Keep your brew hot for longer with this how to make a tea cosy craft project.
- three boiled-wool jumpers
- an old blanket or piece of felt
- scissors, needle and thread
- teapot
1. Remove the ribbed welt from the bottom edge of each jumper, then cut the garments into rings 2-3cm wide, snipping around the circumference, from the base up. Cut through these loops at one seam to form long strips. Repeat until
you have around a dozen strips in different colours.
2. Pull the strips taut so that the edges curl. Working with three pieces at a time, secure them at one end, using a needle and thread. Weigh the end down with something heavy to maintain the tension, then plait the strips together. When you run out of material, stitch the ends together and trim off any uneven sections. Repeat with all of your strips.
3. To make the cosy, use the pot as your guide. Place one end of a plait at the top of the lid and coil it around the top of the pot. Hand-sew it neatly in place through the layers of plait where they touch at the sides, hiding the thread by pulling tightly and keeping the stitches close to the sides of the fabric.
4. Continue coiling and stitching around the teapot, attaching new plaits as necessary by joining them to the end of the previous piece. When you reach the spout and the handle, double the plait you are working with back on itself, and continue. Make sure you keep the plaits taut to avoid gaps forming between the layers.
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Keep your brew hot for longer with this how to make a tea cosy craft project.
- three boiled-wool jumpers
- an old blanket or piece of felt
- scissors, needle and thread
- teapot
1. Remove the ribbed welt from the bottom edge of each jumper, then cut the garments into rings 2-3cm wide, snipping around the circumference, from the base up. Cut through these loops at one seam to form long strips. Repeat until
you have around a dozen strips in different colours.
2. Pull the strips taut so that the edges curl. Working with three pieces at a time, secure them at one end, using a needle and thread. Weigh the end down with something heavy to maintain the tension, then plait the strips together. When you run out of material, stitch the ends together and trim off any uneven sections. Repeat with all of your strips.
3. To make the cosy, use the pot as your guide. Place one end of a plait at the top of the lid and coil it around the top of the pot. Hand-sew it neatly in place through the layers of plait where they touch at the sides, hiding the thread by pulling tightly and keeping the stitches close to the sides of the fabric.
4. Continue coiling and stitching around the teapot, attaching new plaits as necessary by joining them to the end of the previous piece. When you reach the spout and the handle, double the plait you are working with back on itself, and continue. Make sure you keep the plaits taut to avoid gaps forming between the layers.
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