The Mr. Puffy Tea Cozy

The Mr. Puffy Tea Cozy is a simple and fun tea cozy designed to celebrate thememory of our little beagle, Mr. Puffy who passed in 2010. He loved tea timeand I think he would approve.Size:This pattern will fit most round 3 cup teapots.

The finished cozy measures 8” atthe base and 6” high.

However, the pattern is simple to adjust in size by addingor subtracting a pattern repeat (to change width) or by adding additional rows (toadd or subtract height). Each pattern repeat is comprised of 4 stitches and isworked over 4 rows.Materials:Two contrasting color aran to worsted weight yarn and small amounts of similarweight yarn for the flower embellishment.The sample shown in the picture above was knit on US 8 needles. The darkgreen base is Retro by Noro (aran weight) and the light green top is Noblesse by

Zitron (sport weight

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2 strands were held together). The flower is knit fromscrap yarn of similar weight.US 8 needles: Tea CozyUS 4 needles: Flower EmbellishmentBramble Pattern Stitch:Row 1: (right side) purlRow 2: [kpk, p3tog]Row 3: purlRow 4: [p3tog, kpk]Pattern Notes:The pattern is worked from the bottom to the top and the front and back are eachworked separately. A slip stitch is worked along each edge to aid seaming. Irecommend using a dark color on the bottom to reduce chance of tea stainsshowing. The Flower Embellishment is worked separately and sewn on top.Using US 8 needles and darkest color CO 34 stitches using long tail method.Base:1

row (wrong side): knit2

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rows: knit5

row: purlBegin bramble pattern stitch:1

Repeat:Row 1: (right side) purlRow 2: sl1, [kpk, p3tog], k1Row 3: purlRow 4: sl1, [p3tog, kpk], k12

and 3

Repeats: work even (i.e. work rows 1-4 twice)4

Repeat:Row1: PurlRow 2: *Change to light color* and do not slip 1

stitch: k1, [kpk, p3tog], k1Row 3: PurlRow 4: s1, [p2tog, kpk], k15

Repeat: work even (i.e. work rows 1

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4 once)

Repeat: Begin Decreases as follows:Row 1: Decrease 8 stitches as follows: P1 [p, p2tog,p] P1. 26 stitches remainRow 2: pattern across as usual: s1,[ kpk, p3tog] K1Row 3: Decrease 6 stitches as follows: P1 [p, p2tog, p] P1. 20 stitches remainRow 4: Decrease 5 stitches as follows: [p3tog, kp (note: you only make 2increases instead of 3)] 5 times. 15 stitches remain7

Repeat:Row 1: Decrease 3 stitches as follows: [p2, p2tog] to last 3 stitches purl to end.12 stitches remain.Row 2: p3tog 4 times. 4 stitches remain. Place stitches on holder.When both front and back are completed use a tapestry needle to pull throughthe 8 remaining stitches (4 from front and 4 from back) and pull tight. Do notweave in ends until washed and blocked. Use yarn tails to seam front and backtogether leaving an open area for the tea spout and tea handle to poke through.Note: Alternatively you can BO the last 4 stitches and simply seam the toptogether when sewing the pieces together.Flower Embellishment:Petals:Make 4 petals as follows:Using US 4 needles CO 2 stitchesRow1: k1, m1, k1 (3 stitches)Row2: kfb, k1, kfb (5 stitches)Row3: kfb, k3, kfb (7 stitches)Row4: seed stitch across (i.e. k1, p1)Rows 5 - 7: work even in seed stitchRow8: Decrease 1

stitch using a ssk decrease and work seed stitch across.Rows 9-12: Continue as for row 8 working a decrease at the start of the row andworking seed stitch across.Row 13: ssk (last 2 stitches). 1 stitch remains. BO last stitch.Flower Center:The center is a 7 stitch bobble worked as follows:Using US 4 needles CO 1 stitch

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VERY LOOSELYRow1: Increase as follows: [ k1,p1] 7 times. 1 stitch increased to 7 stitches.