Daisy Tea Cosy
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This cosy will cover a 5-cup tea pot comfortably, but
any size may be acquired by merely adding, or taking away, a daisy from
each row and by adding, or taking away, a row from the height. This
cosy requires 68 daisies.
Materials Required for the Daisies: Follow chart and directions for joining as given on the How to Make and Use a Daisy Wheel page. Join 4 rows of daisies. (The original had 7 daisies in each row). To form the corners, 6 of the petals of the first and last daisy are crocheted in the 5th row, and the remaining 6 petals are crocheted in with the lower edge of 5th row of 2nd half of cosy; thus rounding the corners as illustration shows. In the 5th row, commence at corner picot and join as before,
allowing 6 petals to remain free at each end. Break off. Work another side to correspond, but when working the lower edge of 5th row, join in the 6 petals that remain loose at each end of 5th row in first half. This gives a rounded corner. Work across top of 5th row as before. Place the two sides together and work a plain border of DC as for cushion, but in the 1st round work 4 DC under each loop of 6 ch. To keep band flat in remaining rows increase by working twice into every 4th st. whilst working round the corners. If a fancy edge is desired, work as follows through both sides at once, using 2-ply wool used for joining:-- 1st Row: 4 DC under the two loops of 6 ch, and 2 DC into each picot loop. Turn. 4 ch. stands for 1st treble. 2nd Row: Slip st. along to 3rd DC, then work group of * (1 T, 1 ch, 1 T, 1 ch, 1 T, 5 ch and form picot, 1 ch., 1 T, 1 ch., 1 T) all into 4th D.C., miss 4 D.C. *. Repeat from * to *. Prepare pad in matching color and slip stitch cosy cover on.
These instructions are in the public domain. HTML Copyright © Sarah
Bradberry 2002.
Kindly transcribed for Knitting-and.com by Betsy Brazy Small Looms Index ABN: 73 548 786 649 |
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