Knitting projects for jar covers for lights, gift presentations, drinks, and more. Most patterns are free. Updated 11/26/25
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Free Patterns
Rainclouds and Rainbows
Jar cozy knit with a slipped stitch pattern. Great stashbuster for using up leftover DK weight yarn. Designed by Selina Kyle.
Jar Jumpers
Turn a jar into a colorful vase or container for knitting needles, pencils, more with this easy striped jar cover knit flat. Great stashbuster for using up scrap DK weight yarn. Designed by Frankie Brown.
Mason Jar Cozy
Mason jar cover with lid. Most jar cozies I see just wrap around the bottom but this covers the lid too with a little hinge in back so it's great for kitchen decor and gifts. Pictured are the original design by Natalie Sheldon and an adaptation by another knitter loueys with a button tab. Great stashbuster for using up leftover yarn. Worsted weight yarn.
Cabled Jar Cozies
Dress up a gift or a candle or home storage with these easy cabled covers in two sizes for large and small jars. Uses one ball of the recommended Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Brenda Bourg for Red Heart.
Fairy Cup Cozie
Margaret Bloom’s cozie features a cute little pocket for tiny toys, treats, or anything else you can think of. Sized for 8 oz. mason jars.
More Free Patterns
Mason Jar Covers
Transform ordinary jars into a beautiful gifts or elegant decoration with these 3 beautiful lace cover cozies. Put a candle inside and you have a breathtaking light show. Or dress up jars filled with your handmade gifts of food. Pictured are Macramé, Leaves, and Flower. Web version is free. PDF available for purchase. Each uses less than one skein 40 - 50 yards (37 - 46 m) of DK weight yarn. Designed by Palmeri Arts and Crafts.
- Get the free MACRAME look knitting pattern - Web version
- Get the free LEAVES knitting pattern - Web version
- Get the free FLOWER knitting pattern - Web version
- Get printable pdfs
Christmas Jam Jar Jumper
A lace evergreen or Christmas tree turns your glass jar into a beautiful holiday decoration. Just add tea light! Great use for leftover yarn! Designed by Catherine Hughes - SpinstarCreations.
Upcycle Light
Turn your jar into a pretty light with a tea candle, this lace cover, and some decorative buttons or beads. Great use for leftover yarn! Designed by Ivy Green.
Gift Jar Toppers
Yarnspirations designed this great way to finish off your homemade goodies. And a great use for leftover yarn!
A Burst Of Light Tealight Cosy
Emma Percy designed three lace patterns that create a lovely light pattern when wrapped around mason jars with tea lights. They can be knit in the round or flat and seamed. A great use for leftover yarn. And they make great gifts!
Patterns for Purchase
Fair Isle Drink Cozies
Instructions to create the pint jar cozy, the plastic lid insert, and the coffee cup sleeve. The pint jar cozy can be used as a free standing vessel to hold pencils, crochet hooks, and other assorted tools; as a planter cozy to dress up a small plant pot; or it can be combined with a pint size canning jar, the lid insert, and a straw to make an amazingly convenient travel cup. Designed by Midknits.
Love Braves the Cold Cuffs
Wrist warmers with a heart-shaped flower breaking through white zigzag layers of ice into a sky still filled with snowflakes. Also includes instructions to make a mason jar sleeve. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Calle del Limon.
Jammies Knit Jar Gift Bags
Specific knitting instructions for the three Jammies in these photos are including in the pattern: quart size small mouth, 8-oz small mouth, 8-oz wide mouth squat style jar (from Ball). Instructions are included for adjusting pattern to fit pint wide-mouth jars, 12-oz small mouth jars, etc.
Mason Jar Sweater
Wide mouth cozy with pocket. Makes a great quick gift.
Kitchen Set: Tea, Coffee, and Sugar Labels
Includes patterns for two pretty and useful washcloths, and a set of jar labels (tea, coffee, sugar). Suitable for a beginner according to the designer, this would be a good introduction to knitting from a chart. Designed by Sarah Murray. DK weight yarn.
Mason Jar Sweater
Wide mouth cozy with pocket. Makes a great quick gift.
