knitted pot cozy?

I dunno if felting needs to be any heavier. i'd have the ask the gf.

for MYOG knitting you could make Newfoundland style mittens or gloves. not the lightest either but cozy and nice looking with lots of style options.

Edit: consulted the knitter gf… she says you don't need to have it any heavier to felt. You just knit a bit looser than normal and then felt it (youtube is your friend, or Ravelry)

My mother-in-law knitted one for me. It's a bit tight, so not practical to fit around a boiling pot of water. Be sure to make it either loose enough to fit easily, or flap/closure system such as ties or velcro.
Kelly

"Google search gets too much interference from "tea" pot cozies"

Let Boolean logic be your friend:

pot cozy +knit -tea -plant -coffee

In this case, still nothing, but it often helps. It did find this thread…

Did you do a prototype to see how much a knitted one would weigh, and test for thermal efficiency?

I made one from 3/8" blue closed-cell foam (this for a 1.35L Toaks UL) and "welder" contact adhesive, and it is extremely good at holding the heat in the pot. After 20 minutes, the rehydrated noodles were still too hot to eat until they cooled a few minutes with the pot out of the cozy!

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Katherine, not sure about cozies but my mother in law and her Mom used to knit slippers for everyone in the family. I had a few pair generously given to me. I loved em. If I could knit I would have a pair in my pack for chilly nights sleep wear. I think a knitted balaclava with fine yarn would also be awesome.

jimmyb

I have made cozies from numerous materials including Reflectix, Neoprene Foam, an aluminized plastic foam called Low-E insulation and sewn using Insul~bright batting. The one thing that keeps me from using cloth cozies is the possibility of spilling something on the cozy and negating its insulating properties. If I spill something on one of the foam cozies or a Reflectix cozy, I just wipe it off and keep going. I am not fond of freezer bag cozies, but prefer pot cozies. I like the Neoprene foam cozy, even though it's efficiency may be somewhat less than the aluminized foams. I can use rubber cement to glue the seams in Neoprene Foam and then reinforce the seams with stitching. Neoprene foam is very similar to the foam used on the Jetboil cozy and the GSI Minimalist cozy. It's a more pleasing cozy than one made with duct tape. I like the looks and feel better.

I boil my water in a titanium bowl, then stir it over dry food in a plastic bowl. I set that into my inverted fleece beanie (multiple use). The beanie is large enough that I can fold it over the hot food bowl. After the waiting period, I pull the beanie off and put it on my head. The beanie has been pre-warmed by the hot food, and that works for a cold evening.

–B.G.–

nice hat trick Bob!

and hey, I already have/bring that.

Why not knit a buff, scarf, or baklava?
Like Bob's trick you'd get multiple uses and most of the time it's chilly enough for a cozy, it's chilly enough to want one of those in addition to your hat.

Hat inside the buff seems like a winner to me. Or just bring a small circle of foam for the ground and wrap the buff on.

"Why not knit a buff, scarf, or baklava?"

I don't recommend knitting the baklava. That is a Turkish pastry.

–B.G.–

(Grinning) I tease the wife about her wearing her baklava when the balaclava comes out. Joking aside a good baklava is a treat.

jimmyb

It's hard to find good freeze-dried baklava.

–B.G.–