Looking for an easy knit pattern this Christmas? How about making a knit candle cozy for a Christmas gift? Christmas is the perfect time to cuddle up with a seasonal candle, and friends love receiving Christmas scented candles. Why not pair a candle with a knitted candle cozy to fit? Your gift will have that unique handmade touch. Let me show you how to knit a candle cozy with a Scandinavian motif – a snowflake! These cozies don’t take long at all to knit, so I bet you can make many this season…

I’m excited to be sharing this free pattern with you as part of the CHRISTMAS IN JULY round-up available at Underground Crafter. Marie gathers a wonderful group of bloggers to share Knitting, Crochet, and Sewing patterns with you throughout July!

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Knit Candle Cozy Pattern

How do you knit a candle cozy?

The Snowflake candle cozy is straightforward to knit, even for beginners.  Only Knit and Purl stitches are used. You will need to join a contrasting colored yarn (CC) with your main colored yarn (MC) to form the snowflake shape. The pattern gives specific instructions on which colored yarn to use and when, so it shouldn’t be too difficult.

You will need the following supplies to make the snowflake knit candle cozy:

Supplies

• Size 10 (6.0 mm) knitting needles
• 25-30 yds of Size 4 (Medium) yarn for your main color (MC in pattern). I used Red Heart acrylic in Eggshell.
• few yards of Size 4 (Medium) yarn for your contrasting color (CC in pattern). I used Impeccable acrylic yarn in Classic Gray.

• tapestry needle, scissors

Abbreviations

US knitting terms are used.

CO – cast on

K – knit stitch

P – purl stitch

Rep – repeat

[ ] x times – do stitches inside brackets x number of times

Sts – stitches

RS – Right Side (side that faces you when finished)

The finished candle cozy measures approximately 4” high by 10” circumference and should fit around a candle holder with 3” diameter and at least 4” height.  Do not wrap the knitted cozy directly around a candle since hot melted wax should not touch the yarn.

PATTERN Information

The free pattern for the Snowflake motif is provided below.

• but you can also get the ad-free, printable pdf pattern for both the Snowflake and Christmas Tree candle cozies as part of a bundle in the ETSY SHOP!  The pdf has tutorial photos included.

Snowflake Candle Cozy Knitting Pattern

NOTES: First you will be knitting the candle cozy as a small rectangle to start, then joining the sides to form the cozy.  

Special Notes about Stranding

I have provided a written pattern for the Scandinavian motif rows. The pattern appears as a snowflake worked within 15 rows.

This pattern requires you to use more than one yarn (MC and CC), which is also known as yarn stranding. You will want your main color (MC) to serve as the background color for this pattern, and the contrasting color (CC) serves as the dominant color. The dominant color should ‘pop’ out a bit from the background color.

The ‘strand’ refers to the way each yarn will stretch across (strand or float) the wrong side (WS) of your project when not being used. In order to achieve this color dominance during your knitting, just remember to keep the dominant color (CC) stranded below the background color (MC) on the WS and vice versa – keep the background color (MC) stranded above the dominant color (CC).

INSTRUCTIONS

Gauge: 4″ x 4″ = 19 rows by 14 sts

Knit Snowflake pattern

With size 10 knitting needles, CO 35 sts with MC.

Row 1 (RS): Knit across with MC.

Row 2: Purl across with MC.

Scandinavian Motif Rows for Snowflake:

Row 3: K14 with MC, k1 with CC, k5 with MC, k1 with CC, k14 with MC.

Row 4: P14 with MC, p2 with CC, p3 with MC, p2 with CC, p14 with MC.

Row 5: K14 with MC, k3 with CC, k1 with MC, k3 with CC, k14 with MC.

Row 6: P14 with MC, p3 with CC, p1 with MC, p3 with CC, p14 with MC.

Row 7: K10 with MC, k4 with CC, k1 with MC, k2 with CC, k1 with MC, k2 with CC, k1 with MC, k4 with CC, k10 with MC.

Row 8: P11 with MC, p4 with CC, p1 with MC, p1 with CC, p1 with MC, p1 with CC, p1 with MC, p4 with CC, p11 with MC .

Row 9: K12 with MC, k4 with CC, k3 with MC, k4 with CC, k12 with MC .

Row 10: P17 with MC, p1 with CC, p17 with MC.

Row 11: Rep Row 9.

Row 12: Rep Row 8.

Row 13: Rep Row 7.

Row 14: Rep Row 6.

Row 15: Rep Row 5.

Row 16: Rep Row 4.

Row 17: Rep Row 3.

Back to Main Color Background:

Row 18: Purl across with MC.

Row 19: Knit across with MC.

Bind off purl-wise with MC.

Cut CC yarn and MC yarn, leaving about 12″ tail with MC.

This finished piece should measure approximately 4″ tall by 10″ width.

Sew up seam on short ends using the long tail and a tapestry needle.

Weave in yarn ends.

The seamed cozy measures approximately 4″ tall by 10″ circumference.

Just slip the candle cozy over your favorite winter candle holder and enjoy the holiday touch!

This knitting pattern for a candle cozy shouldn’t take you long to make, probably less than an hour. That makes these cozies perfect for Christmas gifts, when you are short on time.

More Christmas Craft Ideas

And guess what? My SCANDINAVIAN NAPKIN RINGS also make perfect cozies for votive candles. I slipped the napkin rings around some festive glass votive holders and they fit perfectly. Such a serendipitous discovery!

Looking for more inspiration for Christmas crafts? Check out my Christmas craft eBook filled with 80 pages of crafts, printables, and decor tips!

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I hope you enjoyed the free pattern for this knit candle cozy for Christmas. You can grab the pattern bundle for BOTH the snowflake and the tree in my ETSY SHOP.

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