X x X Anniversary Tea Cozy: 2-Cup Version Using Rowan Felted Tweed

The Design

“On a scale of 1-10… a 10!”

In our opinion, every home needs a teapot—and every teapot needs a tea cozy! We designed this cute little cozy to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our shop. It’s a combination of a few of our favorite things—cables, tweed, and tea! We made sure to sneak in ten (X!) criss-crossing cables, too.

We knit this wee, 2-cup teapot version (a free adaptation to our original X x X Anniversary Tea Cozy) with two, tonal colors of Rowan Felted Tweed marled together. This DK-weight blend of merino wool, alpaca, and viscose is a Churchmouse go-to—and it does a fine job of keeping a teapot warmer, longer!

The Details

FINISHED SIZES
To fit a standard 2-cup teapot.

YARN
2 skeins Rowan Felted Tweed (191 yds/175m each); yarn held double throughout.
Shown in colors 154 Ginger and 198 Zinnia and colors 192 Amethyst and 208 Iolite.
Or approx. 42 yds/38m of an equivalent dk-weight yarn held double.
Or approx. 85 yds/78m of a heavy-worsted yarn (16 sts = 4″/10cm) held single.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 7 (4.5mm) needles, or size to obtain a stretchy but lofty ribbing.
US 7 (4.5mm) double-point needles (2 only, for optional I-cord top). Cable needle.
Optional: 1⅝”/45mm pom-pom maker; strong yarn or string to attach pom-pom.

GAUGE
Approx. 24 sts=4″/10cm over K2/P2 ribbing (not stretched), yarn held double.