Thursday, August 5, 2010

WHAT A COINCIDENCE !

Today I was reading here on Kim's blog about the lovely new tea cosy she has made for her camper.
She created a clever design with two rectangles of crochet.
I've just received a teacosy from my clever SIL which has such a simple design.
Hers is made of squares !


First she knitted two large squares - ablue one and a yellow one - then sewed them together leaving room for the handle and the spout.



She decorated the top with several smaller squares in matching colours.


 How simple is that ?

Here are a few more of her creations.

Flowers,


chooks,


and the mice and cheese!!


Cheers.
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13 comments:

  1. KC'sCourt!August 5, 2010 at 11:38 PM

    They are absolutely wonderful. I love your your blue and yellow one made with squares.
    Julie xxxxxxx

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  2. LynAugust 6, 2010 at 12:05 AM

    She is very clever, I hope she has a lot of teapots!
    I like the little mouse bottom!
    Thank you for your comment about photos on blogger-I will try that.
    love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  3. Marigold JamAugust 6, 2010 at 12:34 AM

    How wonderful! Love the simple squares one though I notice she has made the squares on the diagonal to give it that extra je ne sais quoi and the colours go so well together too.

    Jane x

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  4. LynAugust 6, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    Helsie, thanks for the hint about the photos on Blogger-it worked a treat!!
    love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  5. Posy LindaAugust 6, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    Hey Helen! You have one sweet SIL, and talented too! I couldn't possibly pick a favorite - they are all special;0)

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  6. Aussie MariaAugust 6, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Oh my you are lucky Helen!!! Love the simplicity of the square one is made, but how lovely it comes up. Have a bit of fancy for the chook one too, and I'm not generally a chook-decorator lover :-)

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  7. CherryPieAugust 7, 2010 at 3:10 AM

    Very talented lady. I rather like the one with the mice :-)

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  8. Toni aka irishlasAugust 7, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    These are just too dang cute!

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  9. Mrs Twins August 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM

    OMG! I'll have to go out and buy a teapot now! We don't use one!
    I love the chooks one, but i Love the simplicity of the square one. How easy would that be? Beautiful idea. I love them all.
    Kim made a wonderful job of hers, nice little project for a week away!
    Thanks Helen for sharing with us.
    Have you seen the crocheted car thats going around the blogs?
    Love Suex

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  10. harmony and rosieAugust 7, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    She's a very clever lady and has done some lovely cosys. Hope you enjoyed the cherries, I'm sure you did!

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  11. KimblesAugust 8, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    Helen, just caught up and what a surprise! thank you for the mention! Your SIL is very talented - I love the one with the chicks on especially but they are all lovely!!! I will let you into a secret I will reveal on my blog this week - the day after I finished the tea cosy hubby and I were admiring it in all its glory and suddenly the spout fell off!!!!!! hehe! so now I have to find a teapot to match the cosy!!! xxx

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  12. Marigold JamAugust 9, 2010 at 12:53 AM

    Just popping by again to say many thanks for your kind comment on my most recent post. Yes it was a hard life for my mother I think and I am only now realising just how difficult it must have been for her - pity it's too late to let her know how much I appreciated her eh?! And yes my childhood was very very different to my daughter's - we have 3 toilets now and all indoors too!!!!

    Jane x

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  13. EmilyAugust 15, 2010 at 7:35 PM

    Lovely post! A tea cosy is next on my to-do-list!

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