no excuse for cold tea

Tea cozies are a dicey subject around here. My husband has been wanting me to make one for years, and despite making one for my sister’s French press, our teapot still sits naked on the kitchen counter. Whenever Mike reminds me of this, I remind him of his famed coq au vin recipe that he's been promising to make for me for, oh, about a decade. Snap! It's always so good to have something in the can.

But our teapot may soon be clothed in this little felt number. I’ve seen this book at my local bookstore and think it is so adorable that it breaks my heart a little. You can see more of these projects here, and even download this pattern for a limited time here. 

I can almost smell the victory coq au vin.