Margrethe Tea Cozy (Margrethe Tehætte) is a tea cozy perfect for keeping the teapot warm. The cozy is knitted in a daisy pattern in honor of Queen Margrethe II on the outside and stripes on the inside. The outside of the tea cozy can also be knitted with stripes instead of the ice flower pattern or just in one color if you prefer a simpler look. If you knit without the pattern, the cozy will not keep as warm as when worked in the pattern. The tea cozy in the picture is knitted in Organic Merino 225 in the White and Midnight by Mumilumi.

Size: 1/small (2/medium) 3/large
Perimeter: 56 (56) 56 cm
Height: 23 (26,5) 30 cm
Gauge (after washing and blocking): 20 sts x 23 r in Fair Isle on 5 mm US 8 needles = 10 x 10 cm Note: If you knit loser/tighter in stranded colorwork, you should go either down/up a needle size.
Needles: Circular needle 5 mm (40-60 cm)
Yarn: 200 (200) 220 g Organic Merino 225 by Mumilumi (50 g = 112 m)
or 200 (200) 220 g Peruvian by Filcolana (50 g = 100 m)
or 200 (200) 220 g Peer Gynt by Sandnes (50 g = 91 m)
or 200 (200) 220 g Donegal Tweed+ by Lang Yarns (50 g = 105 m)
Yarn distribution with 2 colors: 90 (90) 100 g for the main color, 110 (110) 120 g for the contrast color 1
Yarn distribution with 3 colors: 90 (90) 100 g for the main color, 90 (90) 100 g for the contrast color 1 and 20 (20) 20 for the contrast color 2
Tip: Knit with two colors instead of three and let the contrast color 2 is the same color as contrast color 1.