Materials: 100g
King Cole Comfort Chunky for tea cosy and pompom. 25g of
either chunky or double
knit for a contrast colour pompom, Needles
size 5mm and 5.5mm
cable needle
Note about yarn: I used
King Cole Comfort Chunky which is slightly thicker than
other chunky yarns and
has a lovely range of bright colours. If
you use a different chunky
yarn the cosy may not be the size stated below. You may need to go up a needle size to get
size stated.
Tension: 14sts
and 20 rows x 4” using no 5.5mm needles over stocking stitch
Size: To fit
a teapot up to 7.5” height x 9” width from handle to spout
Abbreviations: k: knit, p: purl, st/s: stitch/stitches,
tog: together, m1: make 1 by picking up the loop between sts and k into back of
it, c6b: cable 6 back – slip next 3sts on to cable needle and leave at back of
work, k next 3sts, then 3sts from cable needle
Sides (make
2)
Using 5mm
needles cast on 37sts
Work 5
rows k1, p1 rib
Next row: rib7, (m1, rib8) 3 times, m1, rib 6 (41sts)
Change
to 5.5mm needles
Row 1: k2, p2, (c6b, p3) 3 times, c3b, p2, k2
Row 2:
k4, (p6, k3) 3 times, p6, k4
Row 3: k2, p2,
(k6, p3) 3 times, k6, p2, k2
Rows 4–9: (repeat rows 2 and 3) 3 times
Row 10: k4, (p6, k3) 3 times, p6, k4
These
10 rows form the cable pattern with garter stitch border
Repeat
last 10 rows
Fasten
off yarn and leave sts on holder
Do not
fasten off yarn on second side
Shape top
Continue
on last side worked with right side facing:
Row 1: *(p2tog) 2 times, (c6b, p3) 3 times, c6b, (p2tog)
2 times,** continue across second side, repeat from * to ** (74sts)
Row 2: K2, (p6, k3) 3 times, p6, K4, (p6, k3) 3
times, p6, k2
Row 3: p2,
(k6, p1, p2tog) 3 times, k6, (p2tog) 2 times, (k6, p1, p2tog) 3 times, k6 p2 (66sts)
Row 4:
k2, (p6, k2) 8
times
Row 5: p2,
(k6, p2) 8 times
Row 6-7:
as rows 4 and 5
Row 8: k2tog,
(p6, k2tog) 8 times (57sts)
Row 9: p1,
(k6, p1) 8 times
Row 10: k1, (p6, k1) 8 times
Row 11:
p1, (c6b, p1) 8 times
Row 12: k1, (p6, k1) 8 times
Row 13: p1, (k2tog, k2, k2tog, p1) 8 times (41sts)
Row 14: (k1,
p4) to last st, k1
Row 15:
k1, (K2tog) to end (21sts)
Row 16: p1, (p2tog)
to end (11sts)
Fasten
off yarn leaving a long enough tail for sewing seam.
Thread
yarn through 11sts pull firmly, secure with a st, and sew up side seam of top.
To finish
Sew up
sides at rib only. Make a pompom and
attach to top of cosy.
Fasten
off all ends.
Row 3 of shape top contains errors unless I am misreading
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DeleteRow 3 of shape top did contain typing errors but I've corrected it. Thanks for pointing this out
Great ppost
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