Tea for two...

I've wanted to make a tea cosy for quite some time now. There was one featured on the front cover of Cute and Easy Crochet by Nicki Trench and Alice of Crochet with Raymond has made many wonderful tea cosy works of art.

I decided to make use of my new book Crochet Bouquet by Suzann Thompson for the floral decorations and use the Cute and Easy Crochet pattern for the actual tea cosy. I bought some chunky Stylecraft yarn and off I went....

I had a teapot which looked the same size as the one in the book, but once the cosy was finished it was way too small for the teapot. Getting it on the teapot reminded me of the beginning of January, when I was trying to squeeze into my skinny fit jeans.... not good. I was in a bit of a grump. A good hours work and it didn't fit. 

A tight squeeze.... a new teapot is in order! It matches my new vintage tablecloth at least...



A much better fit... now for the transformation

So off I trotted to the charity shop and I bought a £1 teapot for two, which fits the cosy perfectly. After soaking the teapot in sterilising solution for a couple of hours, the teapot looked like new.

After making the English Rose flowers, I found a pattern for leaves over at Crochet with Raymond. Alice has written a super leaf pattern which is super quick to do.

So here is the finished cosy... I'm pleased with this first attempt and would like to make another one for a present, once I have purchased a suitable teapot. I didn't enjoy making the cosy itself, but I really enjoyed decorating it.

I must also mention that Tales from Cuckooland has a very pretty tea cosy pictured on the sidebar... just in case you are after more inspiration.

I'll leave you with this picture from today's walk... I am loving this cold snap with frost and buckets of sunshine...

Sheep eating turnips.... and looking a bit miffed that I was disturbing elevenses...