This charming tea cozy will keep your tea warm while adding a dash of whimsy to your tea table. Carol Huebscher Rhoades used spike stitches and a picot edging here. (Interweave)

Materials

• Geilsk Cotton/Wool, 55% lamb’s wool/45% cotton yarn, fingering weight, 250 yards (228.6 m)/50 gram (1.8 oz) ball, 2 balls of #C29 Curry Yellow (MC) and 1 ball each of #C8 Ecru (CC1), #C21 Raspberry (CC2), and #C3 Green (CC3);
• Clover Soft Touch crochet hook, size B (2.25 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge;
• Tapestry needle
• Locking ring markers, 2
• Pins

Finished size: 8 inches (20.3 cm) high and 12 inches (30.5 cm) wide, to fi t 4-cup teapot

Gauge: 32 sc and 28 rnds = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in sc through both lps