Happy Birthday to Me!

I turn sixty-five this month as well. So I am going to celebrate! So, I would like offer up another pattern for free (as well as Cyclone, the Christmas pattern) for the month of December!

And no, retirement is not part of my plans. After all, I am already working at what I love.

Cozy Bells is a tea-cozy designed to celebrate Christmas every day of the Year. The bells will jingle softly as the tea is poured and your tea will remain warm for quite a white! I recommend printing this pattern in colour as there are many how to pictures to go along with the embellishing.

I have been knitting Tea Cozies pretty much as long as I have been knitting. At first - they were just for me. I knit them for my pots and as gifts for friends. Once I started to design, I started to share the pattern in a whole collection of whimsical cozies.

And just because I can, and just because I think a cozy should be whimsical and more than a little over the top; This year, I have designed a Christmas Themed Cozy. Covered in Christmas themed embellishments, holly and berries, bells that jingle softly and a large poinsettia, this cozy is simply a homage to everything I love about Christmas!

Please note that the cozy is attractive without the embellishments. So, if you are not a fan of embellishing the Cozy will still look great on its own!

Materials: Worsted Weight Yarns, 150m of main, and 100m of 3 secondary colours, sample used Estelle worsted yarns, 4mm US #6 40cm 16-inch circular needles and 3.5mm US #4 dpns, markers and the regular notions. If bells are desired in the bell shapes – 1 bell per shape created will be required.
Sample shown in Medium size.

Gauge: 22 stitches and 24 rows to 4inches using 4mm needles.

Sizes: X-small, 12-13 inch circumference, Small, 13-14 inch circumference, Medium, 15-16 inch circumference, Large, 17-18 inches circumference.