If you have a french press, but would want to spruce it up with a pop of color, then this crochet french press cozy pattern is just what you need.
Crochet is a great way to customize your home decor & the kitchen will look even more amazing with a contemporary cozy for your 1 liter glass coffee-maker.
The crochet pattern features the regular Bodum french press, but you can adjust it to any similar cafetiere coffee makers.
Let’s dive into this easy crochet pattern!
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Pattern overview
How to crochet the Crochet French Press Cozy
The crochet french press cozy is an easy crochet pattern featuring a few special stitches, such as the linked treble crochet and puff stitch.
It is worked up as a flat rectangle, changing colors to create the stitch pattern.
The french press coffee cozy is then finished off by crocheting buttonholes and positioning buttons to avoid the handle.
Pick some funky buttons for them to stand out or some simple buttons and let them blend in.
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About the Crochet French Press Cozy
The crochet french press cozy is a great home decor crochet pattern for your coffee maker.
The pattern feature the linked treble crochet, a striped crochet stitch pattern with different stitches and it also feature button fastenings.
If coffee is a part of your morning routine, then this kitchen crochet pattern is just what you need.
Project level: Easy
Materials
Crochet Hook Size
Yarn
- Yarn
- Rico Design – Essentials Organic Cotton DK
- Weight
- 3 Light Yarn
- Fiber
- 100% organic cotton
Yarn amount needed:
| Color | Skeins |
|---|---|
| Color A (CA) | <1 |
| Color B (CB) | <1 |
| Color C (CC) | <1 |
One skein is 50 grams · 105 meters · 115 yards.
Other Materials Needed
- Needle
- Scissors
- Measuring tape
- 3 buttons approximately 2 cm / 0.8 inches in diameter
- 1 Bodum french press 1 liter / 34 ounce
Gauge
Measured over alternating 1 linked treble crochet stitches row, 1 single crochet stitch row stitches crocheted in rows:
16 stitches & 10 rows per 10 cm / 4".
Crochet Pattern Notes
- This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
- All measurements given are unblocked.
- Note that measurements are given as exact as possible. But crochet tension & technique might give variations in the result, that changes from person to person.
- Read pattern instructions carefully before beginning to make sure you understand everything. It might save you hours frogging your work & crocheting it again!
- Make a swatch that measures at least 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches using the stitch the gauge is given for. If your swatch matches the gauge, you’re good to go. If the gauge is wrong, you might need to change your hook. Go up in crochet hook size if your stitches are smaller & go down in crochet hook size if your stitches are bigger. Learn more about testing gauge.
- Check yarn info if you want to find an alternative or test your yarn against the gauge. Learn more about substituting yarn.
- This pattern is written for 1 size. Size adjustments are added under the heading “Sizes & Measurements”.
- At the end of each row, the stitch count is given in parenthesis.
Sizes and Measurements
Width (circumference): 30 cm / 11.8 inches
Height: 17 cm / 6.7 inches
Size Adjustments
- This pattern is written to fit the Bodum french press 1 liter / 34 ounce. If you have a different french press you may need to adjust the number of stitches on each row and the number of rows you crochet.
- Adjust the number of stitches so you have a even number on each row.
- Adjust the number of rows you crochet according to how tall your french press is. You may want narrower main color sections or add extra rows of the puff stitch stripe pattern.
Abbreviations
- CA = color A
- CB = color B
- CC = contrasting color / color C
- ch = chain
- ltr = linked treble crochet
- prev = previous
- puff = puff stitch
- rep = repeat
- sc = single crochet
- st = stitch(es)
We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.
Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.
Stitches You Will Need
Puff
*yarn over, pull up a loop*, repeat from *to* 3 times. Yarn over and pull through all loops on the crochet hook.
Instructions for the Crochet French Press Cozy
Main Rectangle
With CA ch 51 st.
Row 1 with CA: Work 1st linked treble crochet(ltr) st in 2nd and 3rd ch from hook, ltr 1 in each chain until end of row, turn (=48 st)
Row 2 with CA: Ch 1 (does not count as a st), sc 1 in each st from prev row, turn (=48 st).
Row 3 with CA: Ch 3, ltr 1 in each st from prev row, turn (=48 st).
Row 4-5 with CB: Rep row 2
Row 6 with CC: sc 1 in first st, no ch, *puff st 1 in next, sc 1 in next*, repeat from *to* until you have 1 stitch left, sc 1 in last st, turn (=48 st).
Row 7-8 with CB: Rep row 4-5.
Row 9 with CA: Rep row 3.
Row 10 with CA: Rep row 2.
Row 11-13 with CA: Rep row 9-10.
Row 14-18: Repeat row 4-8, changing colors the same way.
Row 19-21 with CA: Rep row 1-3.
Do not fasten off, continue with CA on edging.
Edging With Buttonholes
Without fastening off or turning your work, crochet an edging with buttonholes along the nearest short side of your work.
Single crochet evenly along the edge, approximately 3 sc per linked treble, 1 sc per sc and 1 sc per puff stitch row.
Edging Steps: Sc 3 st, ch 3*, sc 1 in same space as last sc, sc evenly along until you reach the middle of the short side, ch 3, sc 1 in same space as last sc, sc evenly along until you have approximately 2 sc left to crochet, ch 3, sc 1 in same space, sc 2 more stitches. (=approximately 48 st).
Fasten off & cut yarn.
*Adjust the size of your buttonholes by crocheting more or less chains. Test by moving the buttons you are going to use through the hole. If it’s too easy, make the holes smaller by chaining fewer chains. If it’s too tight, crochet more chains.
Short side edging without buttonholes
Make slipknot.
Edging: Crochet 34 single stitches evenly along the second short edge.
Fasten off & cut yarn.
Finishing
Sew on buttons on the opposite side of the buttonholes you crocheted.
Fasten threads & weave in ends.
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