Tea Cosys in Hayfield DK With Wool - 7814- Downloadable PDF

Hayfield DK With Wool Tea Cosies – Pattern 7814: Four Designs to Knit

Pattern 7814 from Hayfield is a downloadable PDF knitting pattern featuring four distinct tea cosy designs, each sized to fit an average teapot. Worked in Hayfield DK with Wool double knitting yarn, these projects are rated intermediate in difficulty and make wonderfully practical, characterful accessories for the kitchen or as handmade gifts. Each design has its own personality, from playful pompoms to elegant cables, giving knitters a range of styles to explore within a single pattern download.

Materials and Needles

All four tea cosies are knitted using Hayfield DK with Wool (F046), a double knitting weight yarn that blends the softness and warmth of wool into a versatile DK base. The wool content gives each finished cosy excellent insulating properties — ideal for keeping a teapot warm. The following needles and tools are required across the four designs:

• 4mm (UK8 / USA6) knitting needles
• 3¼mm (UK10 / USA3) knitting needles
• A stitch holder
• A cable needle (required for the Cable Tea Cosy only)

Each design uses approximately one 100g ball of Hayfield DK with Wool, making these economical projects that can often be completed from stash yarn or a single ball purchase. Yarn amounts are based on average requirements when the specified tension and yarn are used.

Design One: Pom Pom Tea Cosy

The Pom Pom Tea Cosy is a cheerful, classic design topped with a decorative pompom — a finishing touch that adds a playful, handcrafted feel. This design is worked in Hayfield DK with Wool shade 114, using one 100g ball.

Techniques and Stitches

• Standard knit and purl stitches forming the main fabric
• Decreasing to shape the crown of the cosy
• Construction of a pompom embellishment for the top
• Ribbing worked on the smaller 3¼mm needles for a neat, elasticated border

The pompom is a timeless finishing technique in knitting — yarn is wound repeatedly around a template or fingers, tied at the centre, and the loops are cut and trimmed to create a fluffy, rounded ball. It adds both texture and visual interest to an otherwise straightforward knitted cosy.

Design Two: Eyelet Tea Cosy

The Eyelet Tea Cosy introduces a delicate, decorative element through the use of eyelet stitch patterns, creating small decorative holes in the fabric that give a lacy, elegant appearance. This design is worked in Hayfield DK with Wool shade 113, using one 100g ball.

Techniques and Stitches

• Eyelet stitch — formed by pairing a yarn-over increase with a corresponding decrease, creating deliberate holes in the knitted fabric
• Knit and purl stitches for the main body fabric
• Decreasing for crown shaping
• Ribbing on the smaller 3¼mm needles for the lower border

Eyelet patterns are a popular entry point into lace-style knitting. They require careful attention to the placement of yarn-overs and decreases but are very achievable for an intermediate knitter. The result is a tea cosy with a lighter, more decorative appearance compared to a plain stocking stitch fabric.

Design Three: 3 Colour Tea Cosy

The 3 Colour Tea Cosy is the most colourful design in the collection, using three coordinating shades of Hayfield DK with Wool to create a striped or colour-blocked effect. The three shades used are:

• Colour A – shade 112 (one 100