Free Pattern Phursday - Six
In the Toronto area, back in the eighties and nineties there was a pizza commercial for (of all things) Pizzaville Pizza. It started out like this - "It was rainy day when my half brother Raul and I" - and then they did the promo and ended up with the phone number which ended in "three six three six", but pronounced it "free sex free sex". The ad was funny, here's a link to one of their current ones, and it worked because I remember it over twenty years later. So, typing out the title this week, I said to myself - free sex, free sex. But, there's no free sex here, just a free pattern for a tea cosy. About the furthest thing from sexy possible.
Size: Fits most 6 cup teapots
Evelyn - aTea Cosy
Finished measurements: 8inches wide, 7 ¼ long
Materials and equipment:
1 50 gram skein Schoeller + Stahl Wonderwool light pink (CC) and1 skein medium pink (MC) or 80 yards in each of two colours of chunky yarn
6.5mm circular needles at least 40 inches long
6.5mm double pointed needles
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Gauge: 16 stitches and 23 rows to 4 inches in stocking stitch
Gauge: 16 stitches and 23 rows to 4 inches in stocking stitch
Construction notes: Cosy is knit flat from the bottom edge and then seamed
Pattern Stitch – multiple of 6 stitches
Row 1 : Using MC, purl all stitches
Row 2: Using MC, knit all stitches
Rows 3 & 5: Using CC *Knit 4, slip 2*. Repeat from * to * across the row ending with Knit 2
Rows 4 & 6: Using CC: Knit 2 * slip 2 purl 4*. Repeat from * to * across the row ending with purl 2, knit 2
Rows 7 : Using MC, purl all stitches
Row 8: Using MC, knit all stitches
Rows 9 & 11: Using CC, Knit 1, slip 2 *Knit 4, slip 2*. Repeat from * to * across the row
ending with K3. This offsets the stitches making the Honeycomb pattern.
Rows 10 & 12: Using CC, Knit 2, p1, slip 2 *purl 4, slip 2*. Repeat from * to * across the row
ending with k1.
Pattern instructions:
Cast on 32 stitches using MC and knit 6 rows garter stitch. Knit 3 complete pattern repeats (rows 1 -12), starting the first repeat only on Row 3.
Top shaping: (RS): knit 1, knit 2 together using MC ending with k2 (24 stitches). Beginning on the wrong side, knit 9 rows of K1P1 ribending with right side facing. K2tog across row (12 stitches) Work 4 rows stockinette then bind off. Placing the wrong sides together, mattress stitch the garter stitch border on each side, and the solid coloured top shaping. Weave in ends.
I-cord daisy: On double pointed needle cast on three stitches,and without turning knit 140 rows. Leaving a 12 inch tail, weave end of tail through the 3 stitches and draw up tightly. Insert tip of tapestry needle through the 20th stitch from the end and draw up tightly, then insert the needle through the next 20th stitch, and draw up tightly. Repeat 5 times more. Arrange the I- cord daisy on top of the tea cosy and tack on securely.
Evelyn is named in honour of the original "Knittin for Britain". Grannie was a tea drinker, always needing to have her tea from a china cup and the tea should always be brewed in a pot. She wasn't, however, so fussy that the saucer needed to match - as long as she had a saucer. She maintained tea should never be served in a mug. One of her tea cosies was a felt lined, metal thing that fitted over the pot.
Always full of fun, the house was full of laughter when she was in it. One of my favourite stories about Grannie was just after I had my first child, we went to visit her. Wee Benjamin was her first great grandchild - a very special thing. Well, she told me I shouldn't have another baby too soon and I should space them out every 4 years like she did. I thought about that for a moment, marveling that there was no birth control pill available in the 1920s and asked her how she was able to manage spacing her 4 children so well. With a twinkle in her eye, she chuckled, "Simple Duckie, I just kept the damn thing out!" Well, after the shock wore off - Grannie had never revealed this naughty side to me before - I laughed so hard. I still smile when I think of the conversation.
Evelyn is named in honour of the original "Knittin for Britain". Grannie was a tea drinker, always needing to have her tea from a china cup and the tea should always be brewed in a pot. She wasn't, however, so fussy that the saucer needed to match - as long as she had a saucer. She maintained tea should never be served in a mug. One of her tea cosies was a felt lined, metal thing that fitted over the pot.
Always full of fun, the house was full of laughter when she was in it. One of my favourite stories about Grannie was just after I had my first child, we went to visit her. Wee Benjamin was her first great grandchild - a very special thing. Well, she told me I shouldn't have another baby too soon and I should space them out every 4 years like she did. I thought about that for a moment, marveling that there was no birth control pill available in the 1920s and asked her how she was able to manage spacing her 4 children so well. With a twinkle in her eye, she chuckled, "Simple Duckie, I just kept the damn thing out!" Well, after the shock wore off - Grannie had never revealed this naughty side to me before - I laughed so hard. I still smile when I think of the conversation.
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