I just finished knitting
Sheep Carousel, a tea cozy designed by Kate Davies. I used
Harrisville Shetland instead of the Scottish yarn the pattern calls for. I have plenty of yarn left for a second.
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Sheep! |
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All is not as it appears |
I do not own a teapot. I borrowed one to block the cozy (i.e., let dry in the desired shape) but it was too large. I wrestled with wet wool but I was not victorious. The cozy is instead drying on some leftover containers, but for photo purposes I faked it!
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Roof of the cozy, complete with I-cord handle |
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I-cord handle edging |
The spout and handle openings are cut open, then bound with I-cord (a narrow knit strip). I'm very pleased with how the finishing turned out. Shetland is a nice grabby wool that lets you do seemingly mad things like cutting your knit fabric without everything unraveling.
The only thing left to do is find a friend who'd like a 4 cup teapot cozy.
CRAZY cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra! It was a lot of fun to knit.
DeleteThis is one of the coolest, prettiest things ever. I hope you appreciate how talented you are.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! What a nice compliment to receive :)
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