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.
Kathy Reeves says
If I happen to win, I’ll have it sent to my daughter in Italy!????
Helen says
Oh wow! I love your tea cozies! I’ve forgotten how much fun they can be, because who wants a plain tea cozy? Hmmm after Christmas knitting, maybe.
MomoTaro says
Cozies are soo cute, but like the bubbles best ^..^ ^..^
Janet says
Love ’em! Will get started as soon as I finish the christmas hats that my family asked for.
Tracey Anderson says
So cute. And perfect for cheering me up while I’m watching the snow melt!
Alison says
Love the cosies, especially the little baubles. Can’t wait to see how you made them
nanacathy2 says
Fabulous tea cosies and so festive.
Sally shewring says
I love to make teas cosies and yours are gorgeous!
itwasjudith says
I love your beautiful tea cosies.
I look forward to check your patterns and how you make the wee baubles as I need some for a knitted tree I just made 🙂
And what’s not to love in tea – green tea, dragon pearl jasmine tea… my absolute favourite!!!
Thanks for sharing!
lief says
Love the tea pots. Used to collect them now I collect yarn.
Jean Sadler says
Festive tea cosies and lovely tea to drink while knitting. Perfect for Chrisrmas
saraelin says
Loving the tea cosies! I drink tea by the gallon and it runs in my veins basically! So please enter me in the draw.
M Curran says
Lovely prize. Fingers crossed
Mairi says
Love the Christmas tree cosy, fab prize
Gallivanta says
Such well-dressed tea pots. I love them.
anjicat says
Wonderful! You can never have too many teas. I have a dedicated beverage corner in my kitchen 🙂
kirkichi says
Oh dang, that crochet tea cosy is boss!
Donna Amey says
Love the Christmas tree cozy .. wonderfully festive
Joy Dewdney says
What a lovely giveaway and beautiful tea cosies.
leelah saachi says
I have to admit that what I really really want to win, is one of your recepies of teacosies. Its a bit complicated to translate the english explanations in to Norwegian for me
Jeannie Gray Wiant (@JGKnits) says
Love your tea cozy designs and I’d love to win the tea!
Sarah says
Every time I see another lovely thing you’ve knitted, I think I’ll give knitting another go . . . but I never quite make it past a garter scarf. 2018 is the year . . . I just need plenty of tea to keep me going!
Hayley says
Would love a chance to win! My other half is tea obsessed and he is guzzling it down in these cold, icy days we are having!
Heddie5 says
Lovely giveaway & cosies x
Laura says
I would love to win! Been wanting to try making a tea cozy for a while now.
Sue Towler says
We’re a house full of tea addicts! Love the crochet cosy ????
Hazel Cantoni says
These cosies would make everybody use a teapot rather than dunking a bag in a mug!!
Isabel Freeman says
I made a tea cosy for my office teapot that was languishing in the cupboard a couple of years ago and it made headline news! Teapot is used all the time now but it needs a new cosy. Love the tree one and the baubles and of course tea. Would make Mrs teapot a new dress if I won.
Julie says
Love the crochet cosy!
Kate says
Can’t wait for the patterns! Thank you!
Laura Griffiths says
I’ve experienced the minor trauma that is a lukewarm cup of tea due to lack of cosy this week and have been talking about making one. Love your work and can’t wait for the tree pattern.
Jenny says
Looking forward to the crochet pattern!
Caroline Jane Greening says
ooh, I love tea, If I have 7 cups a day I think I’m in a drought! I blame mother – she has three before sh gets out of bed!
Kate Sanderson says
Looking forward to the pattern!
Liz says
I love a good brew! And anything that combines tea with yarn is a winner in my books.
Victoria Smith says
What an amazing tea cosy.. Love the Christmas tree one.
Carla says
Ooh, I was just thinking at the weekend I could do with a tea cosy whilst studying. I love loose tea but haven’t tried Adagio before.
Carolyn says
How lovely! There is a little cafe near me who only do loose leaf tea, have loads of different flavours, and every tea pot comes with a tea cosy and a timer.
Leslie says
Ohhhh tea….my lifeline. I’m always on the hunt for new cosy patterns. Love these! I don’t have any Christmas ones yet…????
Tammy says
I love herbal and all teas, and my grown children do as well, even my grandchildren drink their tea. I grew up drinking simply black tea as a Nova Scotian, and I still love it. But I absolutely love the other teas out there, and my daughter is a real consumer and purchases the best teas she can find. I have been wanting to make a tea cozy for my teapot also but clothing usually gets done first.
randomknitterDianne says
Lovely selection of teas and I love the tea cosies.
Nicole Granville says
Love love love tea cosies! Especially Christmas ones! And I can’t be without a cuppa!
jgravinoJoyce gravino says
I love adagio teas they are my favorite
Judy Stiles says
I do believe I see a purple tea pot! Love your cozies they are so cute!
tinaor says
Wow – what a lovely ‘ask’ of you – love the tea cosies and would LOVE to have a pot and samples is I am lucky enough to win. Purple – some kind of aubergine/veg themed tea cosy, or Green – there’s an forest of ideas popping into my head. Red – funky, quirky, strawberries …… I have so many ideas!
Norah Maggie says
You see so few tea cosies now. Even a teapot is hard to find in a young persons house! If I win I’ll start knitting a cosy straight away. Love your Christmassy ones but I fancy one with some sheep on. Fingers crossed
Mary Jarvis says
Lovely tea cosies, always use a hand knitted one on my little teapot.
Emily I-S says
New to this blog and loving everything I’ve read so far! The way you write is so wonderfully conversational and such a delight to read.
Looking forward to the patterns! ????
Alison Doyle says
oh wow what an amazing prize!
Ms Sue says
How generous and what fun it would be to win! Love tea!