Storage jar labels

Give your kitchen a fresh spring makeover with these stylish jar labels by Sarah Dennis.

Make your mornings special with this beautiful intarsia label collection.

Add a personal touch to a set of storage jars with this trio of labels. We love how well the lettering stands out in this classic blue and white colour scheme – even when bleary- eyed in the morning you’ll always be able to find the coffee! If you need to alter the sizing to fit your jars, follow the instructions given below.

Notes The instructions given are for labels that will fit around a jar/pot with a circumference of 32cm, but they’re easily adjusted to fit jars of different sizes by following these steps: 1 Measure the circumference of the jar. 2 Subtract 1cm, to ensure the label fits snugly around the jar. 3 Subtract the size of the motif (below). 4 Divide the remaining length by 2. The final figure that you obtain in step 4 is the length of plain stocking stitch you need to knit before and after placing the motif. Using ‘tea’ as an example: 1 Jar circumference = 32cm 2 Subtract 1 = 31cm 3 31 – 8 = 23cm (tea motif measures 8cm, see below)

4 23 ÷ 2 = 11.5cm Therefore knit 11.5cm before starting to knit the motif. When knitted to the given tension, the motifs measure as follows: Tea 8cm Coffee 13.5cm Sugar 12.75cm

TEA LABEL

Cast on 15 sts using 3 mm needles and Yarn B. Row 1 Knit. Row 2 Purl. Rows 1 and 2 form st st. Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until work meas 11.5cm, ending with a WS row. Join in Yarn A. Work from Chart 1 until motif has been completed. Break Yarn A. Cont in st st using Yarn B only, until work meas 31cm from cast- on edge. Cast off.

COFFEE LABEL

Cast on 15 sts using 3 mm needles and Yarn B. Row 1 Knit. Row 2 Purl. Rows 1 and 2 form st st. Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until work meas 8.75cm, ending with a WS row. Join in Yarn A. Work from Chart 2 until motif has been completed. Break Yarn A. Cont in st st using Yarn B only, until work meas 31cm from cast- on edge. Cast off.

SUGAR LABEL

Cast on 15 sts using 3 mm needles and Yarn B. Row 1 Knit. Row 2 Purl. Rows 1 and 2 form st st. Repeat rows 1 & 2 until work measures 9.25cm, ending with a WS row. Join in Yarn A. Work from Chart 3 until motif has been completed. Break Yarn A. Cont in st st using Yarn B only, until work meas 31cm from cast- on edge. Cast off.

EDGINGS

(ALIKE FOR ALL LABELS) Turn work so that motif is horizontal. With RS facing, using 3 mm needles and Yarn A, pick up and knit 4 sts out of every 5 rows along the long length of the work. For a 32cm jar this will work out at approximately 72 sts. Rows 1 and 2 Knit. Cast off.

TO MAKE UP

Block and weave in loose ends.

The edgings are worked by picking up stitches along the length of the label.

These labels are easy to customise – they can be adjusted in size to fit different jars.

The words ‘tea’, ‘coffee’ and ‘sugar’ are knitted in intarsia from separate charts.