Time for tea?
I had a request some time ago to make a knitted tea cosy and have only just got around to it. I used an old Copley pattern I picked up recently in a charity shop. Copley-Smith and sons were from Darlington but it was the first I had heard of them and the pattern was dated 1983. It’s unusual to find patterns dated like this, so it’s not technically vintage yet!
It does look quite over-the-top keeping my green Denby Energy teapot warm. I think it’s going to be living with a white or stainless pot from memory……………Hope that serves me correctly.
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Shamrock Tea Cosy
Rowanspun DK knit double
1 ball of each
4.5mm needles
I have modified my own pattern to share with you. Use two colours of DK yarn and held double throughout the pattern or aran weight yarn. You can use two colours or plain yarn, whatever takes your fancy.
Cast on 53 stitches with 4.5 or 5mm needles.
*K2, P2, repeat from* to last stitch, K1
Repeat this row until work measures 18cm or desired length.
Begin shaping as follows:-
K2, (P3tog, K1)12 times, P2, K1 (29 sts.)
K2, P2, (K1,P1) 12 times, K1
K1, (SSK) 12 times, K2tog (16 sts.)
K1, P to last stitch, K1
K2tog 8 times across row (8 sts.)
Break yarn and thread through remaining stitches pulling tightly.
Work another piece exactly the same.
To make up, pin pieces together at the sides and roughly measure where you need your spout hole and your handle hole. Sew together using mattress stitch and add a pom pom or pieces of i-cord. Whatever you fancy. Then boil the kettle, make a lovely cuppa and enjoy.
SSK = Slip, slip, knit or alternatively you can knit 2 together through the back of the loop
The knitted one is great but that quilted one is fantastic! I love it!
These are both gorgeous. I want one of each immediately!
Are either of these patterns available? Thanks.
Hello I would love to have the tea cozy pattern. It’s just what I was looking for. Can you share it?
Cheers
Terry
Please would it be possible to email the pattern to me for the tea cosy by Copley-Smtih and sons? I am desperate to make it!
Thanks very much. It looks just like one my great gran had when I was a child.
where can i find the pattern for the hand knitted one? It’s perfect. x
Love the pattern for knitted cosy,just what i am looking for and believe me ihave .Someone out there tell me where i might one .thanks
Please can you tell me where i can gt a pattern for this knitted tea cosy - its just what i’ve been looking for.
Vicki
Would love to have a copy of the pattern for the Tea cosys thought I would knit them for christmas presents,laid up after having two hip operations since August and awaiting the third!!!
Thanks
please will you email me the instructions for the knitted tea cosy
Omigod! I just love the knitted tea cosy! It is soooo cool! Please could you e-mail me the pattern so that I can have a go at knitting it! I am a new knitter and need a new inspiring pattern!!! Thanx!
just the type of tea cozy i was looking for, would appreciate you sharing the pattern with me. thanks.
I too would be pleased if you can email me the tea cosy pattern - am hoping to knit for christmas gift. looking forward to hearing from you, thanks
could you please send me this pattern for the tea cozy ias it is the closest one to the one my mother used to knit and she would be 108, She died at 103 and now I have to take over the tea cozy tradition for Christmas. Thanks you so much.
Am so pleased to be able to find a tea cosy pattern - mine will be going to Poland at xmas as a special request from my son’s girlfriend having seen similar at his grandmothers in Ireland- would be fascinated to see the quilted one referred to but can’t seem to be able to access it - any hints please
Like so many of your other “commentators” I’ve been searching the net for a cozy like my Mum’s. This is it! The neat thing about it is because you use the yarn doubled, you get the prettiest mottled effect. Two tones of the same colour work really well and contrasting brights do too. I did sky blue and yellow and black and white.
Hello - I have only just learnt to knit but made this up - and it turned out ok. Thanks for putting it up.
I’m looking for a tea cozy pattern that was made by my mother in the 60’s. The pattern may be older. It is two colors and pleated up and down. On the top she made pom poms to decorate. Because of the pleating style it kept tea very warm and was attractive to look at. Any ideas??
I’ve been looking everywhere to buy a teacosy knitting pattern like this, so dead pleased to find it. In response to Joyce and her 60’s pattern, I know exactly the kind she means. You can find it for free on a “vintage patterns” site,(if you google ‘tea cosy’ it’s on the first page that comes up). the pattern is called “A happy thought” and is from the Woman’s Weekly I think. It’s pretty complicated though!
What does SSK mean in the teacosy pattern. I am an experienced knitter and I can’t work it out at all.
Hello - not sure if I’ve missed it, but could you tell me the approximate size of the tea cosy (or the tea pot you knitted it for).
Thank you!
Kathryn
Thankyou, I have this enormous urge to knit a tea cosy and yours is thefirst I have found, so I am going to give it go……from Sydney Australia
I am a novice knitted…Pattern reads K2P2 repeat to last stitch K1.
Ok folks, need help here…the pattern says repeat this row Here is a problem to solve for me….I start every row with K2P2?????
Help!
ssk means slip stitch knitways.
hth
love the pattern have just started it . am not sure what to add to the top, i quite fancy a knitted flower.
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I found some thicker wool instead of two strands of DK…works fine…now if I can perfect pom poms…!!!
Thanks again
Lizzy
I love this pattern! Have made it twice and about to do another one for my Auntie :) Thanks for taking the time to post it here!
Perfect project for knitting on the bus to work (especially using short needles).
Thank you so much for posting this pattern - I’ve been trying to knit a tea cosy for over a year with a silly circular pattern and this is refreshingly easy, really great to customize with the varying height of different pot spouts and handles. Thank you for saving me so much headache!
I’ve knitted this pattern about four times now with great success. However, I’ve just started to knit another one but the yarn I’ve got (James Brett Top Value DK) is thicker than previously used yarns and the tea cosy was coming out huge. I’m a fairly new knitter and I can’t modify the pattern - I’m useless with numbers! Can anyone help please?
Thanks, Annie :o)