I do know it hasn’t been precise winter within the Northern Hemisphere for that lengthy, however as quickly as we get previous the vacations the burden of how a lot winter we’ve left to cope with begins to get to me. Which means it’s time to knit up slightly one thing that’s helpful and fairly, like tissue covers, sizzling water bottle cozies and tea cozies.
Seize your brightest yarns so as to add slightly cheer to your home for the coldest a part of the 12 months!
These little tissue holders are excellent for making it slightly simpler to seek out your tissue pack in your bag or in your desk (in case your desk is as messy as mine!). The free sample from kmkat makes use of sock yarn, so it’s an effective way to make use of these little bits left from different tasks.
In case you use a sizzling water bottle so as to add slightly heat this time of 12 months, why not sew up a fairly cowl for it? This one from Olga Beckmann (discover it on Ravelry) makes use of tremendous cumbersome yarn so it stitches up very quickly, and features a fairly cable that’s straightforward sufficient to do and not using a cable needle.
You can even knit your bottle a Honest Isle sweater with this design from Laura Penrose (additionally on Ravelry). It’s labored with two strand of fingering weight held collectively (or a DK held by itself) and suits a 2 liter bottle.
You may give you your personal gildings or simply knit it plain with this primary sizzling water bottle cowl from Stitches by Artgaze. It calls for 3 strands of DK weight yarn held collectively (which involves an excellent cumbersome gauge labored on dimension 17 US/12mm needles) and is labored within the spherical.
Now that your water bottle is cozy, how about your teapot? I really like this beehive cozy from Knitting Sample World. It makes use of chunky yarn and a enjoyable welting sample that offers it a beehive look. There’s even slightly bee to sew for the highest!
The Teapot Turtleneck is a free sample on Ravelry from Suzanne Resaul that makes use of worsted weight yarn and a simple ribbing sew so it could stretch to suit teapots of various shapes.
One other freebie is the Tea Mitten sample from Elisabeth Kleven on Ravelry, which makes use of DK weight yarn and is labored from the underside up within the spherical in a ribbed sample with a button flap labored very like a thumb gusset on a mitten.
Whereas we’re preserving tea heat, why not additionally make your tea luggage cozy? This little undertaking from Julie Tarsha (out there on Ravelry) is ideal in the event you carry tea luggage in your bag and don’t need them to get squashed or misplaced. It requires a tiny little bit of worsted weight yarn and slightly button to shut it.
