Wonderland Tea Cosy CAL Part 2
Welcome to the second 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 Teac Cosy Part 2
Part one can be found here - Wonderland Tea Cosy Part 1
With Pumpkin 766 and 4mm hook join yarn to the bottom middle of face with a standing dc, when attaching the yarn, the head will be upside down, but for the following rnds, turn face right side up as you will be crocheting the collar up towards the face.
Row 1: Dc around base of face. Turn, and also rotate head as previously stated. St count will vary based on how much you needed to overlap the front of face under the spout.
Row 2: 1 ch, dc in BLO around. Turn.
Row 3: 1 ch, dc around. Turn.
Row 4: As Row 3.
Row 5: 1 ch, 1 dc2tog, dc across to last 2 sts, 1 dc2tog. Turn.
Rows 6-7: As Row 5.
Row 8: 3 ch (counts as first st), 1 tr in first st, 1 tr, 2 htr, dc across to last 4 sts, 2 htr, 1 tr, 2 tr into last st. Do not fasten off. Do not turn.
Now dc evenly down the front collar using the row-edge sts (see pictures), then dc evenly up the other side of the collar in the same manner. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Bow tie, colour Azur 824, hook 4mm
Chain 54. Join with dc to work in the round being careful not to twist.
Rnds 1-7: Working in a spiral, dc around using a marker to keep track of the first st of each rnd. Fasten off.
Bow tie middle
Chain 11.
Row 1: Starting in 2nd ch from hook, dc across. Turn. 10 dc
Rows 2-4, 1 ch, dc across. Turn.
Wrap the small piece around the middle of bow tie, sew in to secure, then sew onto the head at centre of collar.
Chain 54. Join with dc to work in the round being careful not to twist.
Rnds 1-7: Working in a spiral, dc around using a marker to keep track of the first st of each rnd. Fasten off.
Bow tie middle
Chain 11.
Row 1: Starting in 2nd ch from hook, dc across. Turn. 10 dc
Rows 2-4, 1 ch, dc across. Turn.
Wrap the small piece around the middle of bow tie, sew in to secure, then sew onto the head at centre of collar.
Hair, colour Bright Orange 981, 4mm hook
Chain 43.
Row 1: Starting in 2nd ch from hook, dc across. 42dc
Row 2: *1 dc in BLO, ch 20, starting in 2nd ch from hook, dc across ch; rep from * across. Turn. 20 strands
Once you have completed the back loops, rep Row 2 using the front loops (40 strands), you might get a bit lost and confused as to where you are but just go with the flow!
Now you are going to attach the hair to the top of the head (see picture).
And there we have part 2!
Be sure to share your work in progress with us using #wonderlandteacosyCAL