Anyway, I came across a collection of small squares that I had done to use up some left-over yarn from some baby hoodies I had knit. I had intended to make a small pram blanket with them but wasn't sure that I had enough wool - and then I got distracted by other projects.......
Well, just at the time that I found these squares I was also looking for a nice new tea cosy to cover my beautiful Royal Doulton teapot that I had started using again.
My tea cosy was looking far too shabby for such a beautiful pot!
It was then I had the thought that maybe my abandoned squares, some of which were already joined together, might be made into a new cosy. As is often the case with these fortuitous 'meant-to-be' moments, when I draped the squares over the old cosy it was clear they would be PERFECT! There were exactly enough of them, with enough wool left over to do a border around the bottom edge.
So, I joined them together to make side seams and folded one square at the top of each side to shape the corners.
I then did several rows of double crochet around the bottom, open edge to pull the cosy in a bit to make a snug fit around the pot.
I was quite pleased with the finished result
except that it was a bit floppy and, with all those holes, I wasn't sure how hot it would actually keep the tea! Fortunately I had not yet thrown the somewhat shabby but still functional quilted cosy away. So I washed it and put my crocheted cover over the top!
So now I have a luxury cosy with padded liner and crochet cover!
The old cosy inside keeps the tea lovely and hot AND protects my crochet cover from getting tea stained, which means I have to wash it less often - I just throw the old cosy lining into the machine as necessary! Brilliant!
I love the fact that I have been able to recycle something old and finish an abandoned project at the same time! All in all I'm really pleased with this little make-over! I wonder what my next one might be........... cushions maybe?
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