It should fit a 4-6 cup tea pot quite snugly, but if your tension is particularly tight, or if you want a looser fit, you may need to make the side panels (which are worked back and forth in rows) bigger by adding more rows and/or increasing the number of stitches in the foundation chain by multiple of 2.

The top piece is worked in the round, and it does look increasingly messy as you work through rounds 6, 7 and 8 but DON’T PANIC! It will sort itself out in the final round. Each round is illustrated with at least one photo, and it’s a lot easier than it looks!

You will need:

5 mm hook (US size H)

6 mm hook (US size J)

Aran weight yarn in four colours I used Stylecraft Special Aran:

A – Meadow

B – Spice

C – Fondant

D – Lipstick