While travelling in winter, I sat on a plane behind a girl wearing a really great hat that looked hand-knitted. It was a slightly tall/slouchy hat, not too bulky, with a rolled brim and alternating bands of knit and purl. On the purl bands, there was a cool stitch motif that I then spent about a year, off and on, trying to reverse-engineer. Eve...

I prefer tea cosies with an open top and openings for the handle and spout, so that they don’t have to be removed to make or pour tea. I also, in a perfect world, like the tea cozy to provide a bit of a cushion for the base of the pot. So I designed and knit my “perfect” tea cozy, which only needs to be removed for cleaning, and is thick enough...