Time for Tea

Use your i-cord skills to create a trio of teatime treats. By Rosee Woodland.

Are you always ready for a cuppa? Whether you’re a tea fiend or a coffee aficionado there’s always time for a hot beverage! Use our wonderful slip stitch pattern and your recently acquired applied i-cord skills to create this lovely set for beautifully clean table tops.

Note Instructions for Teapot Mat are given in brackets where appropriate.

COASTER/TEAPOT MAT

Cast on 25 (39) sts using 3.75mm circular needles.

Set-up row (WS) Purl.

Row 1 (Sl1, K1) to last st, sl1. Row 2 Purl.

Rep last 2 rows until piece measures 11 (17)cm from cast-on edge, ending after a purl row.

When picking up stitches in the next section, place a marker every time you reach a corner.

Next row (RS) Knit to end of row, turn work 90 degrees and pick up and knit 1 st for every slipped st down first vertical edge, turn work 90 degrees and pick up and knit 25 (39) sts along cast-on edge, turn work 90 degrees and pick up and knit 1 st for every slipped st up second vertical edge.

Using your DPN, cable cast on 3 sts onto your left-hand needle.

Turn work so that WS is facing.

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*Pull yarn tightly across back of work and knit 2 of these new cast-on stitches, then slip the next stitch onto the right needle, knit the next stitch and then pass the slipped stitch over it. Slide the stitches back to the left-hand needle** and repeat from * until you have worked all the stitches along the first side. Work 2 rows in i-cord straight – knit across the stitches and then, without turning the work, slide the stitches right to the tip of the needle, pull the yarn tightly across the back of the work and knit across the stitches again. Repeat from * to ** once more so that you’ve rejoined the i-cord to the corner, and discard your marker if used. Work 2 more rows in i-cord straight. **** Repeat from *** to **** twice more.