This slipover style tea cosy is worked in two strands of double knitting yarn and an ideal way of using up the smallest of oddments from your stash. Using a main colour for the second of the strands creates a chunky, tweedy effect and a unique creation that will never be replicated.

The cosy may be left plain or embellished with ‘button flowers’ - simply crocheted blooms with a button oddment stitched to the centre making a further use for crafty notions usually stashed in a tin!

Once seamed around the outer edges, the bottom of the cosy is finished with a round of reverse double crochet making a firm, decorative edge.

A 100g ball of double knitting yarn in the main colour will be sufficient for making this project with loads left over to stash away for future happy scrappy tea cosies!