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‘I love you cup-cake’ cozy

Yarn:

Tea cozy – 1 or 2 x 50g balls chunky (bulky) yarn  (60 metres/ 66 yards)

 - I used Debbie Bliss Donegal luxury tweed Chunky shade 9307

Cup-cake – DK (light-worsted weight) yarn  - 2 different colours in small amounts for cake (C), icing (I) and a small amount 4-ply for the cherry (Ch) and the hearts (H)

- I used Rowan Pure wool DK shade o14 Hay (C), Rowan Soft Baby shade 033 Sea Pink (I) and a tiny amount of Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift (4-ply) shade 525 Crimson (Ch) and shade 188 Sherbet (H)

Needles:

Tea cozy - set size 5mm (US 8) double pointed needles

Cup-cake – set size 3mm (US 2) double pointed needles

Gauge:

Tea cozy – 21 rows and 14 sts to 4in (10cm), using MC and size 8 (5mm) needles and rib pattern

Cup-cake – not necessary

Tea cozy pattern

Using tea cozy yarn cast on 64 sts. Follow pattern from Nesting Tea Cozy Pattern.

Cup-cake

Base

Place slip stitch on needle using cake yarn and size 3mm (US 2) needles.

*Row 1 [K1, p1, k1] all into same st. (3 sts)

Row 2 P.

Row 3 [Kfb] 3 times. 6 sts

Row 4 P.

Row 5 [Kfb] 6 times. 12 sts

WS facing, slip 12 sts p-wise and divide equally over 3 needles.

With RS facing, keeping gauge fairly tight on first rnd, work in the rnd as follows:

Rnd 6 (RS) K12.

Rnd 7 [Kfb, k1] 6 times. 18 sts. Place marker.

Rnd 8 K.

Rnd 9 [Kfb, k1] 9 times. 27 sts

Rnd 10 K.

Rnd 11 [Kfb, k2] 9 times. 36 sts

Rnd 12 K36.**

Place marker, rep last once more.

Shape sides

Rnd 14 [k1, p1] 18 times.

Rep last rnd 10 times more.

Bind off in rib. Weave in ends.

Icing top

Using icing yarn and size 3mm (US 2) needles, cast on 1 st.

Work as cake base from * to **.

Rnd 13 K36.

Rep last rnd once more.

Bind off. The WS of this is also the right side.

Flip the cake inside out – the WS will now be the right side. Stuff the cake with spare yarn or toy filling. Tuck the icing into the open end of the cake – a bit tricky this bit – sew the icing onto the cake (use yarn or sewing thread, whichever is easiest).

Cherry

Cast on 6 sts using cherry yarn and size 3mm (US 2) needles.

Row 1 [Kfb] 6 times. 12 sts

WS facing, slip 12 sts p-wise and divide equally over 3 needles.

With RS facing, keeping gauge fairly tight on first rnd, work in the rnd as follows:

Rnd 2 K12.

Rnd 3 [K1, Kfb] 6 times. 18 sts

Rnd 4 K18.

Rep last rnd twice more.

Rnd 7 [K1, k2 tog] 6 times. 12 sts

Rnd 8 K12.

Rnd 9 [K2 tog] 6 times. 6 sts. Stuff the cherry with spare yarn, cut working yarn and thread end through rem 6 sts, pull up and secure.

Sew the cherry to the top of the cake. Then sew the cake to the top of the cozy.

Heart

Place slip stitch on needle using heart yarn and size 3mm (US 2) needles.

Row 1 (inc) [K1, p1, k1] all into same st. (3 sts)

Row 2 (inc) [Kfb] 3 times. 6 sts. Slide sts to other end of needle without turning. Keeping gauge tight, pull working yarn across the back as i-cord.

Rnd 3 (inc) [Kfb] 6 times. 12 sts

Knitting each set of 4 sts over 3 needles, with RS facing work in the rnd as follows:

Rnd 4 K12.

Rnd 5 (inc) [K5, Kfb] twice. 14 sts

Rnd 6 (inc) [K6, Kfb] twice. 16 sts

Rnd 7 (inc) [K7, Kfb] twice. 18 sts

Cont to increase 2 sts on each rnd as set over next three rnds. 24 sts

Rnd 11 (dec) K6, turn, p5, p2tog, p5, turn. 11 sts. Continue on this side of the bump at the top of the heart as follows:

Row 12 (dec) k2tog, k7, k2tog. 9 sts

Row 13 P3, skpo, p4. 8 sts

Row 14 K2tog, k4, k2tog. 6 sts

Bind off p-wise.

RS facing, rejoin yarn to 12 sts from other side of bump.

Rnd 11 (dec) K5, k2tog, k5. 11 sts

Row 12 (dec) P2tog, p7, p2tog. 9 sts

Row 13 K3, skpo, k4. 8 sts

Row 14 P2tog, p4, p2tog. 6 sts

Bind off.

Join around each bump to join the heart, tucking in a little spare yarn to pad it out a bit as you sew.