Time for Tea!

Cornish Ware Tea Cosy

We all know the frustration of trying to find those items in the shops that we think are ordinary, only to find that they are not available at all or seem inordinately expensive.  This happened to a friend who wanted to be wanted a tea cosy, so she asked if I could make her one.  She chose this lovely design from Tea Cozies 2, and I had great fun knitting it.  One of the things that I enjoyed most was applying techniques learned on one project to this one.  For instance, the picot edging to the saucer came from a technique I learned for making holly leaves and worked really well here. 

Detail of the cup and saucer

 The handle of the cup is an I-cord, a technique I had never mastered before but it was just the thing for this project.  I searched my stash of knitting books and found a really good guide to how to make one in the Knitting Know-How section of Find your style and Knit it too by Sharon Turner. And having mastered that technique, I then applied it to a mobile phone cover, of which more anon. The yarn for the cosy is Sirdar Supersoft Aran, bought from Pack Lane Wool & Crafts. As the weather seems to have turned cold again, there will be more cosies and the mobile phone cover coming soon!