Go Green! With a knit beverage sleeve

Hopefully by now you’ve heard how we all need to do our part to turn our environmental crisis around - if you haven’t, it’s time to start thinking about what you can do. Join the Green movement!

It may seem silly, but with Starbucks on every corner and the daily needs that people have for coffee, why not knit your very own drink sleeve so you don’t have to use the paper ones that come with your drink? Not only does it work better than the paper ones and keeps your drink hotter for longer, you can save some waste while looking stylish. (=

Knit cup sleeve

Knits up super fast and so far I’ve gotten a lot of unexpected compliments on it. I’ll probably be making them for everyone I know. All you have to do is slip it in your purse, backpack, briefcase, car, or whatever else you have with you day to day (or make many and keep them everywhere!) so you always have one handy.

I make mine from Sassy Stripes, a fabulous, self-striping light (3) weight yarn. It can sometimes be tricky to track down, but I’ve found it at some Michael’s. Sometimes it is a little frustrating to not be in control of how it stripes, but it sure beats changing colors and is kinda fun to constantly be surprised as to what color is coming next. I also found that the green pattern is the best, as it starts and ends with seed stitch, which helps with the rolling, as does the crochet lash yarn border (I trimmed the edges so you aren’t drinking fur!)

Pattern from: Mag Knits

I changed the pattern quite a bit, but certainly got the idea from this site. I found that 50 stitches made it too loose, but then I didn’t check my gauge either.

When your drink sleeve inspires you to go green in other ways, check out these sites I found about how else you can play your part - we only have one planet - let’s make it better!

How to Go Green

Ten Way to Go Green

April 17, 2007. Knitting, Projects. 3 Comments.

3 Comments

  1. kyla replied:

    yay! go green! :) I love it.

    April 19th, 2007 at 8:23 am. Permalink.

  2. Maren replied:

    I want one! ha ha

    April 20th, 2007 at 1:32 am. Permalink.

  3. » A Crocheted Purse - Trendy and Easy to Make Knit or Go Home replied:

    [...] famous at our Starbucks and they give us pastries - yum. We all have our little knit or crochet beverage sleeves (which they teased us about, but I just think they’re jealous) and we just take over for a [...]

    October 17th, 2007 at 8:57 pm. Permalink.

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