Here is my nice new – Tea cosy.
Sandy Crump-Dawson did suggest a tea cosy as one of two guesses, other people suggested things that were plausible like a purse or hot water bottle cover.
I came across the pattern when I saw someone at my Friday craft group making one. She gave me a link to the pattern – http://crochetroo.blogspot.co.uk/2006/05/scallop-tea-cosy-instructions.html . The instructions contain a picture of a rainbow inspired cosy but with the colours going the other way. That of course decided me. I had to make one, and soon!
I don’t normally use a teapot when making tea just for me but in the summer I like to sit in the sun and be really elegant with a teapot and one of my Portmeirion tea cups.
I liked this Bodum teapot as it has a plunger to isolate the tea leaves when the tea has brewed so the tea doesn’t stew.
I already had a cover for my teapot that I had made some time ago as a sampler of a slip stitch knitting pattern but it is very thin and now and a bit stained. This one will be so much better at keeping the tea hot on my lazy summer afternoons.
As you can see the tea pot doesn’t really have a spout. So after a bit of thought I decided to make the tea cosy without a hole for the spout and so I will lift it up to pour the tea.
I also decided that the smaller piece could be worked up into a cosy for my other teapot when I have time. This one is part of a steel tea set and I use it for guests.
That is very nice!
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Thank you! It’s a good pattern for a tea cosy and not so difficult once you get into it.
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Beautiful!
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Wow! I love it! 🙂
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Of course a tea cosy! The layers will keep it warm and it looks lovely. Gorgeous colours.
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My favourite colour scheme of couurse!
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Excellent! I may just have to make one NOW!
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Well it is easy once you get the hang of it and so nice and ‘cosy’!
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What a great reveal!! Nice job 🙂
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Glad you like it. 🙂
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Well, I’m glad I got the correct answer. LOL! It is so beautiful. My husband now wants me to make one!! Maybe!! How long did it take to make?
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I am not an especially quick crochetter. I was reckoning on 30mins a stripe which would make it 15 hours plus sewing up time. It took me about a week.
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Very festive! Love the colors.
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Glad you like it!
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I love it!! I need to pin it to my board 🙂 p.s crocodile stitch..
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The lady who wrote the pattern called them scallops and the pattern is slightly different to what I have seen called ‘crocodile stitch’ but the look is very similar.
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i like them it is over the top 🙂
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You need a Pinterest button, please?? 🙂 p.s it is easy to pin when I’m on my phone..
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I am afraid that I am not expecially enamoured of Pinterest even though it seems to direct a lot of people to my site as I have no control over what people take and how they use it. One thing really annoys me which is that I published a chart with a mistake in it in error and though I have corrected it on my site out there on pinterest people are still using the incorrect one.
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i have no idea how you would correct that either, but try Pinterest you will get addicted lol 🙂
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Love it!, I saw this pattern too and have it in my to do list. you have inspired me to crack on and get it started.
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I will look for your post when you have finished it!
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ohhh this is soooo beautiful and really keeps the tea warm and making tea party happy.. thank you for the linky… 😉
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It is a good pattern for a tea cosy isn’t it!
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