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If you’re looking for a great little housewarming, hostess, or just general gift, knit up a cookie cozy! What’s a cookie cozy? Well, it’s a little square, with buttons or a bow for closure, that you can put cookies or other baked goods in for delivery or serving on your own dinner table. It’s kind of like a bread basket, without the basket! Cookie cozies are easy to make, and they will hold about a dozen small cookies, perfect to welcome a new neighbor to the neighborhood, or whatever.

I created my own pattern for my cozy, in colors to match my black and white cow-themed kitchen. However, I’ve done them in a variety of colors and sizes and yarns, and they’ve all turned out just great. I’ve given several away as gifts, and everyone has loved them.

All you need is some worsted-weight cotton yarn (cotton because it’s washable and shows up the stitch work very well), a favorite dishcloth pattern, and an idea of the size you’d like to make your cozy. (Mine are about 9-1/2 to 11-1/2-inches square, but you can make them whatever size you’d like.) You can make buttonholes in the border, or you can chain stitch some button loops and sew a button on one corner to close the cozy. If you look at my picture, you’ll figure out how to close it.

This is a fun weekend project, and I bet once you make one, you’ll be hooked! Let me know how your cookie cozy turns out, ok?

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