In this post, you will see a knitted tea cosy pattern that looks like an ice cream swirl.
Fancy making something delicious-looking for your teapot?
The ice cream swirl tea cosy is made in two striped pieces then stitched together leaving openings for the handle and spout.
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.
The cosy has been knit in pink and white stripes and then structured to form this sloping swirl shape.
Knit flat in two pieces, the cosy is then assembled and finished off with coordinating poms poms on top.
The yarn required for this pattern is DK yarn/lightweight yarn (03).
More Tea Cosy Patterns
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- Fluffy tea cosy pattern
How The Tea Cosy Fits Together
As you can see in the images above and below, the side seams are stitched together, leaving openings for the handle and the spout at each end.
The bottom of the cosy needs some shaping, a long length of yarn is loosely stitched through the bottom of the cosy.
Once you place the cosy over your teapot, you can then pull the yarn tight, so that the shape forms and tie into a bow to secure.
You can watch the video tutorial on this page to see how this works for any help you need.
Making Up The Cosy
In the pattern you will see these instructions;
- Pick up 35 stitches along the bottom of the piece in the white yarn.
- Work in stockinette stitch – Purl 1st row, Knit, until piece measures 1.5 inches long.
The Top Of The Cosy
This forms the top of the cosy – this also needs to have a running stitch of yarn through the top of the cosy, so that it can be pulled tight into shape.
You can see this in the photograph below.
Once this has been pulled tight and secured with a bow – you can then stitch pom poms on top.
The Bottom Of The Tea Cosy
The bottom of the cosy requires a little crochet knowledge, making a crochet edge in the white yarn.
As an alternative, you could pick up and knit stitches here in white and knit 2 rows.
Then a running stitch (I did this in pink) is stitched around the bottom edging and once placed over the cosy, pulled tight to secure and to make the shape.
More Tea Cosy Patterns
You can use up leftover yarns in your stash and make lots of tea cosies in different colours.
The tea cosy pattern is great for any advanced beginners, as it is a great project for practising the basic knitting stitches and learning how to knit stripes.
If you would like to make more knitted items for the home, please take a look at the other patterns in the home knits pattern library.
You can also see the most popular tea cosy patterns here;
Knitted Tea Cosy Pattern
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Skill Level – Easy
Notes
This tea cosy pattern is knit in two pieces and stitched together to leave openings for the handle and spout.
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Size – To fit the circumference of teapot 18 inches.
Gauge – 18 sts and 24 rows in 4×4 inches / 10×10 cm
The Supplies You Need
Yarn
- 1 x 50g double knit yarn in white
- 1 x 50g double knit yarn in pink
- Lightweight Yarn (03)/DK yarn.
- Yarn Substitute – Debbie Bliss Rialto DK.
Needles/Hook
Notions
Other Materials
- Clover pom pom makers – sizes – 1 3/8 inch and 1 5/8 inch
Abbreviations >
- 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
Make 2 pieces –
Yarn A – Pink / Yarn B – White
Cast on 40 stitches in Yarn A
- Row 1 – Knit
- Row 2 – Purl first two stitches together, purl to the last stitch, M1, K1
- Row 3 – Knit
- Row 4 – Purl first two stitches together, purl to the last stitch, M1, K1
- Row 5 – Knit
- Row 6 – Purl first two stitches together, purl to the last stitch, M1, K1
- (Change colour to Yarn B) Row 7 – Purl
- Row 8 – Knit first two stitches together, knit to the last stitch, M1, K1
- Row 9 – Purl
- Row 10 – Knit first two stitches together, knit to the last stitch, M1, K1
- Row 11 – Purl
- Row 12 – Knit first two stitches together, knit to the last stitch, M1, K1
Repeat these 12 rows 9 times.
Cast off.
Pick up 35 stitches along the bottom of the piece in Yarn B.
Work in stockinette stitch – Purl 1st row, Knit, until piece measures 1.5 inches long.
Making Up
Stitch the two sides together leaving gaps for the teapot spout and handle.
The stocking stitch edge will be at the top of the cosy.
Sew a running stitch around the top of the cosy and pull up tight to secure.
This is the top of the cosy – this stays in place and pom poms are sen on top to hide the gathered top.
For the bottom edge, single crochet 2 rows around in white yarn.
With the pink yarn thread through the darning needle and sew large loose stitches through the bottom of the cosy, pull tight and tie in a small bow.
This allows the swirl pattern to stay in shape.
Make 2 large pom poms and 2 small poms in coordinating colours and stitch to the top of the tea cosy.
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Happy Knitting! xoxo