So I was contacted by Adagio Teas, who sell all sorts of luscious tea-based loveliness in various parts of the world, plus the equipment with which to make it.
“Help!” they said. “Quickly, please!”
I was puzzled. “Huh? I’m a knitting/crochet blogger – I’m not sure how I can help you…”
“But it’s an emergency!” they insisted. “The weather has turned freezing, and…”
“Yeah, tell me about it: you should try living in this house.” (Here, for the record, is what this house looks like at the moment:-)
“…and people’s tea is getting cold before they can even finish drinking it. It’s a catastrophe! And with Christmas coming, folk need a nice, warming brew.”
“That does sound unfortunate, but I’m still not sure how I can help. I might have a spare kettle in the cellar that I can give you, although since the cellar flooded, it might be a bit…”
“Tea cosies! We need lots and lots of woolly tea cosies, to keep people’s teapots warm! And we need them right now! Please, can you help?”
“Ah. Well I guess I could do a simple little…”
“And they must be Christmassy ones, to cheer up people who’ve experienced the trauma of tepid tea. People are suffering out there.”
“Look, it’s nice of you to ask and I feel people’s pain, I really do, but I’m not sure I can do much…”
“How about we send you some tea, as an incentive?”
“I still don’t think I…”
“Green tea.”
“Oh?”
“Jasmine green tea pearls with some nice teapots to make it in. And matching teacups. And…”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll get my yarn.”
Shortly afterwards, this splendid lot arrived:-
So I rushed off to start work. Also, I drank plenty of delicious tea. In the interests of yarny fairness, I designed one crocheted tea cosy and one knitted tea cosy. Here they are! And now I’m writing up the patterns for you. (The yarn is Stylecraft Special DK.)
They’re designed to fit the two-cup pots sold by Adagio, but they’d fit other standard two-cup pots, too.
Time was short, so I worked fast, even when there was a snow-induced power cut:-
I hope you like them. Do you want the patterns? OK, I’ll write them up for the next blog post.
Meanwhile, let’s have a GREAT BIG TEA GIVEAWAY, courtesy of the ridiculously over-generous people at Adagio Teas. How would you like to win a huge tea-related package of yumminess? In their extreme generosity, Adagio are offering one very lucky reader of this blog their PersonaliTEA teapot (in a colour of the winner’s choice), with two matching cups, AND their festive Stocking Stuffer Set, AND five different loose tea sampler sets!!!!! Wa-hey! Put the kettle on, people! That’s a lot of tea.
Usual Twisted competition procedures apply. To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post. To gain a sneaky extra entry, head on over to the The Twisted Yarn Facebook page, leave a comment under the post about this contest and ‘like’ the page (the overall Facebook page, not the post). And – new idea here – to gain an even sneakier extra, extra, entry, pop over to @thetwistedyarn on Instagram, become a follower, and leave a comment under the post about this competition.
The contest is open from RIGHT NOW until midday (UK-time) on Sunday 17th December 2017. The winner will be selected using a random number generator. If efforts to contact them have been unsuccessful after a week, an alternative winner will be randomly selected.
Please note that the competition is open to folk based in UK, the rest of Europe, and North America. I’m really sorry that it’s not open elsewhere – this is due to laws about importing foodstuffs, rather than any wish to exclude folk.
Right, I’m off to finish writing up those tea cosy patterns for you. 🙂
No, this is NOT a sponsored post. And those links are NOT affiliate links. Adagio did send me lots of free tea, but I then remembered that I was already one of their paying customers because I bought one of their brilliant IngenuiTEA teapots a while ago.
Gwauacrosio says
Oh fabulous! Can’t wait for your patterns!
Louise says
Ooh yes please I would love some tea! X
Patty Boyer says
Well, it’s cold in Wyoming for sure!! And I would LOVE to have it!! So nice on these cold snowy days!
Helen Davidson says
What a fantastic prize. I love your tea cosies. One Christmas I knit loads of amazing tea cosies and gave them to all my family members.
carolegodfrey46 says
I would love to win this! I can’t wait until the patterns are ready as I would love to work the crochet Christmas tree for my niece for Christmas. I swear she makes a pot of tea on the hour, every hour!
Jenny says
Love this!
Mags says
Would love a cuppa. all the gear looks lovely. Glad your power came back in a reasonable time.
Mandy says
Well I will need a teapot to fit the new cosy I will be knitting …!
