Designed by Lyndsay McFarlane of Wooly like to Hook.

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 Part 5

Part 5 is all about the cakes and biscuits!

Pocket watch, hook 3.5mm, colours sunflower, white and black

Rnd 1: colour white, 2ch, 6dc into the 1st ch (6dc)  

Rnd 2: 2dc into each st (12dc)  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * (18dc)  

Rnd 4: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 2st* repeat from * (24dc)  

Rnd 5: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 3st* repeat from * (30dc)? slst to fasten off, sew clock face on using the black yarn as seen in the photo  

Rnd 1: colour sunflower 2ch, 6dc into the 1st ch (6dc)  

Rnd 2: 2dc into each st (12dc)  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * (18dc)  

Rnd 4: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 2st* repeat from * (24dc)  

Rnd 5: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 3st* repeat from * (30dc)  

Rnd 6: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 4st* repeat from * (36dc)  

Rnd 7: dc in front loops only (36dc)  

Rnd 8: dc into each st (36dc)

Place the clock face inside the yellow outer case and sew into place.  

Now for the chain.

Colour sunflower and hook 3mm  

Make 8:

Chain 19, miss ch next to hook and slst into each ch  

Sew one chain into a circle, link the next chain through and sew into a circle, continue until you have a link of 8 chains

Doughnut, colour pumpkin, hook 3.5mm

Rnd 1: Ch16, join the chain with dc into the 1st st, *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * until you have 24dc  

Rnd 2: dc into every st (24dc)  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * until you have 36dc  

Rnd 4-9: dc into every st (36dc)  

Rnd 10: *2dctog, dc into the next st* repeat from * until you have 24dc  

Rnd 11: dc into every st  

Rnd 12: *2dctog, dc into the next st* repeat from * until you have 16dc  

Rnd 13: dc into every st

Sew the middles together and stuff as you go, fasten off

Doughnut icing, colour ice blue, hook 3.5mm

Rnd 1: Ch16, join the chain with dc into the 1st st, *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * until you have 24dc  

Rnd 2: dc into every st (24dc)  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * until you have 36dc  

Rnd 4: dc into every st (36dc), slst to fasten off, sew in your beads and attach the icing to the doughnut

Swiss rolls, colours oatmeal, signal red, white hook 3.5mm

Make 2  

Row 1: colour oatmeal, hook 3.5mm, 6ch, miss ch next to hook, dc into every st (5dc)  

Row 2-22: ch 1, dc into each st (5dc) slst and fasten off  

Make 2  

Row 1: colour red, hook 3.5mm, 6ch, miss ch next to hook, dc into every st (5dc)  

Row 2-14: ch 1, dc into each st (5dc) slst and fasten off  

Make 2  

Row 1: colour white, hook 3.5mm, 6ch, miss ch next to hook, dc into every st (5dc)  

Row 2-9: ch 1, dc into each st (5dc), slst and fasten off  

Place the 3 layers together and roll like a swiss roll (see photo)

Iced biscuits, hook 4mm, colours ice blue, white and iced pink

Make 2  

Rnd 1: colour ice blue, 2ch, 6dc into the 1st ch (6dc)  

Rnd 2: 2dc into each st (12dc)  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * (18dc)  

Make 2  

Rnd 1: colour ice pink, 2ch, 6dc into the 1st ch (6dc)  

Rnd 2: 2dc into each st (12dc)  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * (18dc)  

Make 2  

Colour white, ch 20  

Sew the white chain onto the face of the biscuit then sew the back of the biscuit onto the front

Cream cone, colours oatmeal, cream, red, bright green

Wafer

Rnd 1: colour oatmeal, hook 3.5mm hook, 2ch, 6dc into the 1st ch (6dc)  

Rnd 2: 2dc into each st (12dc)  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * (18dc)  

Rnd 4: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 2st* repeat from * (24dc)  

Rnd 5: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 3st* repeat from * (30dc)  

Rnd 6: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 4st* repeat from * (36dc)  

Cream

Hook 3.5mm hook, chain 120, place cream into the folded circle and sew in place

Strawberry

Rnd 1: colour red, hook 3mm hook, ch 2, 4dc into the 1st ch (4dc)  

Rnd 2: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* until you have 6dc  

Rnd 3: *2dc into the next st, dc into the next 2sts* repeat from * until you have 8dc

Rnd 4-6: dc into every st (8dc), fasten off, Sew in yellow dots  then sew the top of the strawberry closed  

For the top of the strawberry ch 18 using the green yarn, sew the chain on top of the strawberry using the photo for reference

Cupcake! Colours ice pink, cream and red, hook 3.5mm  

Rnd 1: iced pink, 2ch, 6dc into the 1st ch (6dc)  

Rnd 2: 2dc into each st (12dc)  

Rnd 3: back loops only *2dc into the next st, dc into the next* repeat from * (18dc)  

Rnd 4-7: dc into each st (18dc)  

Rnd 8 A: working in the front loops (loops closest to you)  

work *dc, 3tr, dc into the next loop, slst into the next front loop* repeat from * until the end, slst to 1st st and fasten off  

Rnd 8 B: colour cream, working on the back loops (loops on the inside of the cupcake) dc into each st (18dc)  

Rnd 9-10: dc into every st (18dc)  

Rnd 11:* 2dctog, dc into the next st* repeat from * until you have 12dc  

Rnd 12: stuff, 2dctog until you have 6dc, fasten off and sew the top closed

Cherry on the top

Using red, chain 2, do 5 open tr into the 1st ch, YOH and take of all loops, slst into the same 1st ch to complete the bobble, sew the bobble on to the top of the cake

Teaspoon, colour grey mix, 3mm hook

Rnd 1: ch 2. 6dc into the 1st ch (6dc)  

Rnd 2: 2dc into every st (12dc), ch 7, miss ch next to the hook, dc down the ch until you reach the circle, slst into the next st and fasten off  

Sew all the pieces onto the hat.