Dog Posting a Letter Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern

The Dog Posting a Letter Tea Cosy knitting pattern is not another Christmas tea cosy design, it has a longer apeal because its a dog in a wintery landscape, so it could still be on your teapot right into spring.

To give the feeling of a snowy day, the main part of the tea cosy is knitted with a touch of Hayfield Bonus Glitter DK Icicle to add a glitter, frosted effect.

The little postbox is super cute and also has a snowy top. The detailing on the front of the box is intarsia worked from a chart. It is only a very small amount and could easily be swiss darned on if you prefer.

To keep the postbox upright, it's strengthened with a sheet of thin craft foam on the inside. But you could also use a plastic bottle.

The dog is a sweetie and could be knitted in any colour. He has the letter in his mouth which could be a Christmas card or a Happy New Year card perhaps?

It's a lovely tea cosy to make, with interesting rows and textures in the snow and its charming watching the dog come together.

The 6 page knitting pattern contains lots of photos to help and guide you.

The pattern is knitted on two pins and is easy to follow.

The tea cosy fits a medium sized teapot that covers a Teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups or 2 pints.

The pattern will be available for digital download as soon as you have completed purchase, so you could start knitting him very soon!

This product is the knitting pattern only; to knit your own Posting a Letter tea cosy.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

You need to be able to knit a small amount of intarsia from a chart for the front of the postbox.

There is also a part of the pattern where you leave loops hanging down on the right side of the work and then knit under them in a later row, but there are photos to show you how to do this and it is only two parts of the main cosy.

Size Information

Knitted up, the cosy fits a medium sized teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups or 2 pints.

Materials List

5.5 mm, UK size 5 or US size 9 knitting needles,
4.00 mm, UK size 8 or US size 6 Knitting needles,
Stitch Holder,
33g Hayfield Bonus DK White,
2g Hayfield Bonus DK Black,
6g Hayfield Bonus DK Signal Red,
6g Hayfield Bonus DK Oatmeal,
22g Hayfield Bonus Glitter DK Icicle,
1 sheet of Red Funky Foam or recycled plastic bottle could be used,
X3 5mm black beads,
Stuffing.

Additional Details by the Author

You are welcome to sell items made from my pdf patterns. I ask that you include a note about the item being a ‘TeaCosyFolk Design’ on the tag at a craft fair or in the description if you are selling online.

This pattern is not to be resold, loaned, photocopied, scanned, uploaded to any website, transferred on to CD, or transmitted to a third party.

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