Tartlet Tea Cosy

Time for tea, hi-tea with a variety of delicious fruit tartlets.  They look so realistic you want to eat them all!

The tea cosy pattern is suitable to fit a 4-6 cup tea pot.  The cosy is knitted flat, but bring out your crochet hooks and make the tartlet casing and all the fruits and custard and cream and jam.
The fruit consist of various berries, goosberries, rasberries, blueberries, kiwi slices, banana slices and strawberries.  Some are topped up with a mint leaf

Some help along photos to compliment the written instructions are supplied, if in doubt

Gauge:  Stocking stitch using Double knit yarn:     22 stitches x   29 rows = 10cm x 10cm (4ins x 4ins)

Although it is not a beginners pattern you should should be comfortable with basic knitting skills (used to make the caosy) and good understanding of crochet (used for tartlets)

Approximately (folded flat down on table):  Bottom to top, excluding doily:  16cm (6 1/4ins),
Horizontally midway: 19cm (7½ ins)

What you need
Tea Cosy:             50g Double Knit (DK/8ply) of Medium Brown;  Small amount of Dark Brown & Caramel Brown
Tarts:                    Casing: 50g DK in Beige & Filling Custard/Jam: Small amount of Yellow|Red|Navy|White
Fruit:                     Small amount of DK – White|Red|Olive Green|Lime Green|Navy|Cream|Yellow|Orange|Brown
Knitting Needles, Single Pointed:  2.75mm(US: C/D 2/3,  UK: 12)  
Crochet Hooks:  Size 2.75 (US: C/D 2 ,  UK: 11) Crochet hook
Yarn Needle
Small amount of toy stuffing
Scissors & tweezers for stuffing