Nice and Cozy in the Freezer!

Well in the summer here in Vegas the freezer is pretty cozy but that is not the point of this post. Remember that wonderful hand dyed food coloring yarn I made? The one that looked like a bad downtown casino had thrown up all over it? Well I broke out my tape measure and calculator and made something absolutly vital. The most useful and neccessary item I have ever knitted. A felted haggen Das cozy! That's right folks now my sticky toffee pudding is safe from the hot summer air and my hand is safe from being frost bitten! My husband thinks it's the most rediculous thing I have ever made but hey I thought it was a pretty slick idea. Wool is an insulator people works both ways!
The downside. After I do all this swatching measuring felting and careful note taking so I could post my pattern online I take a look at my needles and realize I was useing 2 different sized tips on my denise cable. Oh yeah by the way I taught myself magic loop to make this. A very interesting technique, not sure how much I like it though I'll have to try it again. This little faux pah makes it an impossibility to replicate properly unless you use a denise needle set and magic loop sooo..... I'm going to have to gather up my yarn tape measure and calculator again. I'd also like to felt it a little bit more for a tighter fabric result.
The disapointment. After all of this and my thinking I am the most cleaver person ever to think of something so neat as an ice cream container cozy I do a little googling and find out that there is a pattern in some book somewhere for something similar. The difference I think is that mine has a fully formed bottom AND it is felted. If you don't believe it's an original well then I'll send you a picture of the really strange decreases on the bottom. :)
Drum Roll.... tada!



Now don't think I'm some kind of lush because of all the liquor in my freezer. I just like my friends to have a variety. :)