Recently I was crocheting a small blanket as a gift for a family member. The pattern is a simple filet crochet heart design, in which you use open spaces and solid spaces much as you do with cross-stitch or needlepoint to create a design. As I was working on it, I wondered why I have never seen a crocheted afghan with a filet crochet teapot design. "Maybe I'll make one," I thought (like I don't have enough to keep me busy!). The next day, I was trolling Etsy for old tea stuff and found not one but two teapot potholders in filet crochet -- somebody obviously had the idea long before I did -- and best of all, they were just $1 each! This one with a large teapot is my favorite.
But I also like this one with its smaller center teapot and the stylized flowers, at least I think they're flowers, in the corners. (Be sure to double-click if you're a needleworker who wants to see more detail.) Both of them are backed with light blue cotton and have some sort of filling inside, but I won't be using these for anything without a thorough soaking in detergent first! I still think I'd like to chart my own design and crochet a teapot afghan, maybe as a project for this fall or winter. Unless, that is, I find the afghan already made for $1 on Etsy!
What an incredible bargain find for you! I've just recently taught myself how to crochet and I have see filet designs mentioned. I think I'll have to give this craft a try.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your finds! :)
What a pretty find and such a bargain. Charting your own design for a teapot afghan would be very satisfying, but I think I'd want to find the Etsy one. ;=)
ReplyDeleteAngela you find the BEST stuff! And those cookies from yesterday are too cute- you did a fantastic job! I really don't like to bake cookies, I don't know why- I just don't, but I do need a good sugar cookie recipe for my rose sugar icing, can you share yours? The only two recipes I have both end up tasting like cardboard.
ReplyDeleteScots refer to this item as a tea cozy. Put it over the teapot and it keeps the tea warm. Good especially in colder houses, where the room temperature will cool off the tea.
ReplyDeleteI didn't point this out, Gail, but this piece really *is* a potholder because it's sewn around on all sides, and is small, about 5 x 7 inches. I did, however, make a filet crochet tea cozy myself last year (May 13, 2008, if anyone is interested in that post!).
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