Erika Barcott
2008
Checkerboard Tea Cosy
"The Checkerboard Tea Cosy," declares Barcott, "keeps your teapot warm, without all the frou-frou. The checkerboard stitch pattern, which alternates along with the yarn color, create strong vertical and horizontal lines. If it wasn't a tea cosy, I'd call it 'masculine'. (It's) knit in two pieces, with a slip stitch edging. The pieces are worked from the bottom up, then seamed. The ribbing at the bottom helps to tuck it around the curve of your tea pot. The decreases at the top are worked in pattern, to preserve the vertical lines. Both schematics and written-out directions are provided for the stitch pattern, overall construction, decrease rows, and seaming." Thorough and a joy to work from. Gauge given is after blocking.
- In Silk 'N Wool Blend by Moda Dea
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- U.S. $4.95
Pattern Detail
- checkerboard stitch pattern charted
- schematics included
- sewing required
- all season
- straight (flat) knitting
- to fit average teapot; see data pages
- digital PDF has 7 pages (letter size)
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- 4 x 4 in
- 4.5 mm
- 7.0 US
- 20.0 st st