Barking Mad

I recently completed another tea cosy. This one I made for my best friend's birthday, but I was about a month late. Nevermind.....she still hasn't given me my birthday present and my birthday was in May.



This tea cosy doesn't have holes for the handle and sprout, but just covers the entire tea pot. I struggled a bit with the lining and wadding, but I think I got there in the end.

I'm in the middle of making another tea cosy, which I hope will be finished quite soon. I really want to try and make something different, but I still have a few people who might appreciate a cosy so perhaps I will persevere. I'm just waiting to be invited round to tea now..............

Intarsia

Well it's been a wee while since I posted anything, but I have still been knitting (though not a lot). I've made a few birthday presents for people and didn't want to post photos till after their birthdays. Below are photos of my first attempt at intarsia. It's a bit messy at the back, but the front turned out ok. I made this for my Mum as a birthday present for her other tea pot.







The tea cosys that I have made so far have been really quick to make (and mostly easy - the above one was the hardest as I had to count). I may make a few more before looking for something different to make........

Tea Cosys and Crocheting

Well it took me a few months, but I eventually picked up my needles again. I thought about making my sister something for her birthday, but I left it too late. Instead, with just 2 weeks to go, I decided to knit a tea cosy for Mother's day. In typical fashion I merely glanced at the pattern before beginning and had finished the main body of the cosy before realising that the head of the sunflower needed to be crocheted. Ah.

Having never crocheted before, but desperately wanting to finish it I got on the internet and navigated to youtube. There is a wealth of videos on knitting and crocheting on there! Unfortunately I was still a bit confused, but was lucky enough to find a colleague who can crochet. The lovely woman spent a lunch break with me trying to explain double crocheting.
Due to other commitments and the fact that sewing bits together isn't my favourite part I finished the cosy just a few hours before I was due to meet my mum. She loved it.



While knitting/crocheting the tea cosy I also started on my first pink scarf for Jenny Chant . It's just a single rib scarf in pale pink so it's rather quick and easy to do. I'm already onto my second ball of wool and I'm approximately half way there.

I'd like to knit something for my niece's 1st birthday which is at the end of May, but I haven't come up with any ideas yet. After that I'm definitely going to make more tea cosys. Guess what my family are getting for Christmas this year.......