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Basketweave Cabled Tea Cozy
-- This cozy is made
of 2 custom-sized rectangular or square pieces which are then fastened
together to fit your teapot. The center of each piece is worked in an
overall cabled design that looks like diagonal basketweave, and the edges
are garter stitch. The side and top edges of each piece have a series of
eyelets that act as decorative eyelets or buttonholes to match buttons
sewed over the eyelets on the other piece of the cozy. The top edge can
either have buttons or a drawstring cord. The buttons can be buttoned
through the eyelets to fasten the edges together or left open for the
teapot’s spout and handle, regardless of whether the teapot has a top or
side handle.
DATE - September 2003 - this pattern was originally designed
for Alpacas Magazine (projected publication is late 2003 or early 2004).
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Lattice Bag Set -- This is a set of bags with a lattice pattern of
traveling stitches, which is a variation of cable stitch and is also
sometimes called twisted stitch. All bags are edged with garter stitch
borders. This same decorative lattice pattern is used on a coin purse, a
tiny shoulder bag, a larger shoulder bag, and a backpack. The coin purse
and shoulder bags have top flaps with two buttons and are knitted back and
forth. The backpack has a drawstring top that is closed using the shoulder
straps and is knitted circularly.
DATE -- April
2002
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Sam the Ram
-- Sam is a dark-faced, dark-legged, standing-on-four-legs, stuffed sheep
about 13.5 inches long by 13 inches tall, with horns, Aran-patterned
(i.e., cabled) cream-colored "fleece", and ribbing-cuffed
legs. He was inspired by a drawing on a note card of a sheep wearing
an Aran-patterned sweater. In my version, the Aran patterning is
clearly the fleece, and not a separate sweater.
DATE
-- July 1993, Revised September 1994
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