Wonderland Tea Cosy Part 5
Welcome to the fifth part of our new Crochet Along Wonderland Tea Cosy!
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!
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.