Fair Isle One cup Tea Cosy

My sister bought me this little one cup tea pot some time ago.  All it needed was a cosy to keep the tea hot.  Using scraps of yarn from my stash I came up with this easy fair isle pattern with a draw string top.   There lots of ends to finish off but yarn can easily be weaved into the back until needed.  Also, although I sew ends in places near a seam etc, lots of ends can easily be double knotted at the back and trimmed.   There's a three knit stitch on the purl rows of the body to create a firm edge.  Knit these in the main colour of the chart you are following.  

This would make a lovely Mothers Day gift - the little teapots are easily found in most department stores.  (my sister found this one in a charity shop)

I love my hobby of designing patterns and posting them online.  But I often can’t find anyone who has the time to test my patterns, although I do knit them up a few times myself.  So mistakes can slip by, especially typos when transferring the pattern to my blog.  So, please, please, if you find and errors or have any queries, let me know either by commenting below or contacting me via the contact form.  Thanks

Measurements:  Height 6”, 6” width from spout to handle (one cup teapot)

Tension:   24sts x 28 rows using 3.75mm needles and stocking stitch over 4”

Materials:  

25g cream, 10g each of lilac and denim blue, dk yarn

3.25mm and 4mm knitting needles, I button

Back

Using 3.25mm needles and cream cast on 39 stitches

Knit 6 rows gs

* Change to 4mm needles

Using stocking stitch throughout, and working 3 knit sts at each end of purl row for edging, follow chart A (20rows) fasten off lilac

Change to blue

Dec row:  (k4, k2tog) 6 times, k3      33sts

K3, Purl to last 3sts, k3** 

Fasten off yarn and leave 33sts on holder

Front

Using 3.25mm needles and cream cast on 42 stitches

Knit 2 rows gs

Next row:  buttonhole hole.  K1, k2tog, yf, knit to end

Next row:   knit

Next row: cast off 3sts, k to end

Next row:   knit

As back from * to **

Join front and back

Following first row of chart B, work across front and back as follows:

Rs facing using 4mm needles.

k32, k2tog, (last stitch of front and first stitch of back) pattern to end      65sts

Continue chart B, in stocking stitch without gs borders

Fasten off lilac yarn

Change to cream

Dec row:   (k2, k2tog) 16 times, k1     49sts

Next row:  purl

Follow chart C for 2 rows

Fasten off blue

Work 2 rows in cream

Eyelet row:   (k2tog, yf) to last st, k1

Work 3 more rows in ss

Cast off

To Finish

Sew seam under spout, and above handle, checking on teapot for a good fit.  Finish off all ends. Sew on button to match buttonhole under handle.

Make a cord, either crochet chain or by twisting double thickness yarn.  Thread cord through eyelets

Chart B

Chart C

PDF pattern to download