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Tea for Two

April 8, 2008 By Carole

I don’t know about you but when I finish a major knitting project like a sweater I like to knit a few smaller things before undertaking something major again. This time around the smaller things were tea cozies. Two of them.

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Aren’t they sweet?

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The red one is the Kureyon Kozy from knitty.com. Simple and quick and just the right size for this small Brown Betty tea pot.

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The green one is Tea Cozy from the book One Skein Wonders by Diana Foster. This one is a little more complex to knit but still very simple and fits my larger tea pot perfectly. The yarn is Tahki Donegal Tweed and I used just one skein. Funny how that’s just what the book promises.

They are just what I need to compliment my new obsession with tea. And I blame that entirely on Ms. Knitting the Blues.

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  1. Carol says

    April 8, 2008 at 7:14 am

    Beautiful!

  2. margene says

    April 8, 2008 at 7:40 am

    They are darling and just perfect, quick knits that have a use. I need to make one, too…thanks to Terry!

  3. Chris says

    April 8, 2008 at 8:27 am

    I don’t even drink tea, but now I have this compulsion to make tea cozies. Strange…

  4. JenBrenneman says

    April 8, 2008 at 8:45 am

    Lovely! I just finished a french press cozy and I love it. I have a slight tea obsession but that is because I work down the street from an awesome tea shop that I can get any flavor I’d like to go! http://www.qptea.com/

  5. Karen says

    April 8, 2008 at 8:55 am

    Your tea cozies are so cute! I also like to knit a smaller project between the big ones. Mine are always socks though.

  6. Wool Winder says

    April 8, 2008 at 9:24 am

    Very pretty! I was just considering a tea cozy pattern yesterday, which is really strange since I don’t even drink hot tea.

  7. Knitnana says

    April 8, 2008 at 9:33 am

    How cute!!
    (((hugs)))

  8. Stacey says

    April 8, 2008 at 9:50 am

    I just can’t stay away from adagio dot com. YUM! What color way did you use for the red pot (I’m assuming it’s noro)

  9. Hillary says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Those are both so cool. Suddenly, I too feel the urge to knit tea cozys which makes no sense since my tea is almost always iced.

  10. Beth says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Very cute! I like smaller projects all the time. 🙂

  11. michaele says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Very cute. Have you seen the Tea Cozy knitting pattern book that came out last year? If you are feeling ambitious, there are some rather unique and challenging patterns in there.

  12. Karen says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:20 am

    They are very sweet!

  13. Laura says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:25 am

    Just adorable! I don’t use a tea pot but having a cute tea cozy is a very good reason to start! heh

  14. Anne says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:27 am

    I love the Kureyon one particularly – I have that on the want-to-knit list.

  15. Wanda says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Ooh, those are very fun ideas! Love the cosies, so cute.

  16. Cheryl S. says

    April 8, 2008 at 10:42 am

    I love the idea of tea cosies, but I rarely make more than a single mug of tea. My poor teapot is sadly neglected most of the time.

  17. Lucia says

    April 8, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    So CUTE! Tea is another thing I miss.

  18. Kim says

    April 8, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    They look to be the perfect projects after Dale’s sweater. Very cute 🙂

  19. Tammy says

    April 8, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Must. Make. Cozy. I love tea – and from viewing Terry’s Tea Stash recognized some of her teas from my own stash, so I know a pot o’ tea can be critical to get one through a cold evening of knitting. So – How? How, I ask you have I missed such an adorable pattern?!?! I daily find ways that knitting has further enriched my life! Thanks for today’s enrichment. Now – must knit.

  20. Debi says

    April 8, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    I’m an iced tea gal but these are so cute they make me want a cup of hot tea!

  21. Chris H says

    April 8, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    Oh, those are so great! Maybe something I can take up between socks…LOL.

  22. Birdsong says

    April 8, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    They are absolutely adorable! Ms. Tea is responsible for my ‘needing’ to have a Blue sheep teapot… even though I had at least three when I got it a few years ago. She’s a dangerous woman!

  23. Teyani says

    April 8, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    Sweet cozies .
    And I am completely in agreement with you about having a smaller project for a break between big ones. These certainly look fun.

  24. JessaLu says

    April 8, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    Those are so cute!

  25. ~Kristie says

    April 9, 2008 at 12:01 am

    Those are adorable. What great quick projects.

    I think I’ll go have a cup of tea now.

  26. Teresa C says

    April 9, 2008 at 8:32 am

    And great tea cozies, too! See, as if the tea isn’t enough all by itself, there are all these neat things we can get and do to make it more fun! Love it.

  27. Jessica says

    April 9, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Those are *really* cute!! I just love teapots. 🙂

  28. Diane says

    April 9, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Pur-tea colors. I love that book!

  29. Lynne says

    April 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    That is such a great pattern, isn’t it? I’ve knit a few of those cozies, and they are great “in between” projects. Lovely, once again, Carole!

  30. missa says

    June 27, 2008 at 11:54 am

    i LOVE tea cozies… the Kureyon one is adorable

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