Tea Cosies

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17 August 2020 ·

More things to do with knitted squares.  

The husband suggested the Santa and snowman tea cosies might make good woolly hats.  So I've used up some more of the LDNE ladies' squares making these reversible winter caps (4 squares per cap).

Probably best for little girls or those with a small heads. 

No pompom because 

a) I hate pompoms and 

b) they wouldn't be reversible with a pompom attached.

Bess Cavalier  Well you know 90% of men, if left alone in a room with a tea cosy, will try it on!*

Bentonbag  Not just men.  My mother always put the cosy on her head when she poured the tea.  No room on the table and she knew where it was.  I was always surprised when visiting other houses to see that it wasn't common practice.

Mrs Quilt  Should diminish the supply, well.  No Pompoms makes them “Beanies”

 * "Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosy... doesn't try it on." 

 Billy Connolly

The last of the tea cosies was sold at LDNE’s Christmas do last year.

The youngest member of staff came up to the stall, saw the holes for the spout and handle, and asked “Are those woolly hats for animals?”

“No.  They’re tea cosies.”

“Tea cosies?  What’s a tea cosy?”

Knowing he was not the sort of young man to make fun I asked him

“Do you know what a tea pot is?”

“Yes.  My gran’s got one.”

“Well a tea cosy is what you put on a tea pot to keep the tea hot.”