An order for an 80th birthday present.

“Could you make a tea cosy for my mum please? I need it to be pretty with lilacs and blues.

 I said “Of course and thank you for the order.”

I thought… got to get this right.

Ta dah!

There were some challenges along the way, namely finding lilacs and blues that blended together nicely, but I definitely enjoyed the whole creative process of bringing this little tea cosy together.

No pompoms this time, it was decided that roses would be the decoration of choice. It took a while to settle on what colour to use for the flowers, but in the end I went for peach, as I thought it complimented the lilacs and blues well and was not only pretty, but delicate looking too.

I wanted to get every detail perfect. I thought it would be more interesting to use three tones of peach in the roses and by varying the amounts I used in each rose I managed to make them all slightly different from one another. The leaves were almost an after thought, but their addition really added to the final design. Again it took a little while to find the perfect green in my yarn stash, but when finished, they made a lovely contrast to the peach of the roses and helped all the colours of the design to ‘pop’ just a little more.

I was really happy in the end with my efforts and hoped that it was a lovely surprise for the birthday lady. My wish (and what I like to imagine) is that it will bring a little jolliness to all future morning, afternoon or anytime teas! x