Tea Jenny by Kate Davies Designs

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

The hat for tea drinkers! (In Scots, a Tea Jenny is someone who likes tea … and lots of it)

Jolly teapots dance around the body of this hat, while the crown offers a kaleidoscopic homage to the quotidian wonders of … TEA

NEW!
For some inconceivable reason, knitters have asked me to provide instructions to modify the hat into a tea cosy … I have done this, and the tea-cosy modification instructions are now included with the pattern as a free extra (in a separate PDF file). Please note: these instructions are untested and are intended for assistance only!

Yarn

Rauma Mitu

Shown in Foula Wool (3ply / Double Knitting weight / Shetland wool) (See www.foulawool.co.uk), 1 x 25g ball of each of the following seven shades: Black (A), Moorit, (B) Fawn (C) , Mioget (D), Grey (E), Light Grey (F), White (G). Excluding swatch, the exact yardage used for sample was as follows: A 25 (yards); B 30; C 25; D 25; E 15; F 25; G 40 yards. Remember that you will need extra yarn for swatching.

Other materials

3.75mm circular needle (or size to get gauge) in the following length: 1 x 40cm/16in (for working hat body)

3.25mm circular needle in the following length: 1 x 40cm/16in (for working brim)

3.75mm dpns (or your preferred needles for working small diameters in the round) for finishing crown.

Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

stitch marker

length of waste yarn for provisional cast on

Sizes available

to fit average adult head, 21" to 22" circumference