Tea Cosies for Victory

£5.00

Designed by Libby Summers for Find Me Knitting... Ada yarn, these three striking tea cosy designs, were originally produced for Prostate Cancer UK’s Tea for Victory campaign. 

Eight-page, A5 printed pattern.

Additional Information:

Size (cm):

20 x 16 (1-1.5l tea pot)

Yarn:

Chunky weight

recommended from our yarn range: Ada (Find Me Knitting)

Tools for each item:

Roses:

  • 125g/125m yarn total (4 colours)

  • 8mm needles

  • darning needle

Tea needs you:

  • 50g/50m yarn plus extra for letters (2 colours)

  • 8mm needles

  • 8.5 x 8.5cm square of felt

  • darning needle

  • sewing needle

  • cotton thread

victory:

  • 100g yarn (2 colours)

  • 6.5mm pair needles

Gauge to 10cm :

12 sts & 15 rows

Designed by Libby Summers for Find Me Knitting... Ada yarn, these three striking tea cosy designs, were originally produced for Prostate Cancer UK’s Tea for Victory campaign. 

Eight-page, A5 printed pattern.

Additional Information:

Size (cm):

20 x 16 (1-1.5l tea pot)

Yarn:

Chunky weight

recommended from our yarn range: Ada (Find Me Knitting)

Tools for each item:

Roses:

  • 125g/125m yarn total (4 colours)

  • 8mm needles

  • darning needle

Tea needs you:

  • 50g/50m yarn plus extra for letters (2 colours)

  • 8mm needles

  • 8.5 x 8.5cm square of felt

  • darning needle

  • sewing needle

  • cotton thread

victory:

  • 100g yarn (2 colours)

  • 6.5mm pair needles

Gauge to 10cm :

12 sts & 15 rows

Recommended yarns:
Ada (solid colours)
Ada (solid colours)
£13.00
Colour:

Size

One size: to fit 4-6 cup teapot
Finished measurements: 20cm wide, 16cm high

Design 1: Roses

This 1940s vintage-style cosy is adorned with roses, which look complicated but are actually very simple to knit.
Yarn: 50g of Ada yarn in main colour and 25g in each of three contrasting colours
Needles: 8mm pair of needles
Other tools: Darning needle

Design 2: Tea Needs You!

This is a plain cosy, but needs some sewing skills. It has a sewn badge showing the Tea for Victory slogan.
Yarn: 50g of Ada yarn in main colour and small amount yarn for lettering
Needles: 8mm pair of needles
Felt: Piece of off-white felt 8.5cm square
Other tools: Darning needle, sewing needle, off-white cotton thread

Design 3: Victory Men

This is a colour-work version, which cleverly looks like a cow design from a distance, but is actually made up of Prostate Cancer UK’s man logo. This pattern is worked from a chart.
Yarn: 50g of Ada yarn in each of two colours
Needles: 6.5mm pair of needles

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