This Tea Cozy is completely inspired by my sister and a cold cup of tea. I started noticing that my tea did not stay hot after my first cup had been finished. Then, around the same time, my sister started crocheting again. Now, several years ago I had started this hobby and finished a blanket (maybe 2, I can't remember) and thought I had put away my hooks for good.
After browsing the yarn aisles of many stores while M tried to find the perfect colors for her blanket, I started feeling the bug again.... and then the cold cup of tea.
Here is the pot in question. A wedding gift from some dear friends (Yes CH this is you). I love its smallish size as I am the only tea drinker in the house, but it definitely needed a cozy!!
I just youtubed tea cozies and came across a really easy video that got me started right away.
It only took me 2 nights to put the whole thing together. It is a little riddled with errors and my tension definitely changes throughout the squares, but once it is on the pot you can hardly tell (I think).
A nice and simple pattern and cozy. You can watch the youtube video
here. There is 2 parts to this instructional video, so be sure to watch both!
Enjoy
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Well here she is. I really wanted to make her a coat as the one she has now was a hand me down (can you believe dogs have those) and it is unravelling. I had to attempt this pattern numerous times. Partly because it was hard to measure her and partly because she was the grumpiest model ever!! She grumbled a lot!
This was the same pattern but with a different wool and smaller hook. I just kept crocheting and crocheting - but it wasn't really getting anywhere. Finally when I made the switch I got the pattern to work. It only took an evening to do - but she is a small dog. 9 lbs. It did turn out a bit big, but under the working conditions I had....
