wonderland tea cosy part 1

Please share your progress using the tag #wonderlandteacosyCAL so we can all see who's joining in!  

See more pics on our introduction post! Wonderland tea cosy

Yarn

Hayfield Bonus DK

1 ball each in    

888 Peaches

992 Pink

886 Bright Green

819 Bright Lemon

701 Juniper

981 Bright Orange

730 Ice Blue

960 Powder Blue

965 Black

766 Pumpkin

961 White

927 Walnut

814 Light Grey Mix

814 Light Grey Mix

958 Iced Pink

964 Oatmeal

812 Cream

812 Cream

824 Azure

977 Signal Red

978 Sunflower

978 Sunflower

Find your local stockist at www.sirdar.co.uk

Materials required

Small teapot (tea for one!)  

Plastic canvas  

Wire (such as garden wire)  

Hooks, 3mm, 3.5mm, 4mm  

Scissors  

Darning needles  

Toy stuffing  

Small safety eyes  

Small beads for the doughnut    

Stitches and abbreviations

Ch- Chain  

Dc- double crochet  

Htr- half treble  

Tr- treble  

Dc2tog- double crochet 2 together (decrease)  

Dtr- double treble  

Sl st- slip stitch  

St- Stitch  

Yrh- yarn round hook  

Standing stitches- a standing stitch can only be used when beginning with a new yarn, for example if your next row will begin with a htr, instead of sl st to the first st and working 2 ch you can begin directly with a htr as follows: place a slip knot on your hook, yrh, then insert the hook into the first st, yrh, bring the working yarn through, yrh, draw through all 3 loops, you have now started your row with a htr stitch rather than chains, this can be applied to all stitches, but remember you can only use it when attaching a new yarn to your work.

wonderland tea cosy crochet along part 1

Head, colour Peaches 888, hook 4mm

Begin each rnd with 2 ch (does not count as a st), end each rnd with a sl st in the first htr to join.  

Chain 3.  

Rnd 1: Working into 3rd ch from hook, 9 htr. 9 htr  

Rnd 2: 2 htr in each st around. 18 htr  

Rnd 3: [2 htr in next st, 1 htr] around. 27 htr  

Rnd 4: [2 htr in next st, 2 htr] around. 36 htr  

Rnd 5: [2 htr in next st, 3 htr] around. 45 htr  

Rnd 6: [2 htr in next st, 4 htr] around. 54 htr  

Rnd 7: [2 htr in next st, 5 htr] around. 63 htr  

Rnd 8: [2 htr in next st, 6 htr] around, sl st in next st. 72 htr  

Do not fasten off.  

Place your circle over the top of the teapot for size.  

You are now going to work in rows, the idea is to leave 6 stitches free at one side of the circle for the spout and 4 stitches free at the other side of the circle for the handle.  

Row 1a: 2 ch (does not count as a st), 31 htr. Turn.  

Rep Row 1 another 11 times or until it's the length of the teapot, make a note of how many rows you make as you will need to repeat this on the other side. Fasten off.  

Row 1b: Now you are going to reattach the yarn on the reverse with a standing htr in the 7th st from the beginning of Row 1 (see picture), 30 htr. 31htr  

Now rep Row 1a as before. 31htr

As you can see from the picture, there is a 6-st space on one side and 4-st space on the other.  

Place the tea cosy over the teapot, remembering to put the bigger space at the spout, sew up the back of the tea cosy first so you can gauge how much you need to fold over the front under the spout (see pictures). Watch out you don't fold over the front too much as you still need to be able to take it on and off the teapot!

Eyes, colour Peaches 888, hook 3.5mm. (make 2)

Join each rnd with a sl st in first dc.

Chain 2.  

Rnd 1: Working into 2nd chain from hook, 6 dc. 6 dc  

Rnd 2: 1 ch, 2 dc in each st around. 12 dc  

Rnd 3: 1 ch, [2 dc in next st, 1 dc] around. 18 dc  

Rnd 4: 1 ch, [2 dc in next st, 2 dc] around. 24 dc  

Fasten off, leaving a long tail to attach the eyes to the head.  

Fold the circle in half. With black and working through both thicknesses, dc around half the circle to make eyelashes.

Sew eyes onto the head.

Ears, colour Peaches 888, hook 3.5mm. (make 4; sew 2 together for 2 ears total)

Chain 2.  

Row 1: Working into 2nd ch from hook, 3 dc. Turn. 3 dc  

Row 2: 1 ch, 2 dc in each st. Turn. 6 dc  

Row 3: 1 ch, [2 dc in next st, 1 dc] 3 times. Turn. 9 dc  

Row 4: 3 ch, 2 tr in first st, 3 tr in next st, sl st into next 2 sts, 1 htr, [3 dtr in next st] twice, 2 dtr in next st, 1 htr. Fasten off.  

Sew ears onto head.

Let us know how you get on!