Flashback: Missoni-Style Vase Cozies

Craft & Design Yarncraft
Flashback: Missoni-Style Vase Cozies

Image (1) CZ_WebBanner_A_Flashback.gif for post 17682

craft_missoni-style_vase_cozies

By Vickie Howell

Flowers aren’t the only way to add a pop of color to otherwise plain-Jane vases. With just a bit of yarn and an evening in front of the TV, you can whip up a craftier solution! These vase sleeves are worked up in the current pattern-craze du jour (see my Ode-to Missoni Blanket): the chevron stitch. Make them in your favorite colors, then change ’em out to fit the season…or your mood!

Materials

Stitch.Rock.Love Sheep(ish) for Caron (167 yds/153m; 30% wool/70% acrylic) in colors: (A) Yellow(ish), (C) Lime(ish) (D) Pumpkin(ish), (E) Robin’s Egg(ish), (F) Olive(ish), plus small amount of (B) White(ish)

US 8 (5mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge

Tapestry needle

3 cylindrical vases measuring approx. 10″, 12 1/2″, and 15″ around, any height. (Psst! I got mine as a set from Ikea.)

Download PDF Download the Pattern PDF
Right click to save the PDF to your desktop. Directions on downloading PDFs.

Sizes

Stretches to 10″, 12 1/2″, and 15″ circumference

Gauge

18 sts, 22 rows = 4″ (10cm) in St st.

Special stitches

dbl dec = Slip next two stitches, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over.

dbl inc = Knit 1, YO, knit 1 (all in same stitch).

K2togtbl = Knit two stitches together, through the back loops.

Pattern

Chevron Stitch Pattern:

Row 1 (RS): K1, K2tog, *K4, dbl inc, K4, dbl dec; rep from * to last 3 sts, k2togtbl, K1.

Row 2: Purl.

Repeat two rows for pattern.

CO 39(48,60).

Work in Chevron Stitch Pattern until piece measures 1 1/2″ shorter than the vase, at top point of chevron.

Note: You can play with the stripe placement as you like, or follow my choices as a guide.

Vase 1:

Vase 1.png

Vase 2:

Two-row stripes, using colors C & E

Vase 3:

Vase 3.png

Tip: Always change colors on a RS row!

BO, leaving a long tail for seaming.

Weave in ends.

Wrap piece around the vase and seam shut.

About the Author:

author_vickiehowell.jpg

Vickie Howell is a mother, designer, author, broadcast host, and spokesperson for Caron International. Sheep(ish), the first yarn in her Stitch.Rock.Love line for Caron, is available now in select Jo-Ann & Michaels stores, and online. For more patterns and how-to help, go to vickiehowell.com.

Discuss this article with the rest of the community on our Discord server!
Tagged

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

View more articles by Haley Pierson-Cox

ADVERTISEMENT

Maker Faire Bay Area 2023 - Mare Island, CA

Escape to an island of imagination + innovation as Maker Faire Bay Area returns for its 15th iteration!

Buy Tickets today! SAVE 15% and lock-in your preferred date(s).

FEEDBACK