Mint Tea Cup Cosy by Beauxknits Design

Mint Tea Cup Cosy

Knitting
February 2021
DK (11 wpi) ?
31 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette in colourwork
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
131 - 164 yards (120 - 150 m)
one size
English
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Designers note
Especially for the green tea lovers among us this “No-yarn-left behind-project to celebrate the coming Spring! This Tea Cup Cosy comes in four flavours:

  • Pure Mint
  • Mint Lemon
  • Mint Flowers
  • Mint Lemon and Rose Hip

It is an ideal project for your yarn scraps, weighing only 10 g each, the cosy’s only take 30 m/32yd per piece in Sport Weight. Just some happy knitting, no need for shaping, because the lower edge is ribbed and the upper edge is performed with an I-Cord bind off.

Finished measurements
Circumference 19 cm/7.4 in.
Height 9.5 cm/3.7 in.

Skill
Intermediate: this pattern involves working in the round and stranded colourwork.

Yarn
Sport Weight, Seehawer Naturfasern, Okotex Std 100, 80% wool/20% Ramee, 300 m/100g (328 yds/100g). Colours: off white, middle green, other colours come from all kinds of left over yarn.

Needles
3 mm (US 3) needles, DPNs or longer circular needle when using magic loop.

Gauge
31 st x 38 rounds = 10 x 10 cm (4x4 in) in stockinette colourwork after blocking.

Materials
Stitch marker, tapestry needle.

Let’s stay healthy and a big “Cheers” from Amsterdam!
Antoinette