It’s that time of year when I like to come up with something original, and…well…froggy for my friend’s birthday. Last time I produced a dishcloth, and after a year’s experience, voilà! Thank you oliverboliver – this was just what I was looking for. Although originally a hat for an Innocent Smoothie, this works just as well as an egg cosy, though do you really need a reason?
Tea, teacups, teapots – to my French friend, these epitomise the English. From her family’s recent visits to London she has tea in beautiful patterned tins; she has bone china teacups, and now a teapot in a beautiful floral design. What else could I make as a quick gift but a set of cup-shaped coasters? A tea cosy is on the cards, of course, but an image of her sipping tea, little finger crooked at just the right angle, means…
A quick knit for Valentine’s Day with a long return – a cosy cup of Rosie Lea or coffee, and bags of admiration and compliments. As someone once said, ‘Knitting makes the heart (and the tea or coffee) stay warmer’ or something like that. This pattern was quick and easy to make, and my first attempt at cables. I reduced the number of rows by just a few to avoid woolly mouthfuls, and then found that it fits taller mugs…