DPN holder, cosy or case for 6 or 8 inch dpns made with Kokka Japan cotton in a pretty budgies print, with metal press studs

Description

If you do a lot of sock knitting, you’re probably very familiar with the idea of the dpn cosy, but many knitters (including me until recently!) don’t know about these fabulous little holders for work in progress on double points. I used to squish up my knitting on the needles and then drop it into a project bag where I could accidentally knock some of the stitches off the needles or, get everything tangled up in yarn or other things I had in the bag – very irritating. With these holders, your needles and stitches are safely tucked away until you open the holder to take them out and restart your knitting.

This holder is made with a lovely kawaii print featuring lots of pretty and colourful budgies from Kokka Japan. I’ve interfaced the cotton outer with woven cotton and soft fleece, then lined the cosy with a medium weight plain cotton in a toning pink shade. I’ve then added metal press stud fasteners in an antique bronze shade to close the cosy (please see the last photo to see the reverse of the fasteners, which looks a little different to the front).

I offer the cosy in two sizes for 8″ or 6″ needles and another option to add a 3rd snap to the 8″ size so that it can be used with circular needles, if magic loop is your thing. You can see how this works in the last 3 photos – essentially, you put your tips together into the left of the cosy, the cable sits to the right, above the right hand snap, and you push another loop of the cable around the extra snap to secure it.

Please note that the photographs here are of one sample cosy and your cosy may look slightly different, according to how the fabric is cut.