Tea Cozy Pattern {With Knitted Flowers}

This tea cozy pattern is super fluffy and great for spring!

Make a fluffy tea cozy with flowers for a gift or for your own teapot.

The size of the cosy will fit a teapot with an 18-inch circumference.

This cosy has been knitted for a 4-cup pot, but you can easily adapt the pattern to make it smaller or much larger.

An Easy Level Knitting Pattern

This is an easy pattern for those of you who are advanced beginner level, and the techniques you will need to know are knit, purl and k2tog.

Using mainly knit and purl stitches, it will also introduce you to decreasing and shaping.

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This pattern is great for any advanced beginner knitters.

You should be comfortable casting on and casting off, as well as knitting in garter stitch.
You should be comfortable working the purl stitch.
How to K2tog.
You should also be comfortable reading knitting patterns.
And understanding knitting abbreviations and terms.

Tea Cozy Pattern {With Knitted Flowers}

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Notes

This tea cozy pattern is knit in two pieces and stitched together to leave openings for the handle and spout.

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Gauge – It’s hard to see with the type of yarn it is, so this is a guestimate – 4 sts/3 rows in 1 inch

Size – To fit the circumference of teapot 18 inches.

Skill Level – Easy

The Supplies You Need

Yarn

100G Super Bulky Yarn – I used Sirdar Snuggly Snowflake Chunky (White)
50g double knit yarn (I used peach) for the flowers
50g double knit yarn (green) for the leaves
Yarn weight guide

Needles

9mm (US 13) Knitting needles
4mm (US 6) Knitting needles

Notions

Scissors
Darning Needle
Tape measure

Abbreviations / Knitting Abbreviations List

Approx = Approximately
Beg = Begin(ning)
Cont = Continue(ing)
K = Knit
K2tog = Knit next 2 stitches together
P – Purl
M1 = Make 1 stitch
Rem = Remaining
Rep = Repeat
St(s) = Stitch(es)

Pattern Instructions

Tea Cosy – make 2 pieces >

With your chunky yarn and 9mm knitting needles cast on 20
Knit every row until piece measures 6 inches.
Next row – K2TOG knit to last 2 stitches K2TOG
Repeat this on every row until you have 10 stitches left.
Cast off.

Flowers >

With your 4mm (US 6) knitting needles and double knit yarn (peach) cast on 20sts (Leave a tail of 8 inches).

Row 1 and each alternate row – Purl.

Row 2: Increase knitwise into each stitch.

Row 4: *K1, increase into next stitch*, repeat * to * to end.

Row 6: *K2, increase into next stitch*, repeat *to* to end.

Row 8: *K3, increase into next stitch*, repeat *to* to end.

Row 9: Purl.

Row 10: Cast off knitwise.

Curl your flower inwards and secure by stitching loose cast off end through the bottom.

Leave a tail, long enough to sew onto the top of the tea cosy.

Leaf >

Using 4mm (US 6) knitting needles and double knit yarn (in green) cast on 3sts.

1. K1, M1, K1, M1, K1

2. Purl

3. K2, M1, K1, M1, K2

4. Purl

5. K3, M1, K1, M1, K3

6. Purl

7. K4, M1, K1, M1, K4

8. Purl

9. K5, M1, K1, M1, K5

10. Purl

11. K6, M1, K1, M1, K6

12. Purl

13. K2TOG, K1, K2TOG, K8, K2TOG

14. Purl

15. K2TOG, K1, K2TOG, K5, K2TOG

16. Purl

17. K2TOG, K1, K2TOG, K2, K2TOG

18. Purl

19. K2TOG, K2, K2TOG

20. Purl

21. K2TOG, K2TOG

22. P2TOG

23. Fasten off.

Making Up >

Stitch the tea cosy pieces together leaving holes for the handle and spout.
When you have secured your knitted flowers into shape, stitch into place on top of the tea cosy.
Arrange the leaves where you want them around the flowers and stitch into place.
Weave in all loose ends.

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Tea Cozy Pattern {With Knitted Flowers}