Tea Cosy
Simple Cosy for a 3 to 4 cup Pot
Yarn: 1 ball Patons Jet
remnants of three colours(Cleckheaton Silk used here )
Needles: 5mm
Abbr:
RS-right side
WR-wrong side
K-Knit
P-purl
YO- yarn over
SS-slip stitch
PSSO-pass slipped st over
St-stitch
tg-together
Rib-K1 P1
Cast on 84 sts,work in basic 1x1 rib for 4 rows
Work Rib pattern 40 sts,cast off 4 sts,continue knitting on these 40 sts for 20 rows.
Break yarn and rejoin to other 40 sts and knit for 20 rows as for first half,knit across the first 40sts so there is a toal of 80 sts on needle keeping in rib pattern.
Knit in Rib pattern for 8 rows,then knit two together across row ,40 sts, Purl 2 together across row,20 st,knit 2 together again so ther are 10 sts left.Break yarn leaving enough yarn to draw up remaining sts.
Using wool needle, pass through these last sts and secure.
Decorate with knitted or croqueted flowers,pom poms,or a knitted cord(cast on a number of sts knit a row,cast off) that can be tied into a bow.Another sugestion,gather last sts with a ribbons of contrast colour and tie in bows.
Green leaf pattern:
Cast on three sts,
RS R1 Turn,K 1,YO,K1,YO,K1
WS R2 Purl all sts
RS R3 K 2,YO,K 1
WR R4 Purl
RS R5 K 2,SS,K1 PSSO,YO,K1,YO,K2 tg,K2 (7 sts)
Repeat last 2 rows 4 times,should have 6 lace"holes"
WS P
RS Knit 1,SS,K 2 tg,PSSO,K1.K 3 tg (5 sts)
WS P 1,P 2 tg,P 2tg,P1
RS K1,SS,K2 tg,PSSO,K1 (3 sts)
WS P 3 tg.
Using wool needle secure end of yarn by sewing into back of sts, Press and attach to cosy.
Flowers used are from Simply Knitting ,Issue No 16,June.
This is my first written pattern of one of my own projects inspired by other designs and adapted to use what I had in stash.Good simple tea cosy patterns are hard to find so thought I would put this here for my own and others to have fun with,if there are any problems with this pattern ,please email or contact me and I will see what I can do!
posted by Sometimes Unwilling Guru at 10:18 PM
16 Comments:
Amazing, I have been looking for the "right" tea cosy pattern and look you have blogged it!!! Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou!!
I'm getting yarn tomorow.....
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I had written to say that I love your tea cosy. It almost makes me want to make one, although hubby makes his in a cup.
Glad you got some rain. We got a little, but not much
Well, you know, this post could also pass as your Green Thumb sunday post since it's really beautiful flowers involved :-)
Oh I do like your tea cosy, very nice.
nice of you too share ..you know we were all wantng it !!
you have been busy by the sounds of it ..
i wish patons would "update "their sock colours ..its so soft .I found the opal not at all soft to knit..actually I didn't like it much ..prefer heirlooms sock wool
I've mised your lovely garden pictures ..thought you might have been blown away .....
Hello from Norway!! - Long time no hear - Love the Tea Cozy!! Very cool and very much something I can copy but crochet instead. :)
That is the best looking tea cosy pattern I have seen. Nice work!
I just finished your tea cosy and loved making it. Very simple, easy fast pattern. Perfect for a last minute gift.
For the leaf pattern, what does "R" stand for? I'm not familiar with that abbreviation. Maybe I'm missing something obvious.
Either way, thanks for a great pattern. =)
Fantastic! I had SUCH a hard time finding tea cosy patterns that didn't need circular needles!
Great pattern!
Thank you so much for sharing,this is great!!!xoxo
hello! thank you for posting this great teacosy pattern, it looks lovely and easy too make, good too that I seem to have lost the old one.
I was wondering if you could share the flower patterns in knitting? That would be incredibly appreciated!
thanks again!
beautiful, i love it! one question though - are you measuring in 8 oz cups? just want to make sure it will fit my pot before i start.
thanks! :)
What a lovely tea cosy! I've just started knitting and having completed my first scarf - want to go onto something else ... I was thinking of knitting a tea cosy - do you think it is too hard for a beginner? Would be grateful for any advice you might have for a novice scarf knitter!!
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