Sunday 17 May 2015

Resorting to using a teabag...

Hello, 

Our tea cosies are beginning to look a little sorry for themselves,

so I decided to knit a new one using one of my favourite yarns - Rowan Felted Tweed DK.  

I have chosen to knit said tea cosy using 3 colours,

but my goodness, this tea cosy is taking a loooong while to come together and the
fundamental problem is this....


As with us all, life is quite busy and so I most often knit when I sit down to have a cup of tea. 

Now I am a great lover of loose tea, nothing fancy mind you, just plain old loose PG Tips Tea 
(and no royalties received for giving PG Tips a little plug) 
and so my tea always comes from the teapot!

And therein lies the problem


I am making the pattern up as I go along and so when it comes to making sure the cosy fits,
the teapot is always full of hot tea just at that 
very moment when I want to try the cosy out for size. 

Not the best time to try a woolly jumper on a teapot!


As there is no way I can forfeit my cup of tea - such a sacrifice -
I've decided I'll just have to resort to a teabag in a mug for a while just so that I 
can this tea cosy finished. 

Oh, if only all life's problems were so easily sorted by resorting to the use of a tea bag!

xXx

9 comments:

  1. Oh dear! Maybe a second teapot would be the answer (but then you'd need to make a second tea cosy ...). I completely agree that tea is non-negotiable - it's an absolute necessity.

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  2. Oh Caz you are funny! I agree you absolutely can't sacrifice your cup of tea and will have to make do with a mug for the time being. I love my loose leaf tea in a teapot as well :-) xx

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  3. Using tea bags is just a little sacrifice. Just hang in there! Hopefully it won't take long to finish the cosy now and you'll soon have your tea pot back. Keep knitting!!! :-)

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  4. Life is endlessly complicated isn't it. I love the colours you've chosen, and Rowan yarns are always beautiful. I shall look forward to seeing your teapot snuggled up in its new cosy. CJ xx

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  5. Funny when you want to make a simple project how things get in the way and you simply must have hot tes, so the tea bag is the way to go for now.
    Hugs,
    Meredith

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  6. This is the answer.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/HeroNeo%C2%AE-Silicone-Manatee-Diffuser-Strainer/dp/B00QEMENHO/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1432054329&sr=1-2&keywords=manatee

    Go look and smile! Then order, and your teapot is free to fit the cosy.

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    1. Ha, ha, what a great idea! Thanks for the link!
      Caz

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  7. I find that almost all life's problems are soothed by a teabag! the kettle is never cold in our house! X

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  8. I actually think everything can be sorted with a good old cup of tea:) The cosy is looking very nice! Sure you'll have your teapot back in action in no time:)
    Kate x

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