If you’ve ever wanted to try Tunisian crochet but felt a little intimidated, this project is for you. 💛
This Tunisian Crochet Cup Cozy is quick, practical, and confidence-building, making it the perfect first Tunisian crochet project.
Using the Tunisian Half Double Crochet stitch, this cozy creates a beautifully textured, squishy fabric that keeps your hands cool while your coffee (or tea!) stays warm. It works up fast, uses simple materials, and makes a fantastic gift or market item.
👉 The full free pattern is below.
Prefer an ad-free, printable version? You can grab the PDF on Etsy, in the ICCT Shop, or on Ravelry.
Supply List
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Why You’ll Love This Pattern
- Beginner-friendly Tunisian crochet project
- Simple rectangle construction
- No complicated shaping
- Fast, giftable, and practical
- Great way to practice Tunisian Half Double Crochet
- Made with durable 100% cotton yarn
If you can crochet a rectangle, you can absolutely make this.
Finished Size
- Approximately 3″ wide x 8½″ long
Custom Sizing
- To change the length: chain any number
- To change the width: add more rows
This makes it easy to customize for different cup sizes.
Materials
Hook
- 5.5 mm Tunisian crochet hook - Long hook or hook with a cable
Yarn
- Worsted weight yarn
- 100% cotton recommended
- Sample shown in Knit Picks Dishie
Notions
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
Gauge
- 8 stitches x 6 rows = 2″ x 2″ in pattern
Gauge isn’t critical for this project, but it will affect final sizing.
Abbreviations
- ch – chain
- rep – repeat
- Thdc – Tunisian half double crochet
- yo – yarn over
- FwP – forward pass
- RetP – return pass
- Lts – last Tunisian stitch
- sk – skip
- sl st – slip stitch
- Tslst – Tunisian slip stitch
- st(s) – stitch(es)
Special Stitch: Tunisian Half Double Crochet (Thdc)
(Video tutorial is available in this Tunisian crochet for beginners video at around the 32:32 mark.)
Foundation Row
- Chain any number of stitches.
- This chain becomes your foundation row.
Forward Pass
- Yarn over, insert hook into the second back bump from the hook.
- Yarn over, pull up a loop (leave loop on hook).
- Continue across the chain:
- Yarn over, insert hook into next back bump
- Yarn over, pull up a loop
- Keep all loops on the hook
Return Pass
- Yarn over, pull through one loop (this functions like a chain 1).
- *Yarn over, pull through three loops
- Repeat from * to end
Subsequent Rows
- Yarn over, skip the first two vertical bars
- Insert hook under both of the next two vertical bars, yo, pull up a loop
- *Yo, insert hook under both of the next two vertical bars, yo, pull up a loop
- Continue from * across to the last stitch
- Yarn over, pull up a loop in the last Tunisian stitch
- Work the return pass as above
Tunisian Crochet Cup Cozy – Free Pattern
Foundation Row
- Ch 32
- Thdc in the 2nd back bump from hook and in each back bump across
- (Don’t forget the yarn overs!)
Return Pass
- Ch 1
- yo, pull through 3 loops
- Repeat to end
Row 1
- Skip first two vertical bars
- Thdc in each stitch across
- In last stitch: yo and work as Lts
- RetP
Rows 2–8
- Repeat Row 1
Bind Off (Last Row)
(Watch the tutorial video on how to do the bind off for this stitch HERE.)
- Tslst in each vertical bar across
- Insert hook under two vertical bars at a time, just like the Thdc stitch
- On the last stitch, insert hook as for Lts
- Fasten off, leaving a 9″ tail for seaming
Finishing
- Place right sides together
- Whip stitch the short edges together
- Fasten off and weave in all ends
- Turn right side out
✨ Enjoy your new cup cozy!
Want the Ad-Free Printable PDF?
This free blog version includes everything you need—but if you’d like a clean, ad-free, printable PDF, you can find it here:
Perfect for printing, gifting, or saving to your pattern library.
More Tunisian Crochet to Try
If you enjoyed this project, be sure to explore more beginner-friendly Tunisian crochet patterns here on the blog to keep building your confidence stitch by stitch.
