Log Cabin Tea Cozy
This tea cozy is a pleasant reminder of those wonderful Lincoln Logs from my youth. Loosely based on the Tea Cozy Cottage by Vintage, this log cabin is useful during those cold Montana days when you need a cup of tea to go along with your knitting.
Yarn: 1 skein each of Cascade 220 in Cafe (MC), Forest Green (A), Pear (B), small amount of Grey (C). You should have enough to make a second cabin of equal size or less, if you chose.
Needles: Size 6 and size 10 needles.
The cabin is approximately 12 inch by 7 1/2 inch, excluding the chimney.
Gauge: 4 sts. per inch with size 10 needles in reverse stockinette (log) stitch.
Walls of cabin (make two): With two strands of C and larger needles, cast on 40 stitches.
Rows 1(RS), 2(WS): *K1, P1, repeat from * to end of row.
Rows 3, 4: Switch to MC and for rest of wall, K to end of row.
Rows 5, 6: P to end of row.
Rows 7, 8: K to end of row.
Rows 9, 10: P row
Rows 11, 12: K rows
Rows 13, 14: P rows
Rows 15, 16: K rows
Rows 17, 18: P rows
Rows 19, 20: K rows
Rows 21, 22: P rows
Rows 23, 24: K rows
Rows 25, 26: P rows
Row 27: K row
Row 28: P row.
Bind off in knit.
Roof of cabin (make two): With two strands of A and larger needles, cast on 44 stitches.
Rows 1(RS)-3: Knit
Row 4: Purl
Row 5 (and each odd numbered row): K1, K2tog, knit across to last three stitches, SSK, K1.
Row 6: K
Row 8: P
Row 10: K
Row 12: P
Row 14: K
Row 16: P
Row 18: K
Bind off in knit.
Door: With single strand of A and smaller needles, cast on 14 stitches.
Row 1(RS): K2, P1, K3, P1, K3, P1, K3
Row 2: P2, K1, P3, K1, P3, K1, P3
Row 3: P1, K3, P1, K3, P1, K3, P1, K1
Row 4: K1, P3, K1, P3, K1, P3, K1, P1
Row 5: Repeat row 1
Row 6: Repeat row 2
Row 7: Repeat row 3
Row 8: Repeat row 4
Row 9: Repeat row 1
Row 10: Repeat row 2
Row 11: Repeat row 3
Row 12: Repeat row 4
Bind off in knit.
Windows (make two): With a single strand of B and smaller needles, cast on 11 stitches.
Rows 1(RS)-3: Knit
Then, as follows:
All WS rows: K1, purl to last stitch, K1.
All RS rows: K
Row 12-13: K
Bind off in knit.
With a single strand of MC, do duplicate stitches to create window panes.
Chimney: With a single strand of C, cast on 15.
Rows 1-12: *K1, P1*, until last stitch, K1.
Bind off in knit.
To assemble log cabin, join side seams of the walls, matching the purl logs evenly. Join the side seams of the roof, matching the purl stitches. Sew the cast off edges to join the roof. Fold the chimney in half and sew the side seams together. Do not sew the top of the chimney closed. Sew the chimney to the roof.
Place roof above the walls. Attach roof by sewing between first two rows of roof and below bind off edge of walls. Sew on doors and windows. Weave in all ends.
I added a door handle in charcoal to resemble an old cast iron handle. Purchased flower buttons complete the homey cabin feel.
