About ten years ago, I designed a cozy for our French press coffee pot called Java Ninja. It’s a free download from Ravelry. The original Ninja looked like this:

I knit this one in two colours of Patons Classic Wool Tweed. It’s knit top-down, then I added to contrasting I-cord at the top and the flap to go under the handle for the buttons.

Here’s a link to my original project on Ravelry and to the free pattern download there. Ha. I finished that in September 2011!

Over the years, coffee dribbled, the wool soaked it up, the wool felted when washed and we broke that French press. Our current one is a bit taller. Mr. Math also was not a fan of the buttons – since he makes the coffee, his opinion rules.

I made a new coffee cozy recently. I called it Rogue Ninja because I simplified the pattern. There’s only one colour of yarn, there’s no flap or buttons and no contrasting I-cord at the top. I also used a heavier yarn and knit it more tightly. Red Heart Gemstone is an acrylic yarn with a slow gradation. It won’t felt. It’s also a bulky weight instead of a worsted, so I knit it on bigger needles and increased the top to fewer stitches all around.

Here’s the result:

This used 55 grams which is just over a quarter of a ball. I’m quite pleased with how it came out. It’s very sturdy and will actually stand up by itself, which makes it look like a medieval knight’s tent.

Here’s my Ravelry project page with details. Maybe this one will last ten years, too!