Piggy Tea Cozy

Piggy Tea Cozy by knitvana

What is Being Made

The Piggy Tea Cozy is a charming knitted tea cozy designed to fit over a standard teapot. This whimsical project creates a three-dimensional pig character complete with a head, body, legs, and a decorative apron. The finished piece serves both a functional purpose—insulating your teapot—and a decorative one, adding a playful touch to any kitchen or tea service. This downloadable PDF pattern from knitvana provides complete instructions for constructing this novelty tea cozy.

Techniques Used

The Piggy Tea Cozy employs fundamental knitting techniques suitable for crafters with basic to intermediate skills. The pattern uses increasing stitches to shape the pig's head, strategically adding stitches at regular intervals to create the rounded form. Decreasing stitches are used to taper and finish sections, particularly visible in the head shaping where stitches are decreased using the purl two together (P2tog) method. The pattern demonstrates the importance of gauge consistency and proper tension to ensure the finished cozy fits appropriately over a teapot.

Stitches Used

• Knit Stitch (K): Used in all odd rows of the head piece, creating the basic fabric structure
• Purl Stitch (P): Used in all even rows, creating texture variation and contributing to the stockinette stitch pattern
• Yarn Over or Increase Stitch: Applied after every 3 or 4 stitches on specific rows (rows 8, 10, 12, 16, and 20) to increase stitch count and shape the pig's head dimensions
• Purl Two Together (P2tog): A decrease technique used in row 42 and beyond to reduce stitches and shape the head's completion

Materials

The Piggy Tea Cozy requires cotton yarn as the primary material, with the designer specifying pink cotton yarn for the head and legs, and white and red cotton yarn for the apron. The pattern notes that any cotton yarn similar to Sugar n Cream brand works well as a substitute. The designer sourced their pink yarn from AC Moore, where it is sold by the pound, making it an economical choice for this project. Bamboo needles in sizes #5 and #7 are specified for knitting the various components. Additionally, poly-fil (polyester fiberfill) is used as stuffing material to maintain the pig's three-dimensional shape and structure throughout use.

Pattern copyright MELENAR, LLC 2009. All rights reserved.