Warming up to le Creuset

Neat-(Knit)-pick 5

No, I am not losing my marbles.

We got fed up tossing coins and pushing each other off the sofa as to who should make the next cuppa tea. So we bought a mahusive Le Creuset teapot to solve the problem. Then another arises. The tea became cold even before we could finish our 1st cup. We simply could not drink our tea fast enough! Out of embarrassment for taking the mickey out of my granny hobby, the other half, L, whispered to me if I could make a tea cosy. Ah-hah, there was some use to my pensioners' hobby, I smirked. So of course, I jumped at the challenge.

Due to it's proximity to beverage and L, I have used a 90% merino wool and 10% polyamid mix rather than 100% wool (Bollicine from Italy to be precise, I know I've ventured further afield from United Queendom and crossed the channel for this!) This will be hardier and easier to maintain.

This cosy warms up a teapot worthy of 4-5 tea mugs. So there is no need to put on the kettle every half hour or wasting cold brew. Tea cosy saves energy, water and the environment in the long run especially in winter. It all has a higher purpose ;-)