A Great Way to Keep your Beer and Soda Cold

Can Cozy

I really have been making a lot of progress with crochet ever since I followed Bethintx1 on YouTube.  In the picture above, you see a can cozy I made by using her tutorial. It's really nice because it is machine washable. Can cozies are one of the simplest things to make.  It was my first time I had ever worked on making a round of any type.  I like to make a lot of things using the ideas of this pattern.  Here are some things I made on my own by altering the pattern a little bit:

Wine Bottle Cover

Yarn Needle Container

The wine bottle covers are really nice.  I just made a bunch of extra rounds and then developed my own drawstring.  I have had some requests for these and I am more than happy to make them.  This is a great gift idea, especially since it will keep chilled wines cold longer.

As for the Yarn Needle Container, I had the idea of sticking all of my tapestry needles in an old pill bottle container.  That way I don't keep losing them.  I thought the bottle needed some spunk from that ugly orange.  I just worked my way up to just the right size for the container.  At the end of my work, I fished through some yarn through the bottle's safety retainer part and tied the whole thing onto the bottle.  Now I know the cover won't just slip off every time I open it for a needle.  I then took a large button and hot glued that into the top.  Then I hot glued some strands of yarn on the edges of the button and put a ribbon flower in the middle.  Not bad for an ugly pill bottle container.