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04 October knitting ideas digest

Cozy Cable-Knit Yoga Mat Cover — Knitting Pattern & Step-by-Step Instructions

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Give your yoga mat a warm, textured makeover with this cable-knit yoga mat cover. Designed to slip over a rolled mat, the cover adds cushioning and a cozy look, with an optional knitted strap for easy carrying. Below is the full materials list, gauge, stitch notes, cable pattern and step-by-step directions to knit the cover.

Cozy Cable-Knit Yoga Mat Cover — Knitting Pattern & Step-by-Step Instructions

Knitted cable-pattern yoga mat cover with optional strap — finished project ready to slip over a mat.

SIZE
One

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

  • Diameter: Approx. 5 inches
  • Length: Approx. 30 inches

MATERIALS

  • Needful Yarns Lana Gatto Summer [50% cotton, 50% acrylic; 62yd/57m per 50g skein]; color: 2631; 7 skeins (8 skeins if knitting strap)
  • One set US #8/5mm needles
  • Cable needle
  • Stitch holder
  • Tapestry needle
  • 72 inches satin cording (omit this if knitting strap)

GAUGE

16 sts/22 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

(Stockinette gauge included for yarn substitution purposes)

PATTERN NOTES

  • C6B = Slip next 3 sts to cable needle and hold to back of work, k3, k3 from cable needle.
  • C6F = Slip next 3 sts to cable needle and hold to front of work, k3, k3 from cable needle.

Cable Pattern (Worked over a multiple of 10 sts + 1):

Rows 1, 5 [RS]: P1, [k9, p1] to end.

Rows 2, 4, 6, 8 [WS]: [K1, p9] to last st, k1.

Row 3: P1, [C6B, k3, p1] to end.

Row 7: P1, [k3, C6F, p1] to end.

Repeat these 8 rows for Cable Pattern.

DIRECTIONS

Bottom Panel

CO 21 sts.

Work 16 rows in Cable Pattern. Place sts on st holder and break yarn.

Body

CO 30 sts. Continuing from these sts, work sts from st holder in patt as set, then CO 30 sts at end of row. 81 sts.

Next Row [WS]: P30, work next 21 sts in patt as set, p to end.

Next Row [RS]: Work Row 3 of Cable Pattern over all sts.

Cont in patt as set until work measures at least 27 inches along side edge, ending with Row 8 of Cable Pattern.

Next Row [RS]: P1, [k3, BO 3 sts, k2 (3 sts on right needle after bound off sts), p1] to end.

Next Row [WS]: K1, [p3, CO 3 sts, p3, k1] to end.

Work 6 more rows in patt.

BO all sts in patt.

Strap (Optional)

CO 11 sts.

Work in Cable Pattern until strap measures 60 inches, or desired length.

BO all sts.

FINISHING

Weave in ends.

Sew edges of bottom panel to lower edges of bag body. Sew long edges of bag together.

Lace strap (cord or knitted strap) through holes near top of bag. Sew both ends of strap to bottom of bag.

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