Polar tea cozy

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, it is soooo cold right now in Holland. I have to hurry up and knit me some warm mittens and hat! Inspired by the freezy breezy outside world, a warm and cozy project was made with a hot cup of tea. 

My third tea cozy! One of them was a present for my mom and I never blogged about it and the other one was for my mother in law. This one however, is allll mine. It's not suffisticated, it's not classy or vintage, it's corny and cute and even a bit childish. But I don't care about that, I love it! Want to see it? 

here we go......

TADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA:

Do you like it? On to the details:

I used the knitting pattern of Alice for the base of the cozy (THANK YOU Alice, for sharing this pattern! It has been a huuuuge help). I knitted with needles size 5.0 mm since my yarn was a bit more bulky. I used very cheap blue yarn from a dutch store called Zeeman and adjusted the amount of stitches to cast on (I only  casted on 60 stitches). I also think my tea pot is smaller.

I did a little simple single crochet edge so it didn't curl anymore and a small button for the closing it at the handle.

I randomly made some crochet circles for the floes (I am not sure what I did so I don't have a pattern, I am very sorry!). And then, I made these little super cute (excuse me for sounding arrogant :p) baby penguins and a little baby seal! I made the patterns myself and I wrote the penguin pattern down so you can all make some very cute baby penguins for your own cozy, in the Christmas tree or on a key chain. I am so pleased I can finally present you with something finished, it has been too long haha. I'll leave you with the pattern for the baby penguin.


Baby penguin

This pattern is using the "crochet in the continual round" technique, used for a lot of amigurumi projects. 

sc = Single crochet (this would be double crochet in the UK)

dec = decrease, single crochet two stitches together

Magic Ring: check here for a clip on how to use the magic ring. You can also chain 4 and join to form a ring, but this will leave a small hole. 

Head

With black cotton and a crochet hook size 3.0 mm (US size 2.5 I believe):

1.	Make a magic ring	Stitches:
2.	6 sc in the ring, pull ring tight	6
3.	2 sc in each stitch	12
4.	*1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat until end of the round	18
5. – 8.	Sc. around	18
9.	*sc 7, dec 1* repeat until end of the round	16
	Fasten off.

Body

With grey yarn with a bit of mohair and hook size 3.0 mm:

1.	Make a magic ring	Stitches:
2.	6 sc in the ring, pull ring tight	6
3.	2 sc in each stitch	12
4.	*1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat until end of the round	18
5.	*sc8, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat until end of the round	20
6.	*sc 8, dec 1* repeat until end of the round	18
7.	*sc 7, dec 1* repeat until end of the round	16
8. - 10.	Sc. Around	16
	Fasten off leaving long tail for sewing

Arm (make 2)

With same hook and yarn as used for body:

1.	Make a magic ring	Stitches:
2.	4 sc in the ring, pull ring tight	4
3. – 4.	Sc around	4
	Fasten off leaving long tail for sewing

Tail

With same hook and yarn as used for body:

Chain 5 and connect to the first chain to form a ring. Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew

Cut out a face from white or cream colored velt and a beak from grey colored velt. Glue the white and grey velt pieces to the head. Stick two small black eyes through the velt in the head.

Stuff the head and the body firmly and sew them together.

Sew the tail and the arms to the body.

Hugs and kisses from me and sleepy Puck! 

P.S: If you have any questions, please email me :-)