I am no longer selling this pattern through Ravelry as of April 2021.

This is a simple knitting pattern for a tea cosy. Tea cosies allow you to brew a pot of tea and keep it warm longer without the need to reheat in the microwave. Basically, it’s a sweater (jumper for those across the pond) for your teapot. It really only makes sense to knit one for a larger teapot that holds more than one serving of tea.

Anyway, I wanted a pattern that could be adapted for any size or shape teapot. This is why there is no real gauge given, nor is there a needle size that is recommended. Use a yarn and needle combination that gives you a pleasing fabric. This pattern is essentially a recipe, so you will knit your cosy to measure for your particular teapot. It is knit top down so it requires that you are comfortable with top-down construction from a small number of starting stitches. The color work is a slipped stitch pattern, and very simple. This means that only one color is used at a time on any given row.