern a bit. Here is the result: 



Each coffee cup takes about .4 oz yarn (worsted weight). I used an F hook (3.75 mm)
Worsted weight yarns can vary in weight, so it's important that the yarn for both cups is the same wraps per inch. If you don't want to mess with wraps per inch, you could do the first two rounds in each yarn and make sure they're the same size. 

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: *sc, inc* x 6 (18)
Round 4: *sc 2, inc* x 6 (24)
Round 5: *sc 3, inc* x 6 (30)
Round 6: sc in BLO (30)
Round 7: make handle - ch 10, starting in 2nd ch from hook, hdc 9. Sl st in the side of the last sc of  Round 6. Sc around (30)

Round 8: sc around, pushing handle to front. (30)
Rounds 9-11: sc (30)
Round 12: attach handle with your first two sc, then continuing sc around (30)
Round 13: sc (30) For your first cup, finish off. Embroider a face centered on the cup (fold the cup in half to find your center). For second cup, don't finish off. Continue on to join the cups. 

Once you have both cups finished, with faces, place them with their rims together and sc around both rims. 
For best results, work with the first cup (not the color you are crocheting with) facing you, as the right side. 









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