Hippo Cup Cozy

You will need:

Circular needles or DPNs

Sewing up needle

Button

Crochet hook

Yarn:

Blue

White

Pink

Black

Pattern:
Body:

Measure your cup first, depend on your gauge cast on needed amount of stitches. I had 23 cm diameter and I casted on 66.

Join for knitting in the round. Purl 5 rows in the round.

To make the opening for the handle, start working your rows back and forth:

1 row: K

2 row: P

Repeat 1 and 2 rows(stockinette stitch) to the next part of the handle. Switch rows - on the RS - purl and WS - knit for 5 rows. Cast off. Leave the end of the string about 10 inches for button loop.

Loop: with crochet hook chain 6 loops, go back on them with sc, fasten off.

Sew a button.

Knit ears, teeth, eyes and attach it to the “body”.

Ear Blue part (4 pieces)

Cast on 2 St.

Row 1: KFB, KFB.

Row 2: P.

Row 3: KFB, K2, KFB.

Row 4: P.

Row 5: K.

Row 6: P.

Repeat row 5 and row 6 two more times.

Row 11: 2 tog, K2, 2 tog.

Row 12: P.

Row 13: (2 tog) 2 times.

Row 14: P2.

Row 15: Bind off.

Ear Pink part (2 pieces)

Cast on 2 St.

Row 1: KFB, KFB.

Row 2: P.

Row 3: K.

Row 4: P.

Row 5: (2 tog) 2 times.

Row 6: Bind off.

Sew pink piece on the RS of the Blue piece and then those two blue pieces together. Repeat for another ear.

Eyes:

Cast on 14 sts.

Work stockinette stitch for 5 rows.

Row 6: K2Tog, K5, and turn work; leave remaining 7 St on needle.

Row 7: Working with the 6 St closest to end of needle, P2Tog, P2, P2Tog.

Row 8: BO 4 Sts, and trim remaining yarn to 24 inches. Use large needle to weave yarn through back of piece to beginning of reserved 7 St.

Row 9: Working with reserved 7 St, K5, K2Tog.

Row 10: P2Tog, P2, P2Tog.

Row 11: BO 4.

With a black string and crochet hook, go around with a slip stitch, if you want to embroider blue pupil  and then glue a wiggly eyes on it.

Teeth (2 pieces)

Cast on 6 sts.

Work 8-9 rows in stockinette stitch.

Bend it in the middle and sew a top part (you can sew back sides too if you like it)

Finishing your piece:

Use a crochet hook and slip stitch moth and nostrils, sew all part on it!

Ta-Da! Your hippo ready to keep your tea warm and your hands save!