PeterB says
What a wonderful prize, looking forward to seeing the patterns soon
Eve Harris says
How lovely!
juliascreativeyear says
Oooh yes please! Count me in… What an exciting giveaway. And your tea cosies are fab!
sisterjoyous says
That Christmas tree tea cosy is EPIC! And yes please, I’d love to win some tea-related items. Merry Christmas! :0) X
Candace says
Tea and knitting – a perfect combination. Looking forward to the tea cozy patterns.
Yvonne Bailey says
The kettle’s on! What a lovely prize!
Anna says
I’d love a new teapot!
Bobbie H. says
What a lovely thought: a warming cup of tea poured from a freshly knitted cozy covered teapot! Let it snow! Someone! Put another log on the fire!????
Jennifer Nunez says
Oh Heavens, what a lovely giveaway! Love, love, love tea…but your cosy’s are simply amazing! Can’t wait to make the sweet Christmas tree! Always dreamed of finding the perfect cosy! I found it, FINALLY! ????
S H says
How adorable!!!
Marlene says
I would love to win this lovely tea sampler and I look forward to the crocheted tea cosy pattern. Thank you for this great giveaway.
Angela Kirby says
Oh I do love a tea cosy. Keeps your pot warm so you can have a second cup. Teas sound lovely too.
Sue Disley says
Oh I love tea. Your tea cosies are fab
Nicola Michaelwaite says
Fabulous! My mum could do with a pick me up after breaking her wrist in the snow yesterday and ‘tea for two’ would be perfect x
Connie Kline says
What gorgeous teapots! I can’t imagine anything nicer on a winter day than a cup of hot tea. Thank yo for the chance to win!
Rebecca says
How simply spiffing, yes please!
Christine Scholes says
Tea for two? Well I am at home and my loved one may be lost in a snow drift. Tea to calm the soul yes please I would love a cup
Sandy Manning says
My favorite tea and favorite blog, it can’t get any better than that.
Laurel says
There’s still snow on the ground (in the shady places anyway) here in Atlanta (GA) 4 days after our snowstorm. Yes please on tea. And a cozy or two.
Jacqueline says
Wow, it all looks so lovely. I might even make the crocheted tea cosy.
Judy says
Oh I am so jealous. I am in Australia and not eligible. Enjoy enjoy to the lucky winner.
Judy says
I am not eligible to enter but am looking forward to the patterns.
Keep Calm and Crochet On UK says
Wow! As a big tea drinker I have to say what an awesome prize! Loving the Christmas tree tea cozy too ☕️
M-R says
Sure does look cold in the UK. We’re going to have 38, today. ‘Nuff said, eh ? How about a teacosy for a 6-cupper ?
rachel says
Oh, yes please. Tea and knitting, heaven
Lou mitchell says
Mmmm tea.
Robin says
Can’t wait to see the patterns!
Marie Walsh says
Oh, this sounds delightful! It is pretty cold and snowy here in New England.
Catherine says
Oh I do love a cup of tea! Yes please! Would love to see those patterns too!
yarnandpencil says
How lovely, tea, teapots and tea cosies. Yes please! 🙂
gladeridercrafts says
Tea is always a good thing 🙂 And I need to knit some tea cosies, so I’ll look forward to seeing the patterns for the cosies
Janine says
Tea is the best. What a great giveaway!
Shelley says
How lovely!
eclectichomelife.blogspot.com says
Fabulous giveaway, they were clever to get in touch with you. wonderful teacosy designs, I too will look forward to the pattern and love that you made a crochet AND knitted one. As always would now expect nothing less!
Mary says
Tea is right up there with knitting in my list of interests, so this would be a perfect giveaway for me
Rhonda Warren says
Absolutely lovely! Tea makes every bit of cold better… and add knitted goodness?! Awesome!
Kimber Mullen says
*waves from California* I love tea and yarn; they’re the best when enjoyed together.
Sarah Davis says
How fun is that!? to get all that tea in the mail? And both the cozies are adorable.
Dorothy in the U K says
love the tea cosies (is that spelling correct?) I love a good cup of tea
Sacia Ashe says
So excited for the giveaway:)
Dramatic Lyric says
SO MUCH TEA!!!!!
Your tea cozies are lovely. It reminds me that I need to make a cozy for my pot…
mmoonchld says
You got a great tea stash as an incentive. I too love tea and would love to win this. Keep warm. I know I live in Maine and we too have snow. Brenda
noddyknitter says
Wooo Hooo Tea!!! Yes, Can’t wait to knit the cozies….