Apr 20, 2011

Tea Spout Drip Catcher

The other day, I was visiting a friend - she offered me a cup of tea and when she went to pour the tea, her teapot dripped tea from the spout (creating a small puddle on the table) ..... she ended up wrapping a piece of paper towel around the spout to catch the drips.  This got me thinking and when I got home that afternoon, I got out my needles and some cotton yarn ..... this is the result of that encounter.  ˚Ü˚

Tea Spout Drip Catcher


Materials:
4.5 mm (US 7) needles
Bernat Handicraft Cotton

Directions:
1 - Cast on 16 stitches
2 - Knit in stockinette stitch for 6 rows
3 - knit 2, purl 2 for 4 rows
4 - Knit in stockinette stitch for 6 rows
5 - Bind off loosely, leaving a tail for seaming the edge closed
6 - Weave in all loose ends, make sure ends are rolled and place on your teapot spout.

15 comments:

  1. How did you know that I was grumbling at my tea pot this morning?!?! Rescued inspite of myself.....thankyou

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  2. You are very welcome ..... happy to hear that my little pattern has helped someone out. ˚Ü˚

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  3. The perfect thing for those of us who bought teapots that were lovely and not necessarily well designed. I'm making one tonight!

    Thanks for the ingenuity!

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  4. You are so welcome - hope you'll post back and let me know how it works for you. ˚Ü˚

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  5. I was delighted to find this on my computer this morning. Will start one right away. Such a simple, perfect idea! Thank you for sharing your creativity.

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  6. How cute!!!! If I was a tea drinker the I would defiantly make several

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  7. How did you know what I needed! What a great idea! Thank you!

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  8. Thanks so much .... glad you all like the pattern. ˚Ü˚

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  9. That's just brilliant! I'm saving the pattern to make at least four: one for my daughter's tea set, one for my nieces', and two for my two teapots. If my brother's baby is a girl, she'll get a tea set with one of these, too! I'll put the picture on Ravelry under 'siffknit.' Thanks for the pattern!

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  10. I'm so glad that you like the pattern .... I look forward to seeing pictures of them. ˚Ü˚

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  11. Hi, just found this pattern of your oh so cute teapot spout drip catcher...You Rock!!! gonna go make some up from my stash. thanks so much..Gailsfleamarket on ravelry...

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  12. Glad you like it .... thanks for posting. ˚Ü˚

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  13. I have plenty of teapots that have, er, issues with dribbling? Haven't liked any of the commercial drip catchers I have seen but I'll try this one on for size! Speaking of size, is there an adjustment in stitch count for the little personal size teapots?

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  14. Hi, Caryn S - thanks so much for you comment ..... a few things that will adjust the size of the drip catcher is (1) the size of your needle .... if you want to make it smaller, go down a size or two with your needles, (2) use thinner yarn - this will help when you use smaller needles .... the yarn I used is worsted weight, or close to it, but there is thinner cotton yarn that you could use, (3) decrease the amount of stitches you are working - if you wanted to keep the k2 p2 pattern in the middle then you would have to cast on, at least, 2 less stitches (just make sure you don't start each rib row with a k2, if you decrease just 2 stitches .... you would alternate with starting the rows with either a k2 or a p2 - in order to keep the pattern, or you'll end up with double seed stitch - which is very pretty, lol), (4) decrease the amount of rows you work - so, instead of 6 rows of stockinette, 4 rows of ribbing, 6 rows of stockinette .... you could maybe do 4 rows of stockinette & 3 rows of ribbing and see how that works for your tea pot.

    The main thing you want to make sure of, is that the ends roll down - this makes for extra absorbancy when the tea pot dribbles .... this is also why I chose cotton yarn, it's more absorbent than acrylic is. I hope I helped you out & didn't confuse you. ˚Ü˚

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