Owl Teapot Cozy

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  Step 1

  My teapot looks like the picture below. It is 16cm tall (including the top of the lid). The half circumference at the bottom is 13cm, and 16 cm at the widest part of the “belly”.

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  Step 2

  The MAIN PART of the cosy is made of two rectangles seamed together. Make each rectangle as follows: cast on 40 sts. Knit in stockinette stitch for 62 rows. To shape for ears, next row: k18, skp, k2tog, k18. Next row: p17, p2tog, p2togtbl, p 17. Next row: k16, skp, k2tog, k16. Next row: p15, p2tog, p2togtbl, p 15. Next row: k14, skp, k2tog, k14. Next row: p13, p2tog, p2togtbl, p 13. Knit one more row. Bind off.
  I aimed to have my rectangles so that the finished cozy would fit snugly around the wider part of the teapot (stretched a bit) and wouldn’t be too wide at the bottom. I could have made it a bit longer, so that the roll at the bottom (natural curling of the stockinette stitch) would rest on the table. On the other hand, having two kids means frequent messes on the table, and a shorter cozy is probably safer.
  When you have two rectangles, sew them together at the top (where shaping is), and on the sides, leaving appropriate openings for the nose and the handle of the teapot.

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  Step 3

  For the BELLY, cast on 24 sts and knit in stockinette stitch for 37 rows. Bind off.

  For the BEAK, cast on 3 sts.
  Row 1 – k3. Row 2 – k1, m1, k1, m1.
  Row 3 – k1, m1, k1, m1, k1, m1, k1, m1, k1.
  Row 4 – k 1, m1, k7, m1, k1
  Row 5 – k 1, m1, k9, m1, k1
  Row 6 – k all
  Row 7 – k1, k2tog, k 7, k2tog, k1
  Row 8 – k all
  Row 9 – k1, k2tog, k 5, k2tog, k1
  Row 10 – k1, k2tog, k 3, k2tog, k1
  Row 11 – k all,
  Row 12 – k1, k2tog, k 1, k2tog, k1
  Row 13 – k all
  Row 14 – k2tog, k 1, k2tog,
  Row 15 – k3tog. Finish off

  EYES (make 2)
  Cast on 6 sts. Join in the round.
  Round 1: kfb six times
  Round 2: (kfb, k1) x6
  Round 3: (kfb, k2) x6
  Round 4: (kfb, k3) x6
  Round 5: (kfb, k4) x6
  Round 6: (kfb, k5) x6
  Round 7: (kfb, k6) x6
  Bind off, increasing 6 more times.

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  Step 4

  I then used safety pins to mark where belly would go

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  Step 5

  pinned belly and other parts on the main body

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  Step 6

  and put it on the pot to see how it all looks together.

• Step 7

  Sew the belly, then the beak and the eyes to the cosy.

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  Step 8

  I used 4 bunches of 3 strands for ear tassels.

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