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Tea Cosy Set

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Textile artist [tag]Ruth Cross[/tag] and [tag]potter[/tag] [tag]Linda Bloomfield[/tag] combined their talents and created this cute Cosy Tea Set.

Cool fresh [tag] porcelain[/tag] and a warm intricate [tag] knit[/tag] cosy get together to protect you from scalding while enjoying a cuppa!

Amazing how so may of the Arts can be combined to make so many beautiful, yet practical items.

Comments

  2. hi
    Iwant to knit this tea cosy for my best friend as she has asked for one in red this is perfect thankyou!

  6. A tea cosy with matching mug cosies….what a wonderful idea. Please may I have a copy of the pattern?

  7. can you please email this pattern for the Tea Cosy Set for my mum? Thank you!

  10. Could you please send me the pattern for the red tea pot set.
    I have just bought a new white teapot and would love to make this one.
    Thanking you.

    Julie…

  13. If at all possible, I would love to have a copy of the tea cosy set, this is a lovely set and since I am trying my very best to go from crocheting to knitting I think this would be a fun challenge for me.

    Kind regards,
    Iris

  15. What a great idea! Have been looking for a tea cosy to knit for a couple of friends for Christmas. This is exactly what I was looking for. Would it be possible to email me a copy of the pattern, please? Thanks in advance.

  20. I have not seen a set like this before and think it is a truly delightful idea. I would love to have the pattern if you are sharing it as it would make a lovely and different gift for birthday or Christmas giving. Thank you for showing it to us.
    Marg.

  22. The tea cosy and mug covers look really nice. Please e-mail me the pattern if you are sharing. Many thanks SR

  23. Hello, I am a beginner knitter, Please email me the tea cosy pattern if you are sharing, I would like to give it a try. Thank you, K

  24. I know I’m a little late but it at all possible could you mail the tea cosy and mug pattern to me. Have looked everywhere for one just like this. Thanks, D

  25. Please e-mail me whatever patterns and designs you may have – so hard to find anything in South Africa !!

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Patchwork Blanket Knitting Patterns

Any time of year is a good time for stash busting, but if you can combine it with knitting a blanket that will keep you warm when it (finally!) gets cooler that’s even better. Let’s take a look at some fun patchwork blanket knitting patterns. 

If you want to keep it super simple, you can just make blocks of garter stitch and sew them together, like the beginner’s patchwork baby blanket from Mini Baa Baa or the color block blanket from Make and Do Crew. Both projects are worked in strips and sew together, with the baby version calling for two strands of DK or light worsted weight yarn held together and the larger one using bulky yarn. 

Add a little more texture with the mixed blocks of the cottage quilt throw from Mama in a Stitch. This one combines garter stitch and seed stitch and uses worsted weight yarn. She used a crochet join to make the chains on top of the blocks, but you can join them however you like. It calls for eight colors but you can use what you have, and there are three size options. 

Get a real sampler style patchwork blanket with this design from Knit Sew Make. It calls for worsted weight yarn and has four size options. All of the patterns just use knit and purl stitches so this one is still pretty easy for beginners. 

If you want a more complex colorwork project that will keep you entertained all season, try the Peace by Piece blanket pattern from Needle and Feather. This one is made up of two color colorwork blocks and calls for worsted weight yarn. You can choose to use just a few of the blocks and repeat them more often, or make multiples of the whole set. 

The knitted patchwork recipe from Martine Ellis (free on Ravelry) uses mitered squares in fingering weight yarn, so it’s perfect for using up all your leftover sock yarn and mini skeins. This one is a tutorial more than a pattern so you can make your blanket as big as you like or keep going until you run out of yarn. 

Susan B. Anderson’s 100 Squares blanket (find it on Ravelry) has a lot of mitered squares, too, but they’re arranged in fun ways and includes some quilt inspired designs as well. This one also is a bit of method more than pattern but it sure looks like a lot of fun for using all the leftovers. 

Of course you can totally improvise a patchwork blanket using the yarn and stitches you like, but I hope these patterns inspire you to look at your leftover yarn in a new way.