One of our wonderfully talented customers has made these fantastic knitted covers especially for Ringtons mallows!
You can find the instructions below:
Needles: 3.25mm (size 10) and 2.75mm (12UK).
Yarn: Small amounts of red/white/blue DK yarn and gold fingering for crown.
Teapot body:
Cast on 28 stitches, Purl 1 row.
Increase row
Knit 2, (pick up stitch, Knit 8) to last 2 stitches, pick up stitch, Knit 2 – 32 sts.
Beginning with a Purl row – 11 rows Stocking Stitch [add own pattern]
Decrease rows
Knit 3, (Knit 2 together, Knit 2) to end of row, Knit 3 – 25 sts.
Purl 1 row.
Knit 2 rows for rim of teapot. [in contrast colour]
Knit1, (Knit 2 together, Knit 1) to end of row, Knit 1 – 17 sts.
(Purl 2 together, Purl 1) to last 2 sts, Purl2 – 11 sts.
Thread yarn through stitches and pull tightly. Sew sides together.
Teapot Spout:
Cast on 5 stitches.
Knit front and back of every stitch – 10 sts.
Beginning with a Purl row, Stocking Stitch 5 rows.
Knit 2 together, Knit 6, Knit 2 together – 8 sts.
Purl 1 row.
Knit 2, Knit 2 together, Knit 2 together, Knit2 – 6 sts.
Purl 1 row, Knit 2 rows, cast off.
Add a tiny amount of stuffing to the widest part of the spout and attach it to the teapot then sew up the edges of the spout. Bend to shape.
Teapot Handle:
Cast on 16 stitches. Knit 3 rows. Cast off knitwise.
Sew handle to teapot covering the join.
Cast on 6 stitches [in contrast colour]. Stocking Stitch 5 rows.
Thread the yarn through stitches and pull tightly.
Sew sides and lightly stuff, join to top of teapot.
Crown (for Jubilee Teapot):
In gold fingering or lamé yarn, 2.75mm (size 12) needles.
Cast on 15 stitches, Stocking Stitch 4 rows.
Knit 1, (yarn forward, Knit 2 together) to end of row.
Begin with Purl row, Stocking Stitch 4 rows.
Cast off loosely leaving a long tail to sew cast off and cast on edges together.
Sew around bobble on lid.
Here’s another one made especially for the Jubilee celebrations!
Needles: 3.25mm (size 10)
Yarn: Purple (Paintbox 147 Pansy)
Fur (King Cole Truffle 4365 Coconut)
Gold (Rico Creative Lamé)
[or suitable DK alternatives]
Jewels to decorate.
Instructions – For hat piece:
Cast on 28 stitches in Purple, Knit 2 rows. Don’t cut yarn.
Join in Fur, Knit 4 rows. Cut Fur yarn.
Join in Gold, Knit 6 rows. Cut Gold yarn.
Continue in Purple.
Increase row – K2, make 1 [by picking up yarn between stitches and knitting into the back of the new stitch], (K4, make 1) to the end, K2 – 35 sts.
Starting with a Purl row – Stocking Stitch 5 rows.
Decrease rows – K2, (K2tog, K4) K2tog, K1 – 29 sts.
P2tog, purl to end of row – 28 sts.
K2tog across the row – 14 sts.
P2tog across the row – 7 sts.
Thread yarn through stitches. Sew crown.
For bands: knit 2.
Cast on 28 stitches in Gold.
Knit 3 rows, cast off knitwise.
For bobble:
Cast on 10 stitches in Gold.
Knit 6 rows, thread the yarn through stitches and pull tightly.
Sew and lightly stuff. Covering a large bead (pony) works as well.
Make up crown by sewing the bands in a cross over the hat piece.
Sew on bobble where bands cross making sure you go through all layers.
Decorate with jewels.
Please note this is not a toy and because of small bead/jewels it is not suitable for children.
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These are fab x