a charitea party - a tea cosy hat is mandatory

Yesterday, in my weekly blog trawl, I read a fascinating post on Kathryn's blog, Kat Got The Cream, about National Wear a Tea Cosy On Your Head Day. It rather amazes me that I had never heard of this day before now!

This year it is on Thursday 22nd September - this Thursday! Kathryn had a chari-tea party to raise money for the White Stuff Foundation , and provided her guests with cucumber sandwiches, a Victoria Sponge cake and all sorts of other goodies, including party games and bingo! Plus, of course, she wore her tea cosy on her head with pride.

When I mentioned it to a colleague at school this morning they were wholly unsurprised that it was something I wanted to do, and even offered up their own tea cosy for me to use! As generous as this was, I am actually hoping to make my own tea cosy for the occasion, but if that fails I know where to go.

I've been looking at lots of pretty tea cosies to get some inspiration, and some of them are pretty darn snazzy, I must say! Here are some of my favourites:

{spiky flowers by Cassi} {tiger drinking tea by minouette}

{foxy springtime by Julie} {bright birdy by Mary}

{buttony cosy by Geraldine} {knitted crown by Debi Birkin}

{felted cosy on knitty.com} {liquorice allsorts by Jacky Edwards}

How about some woodland animals, just for good measure:

{brown owl from Periwinkle Park} {pink squirrel by pig and company}

{grey squirrel by Deborah Brackenbury} {run with the hare by Sarah Hancox}

Oh, and just for fun, look what else I spied along the way: 

{Mary Poppins} {matryoshka} {librarian} {nun} all from Handmade Awards

I feel an obsession coming on...