I Need a Teapot

[wafflycat]

... one with a cheap version of a Sindy Doll in the middle & the loo roll is hidden by a crochet crinoline

 

[domtyler]

... one with a cheap version of a Sindy Doll in the middle & the loo roll is hidden by a crochet crinoline

You too huh?

 

[Fnaar]

I have a wittard.

Me too, but the doctors reckon everything'll turn out OK in years to come....

 

[Plax]

Well?

'fraid not. I wouldn't be adverse to one though, I remember my Nian had one.......................

 

[Amanda P]

I'm a civil servant. We have to uphold certain traditions, you know, tea being one of them.

Here is my office teapot.

As you see, I favour the ceramic model. I also work in the field much of the time, where I feel a Woolworth's stainless steel model is more appropriate. (I actually have a brewing-up kit that travels in my truck containing all of life's necessities. Tea-wise, anyway).

Until recently, this was my improvised tea cosy. Effective, cheap, and it avoids all those "granny" jibes. Lacks style, though:

Arch to the rescue! Moaning on here recently that she'd run out of things to knit, she opened herself to a flood of requests for knitted things, some of them more sensible and practical than others... However, tea cosies don't take long to make and we are geographically close, so:

The missus plays the fiddle, and Arch obliged here too:

For tea cosies, you're in the right place.

 

[HelenD123]

Wow! Arch definitely has a talent for the knitting. Me on the other hand can't even knit a scarf without it having holes all over the place so I gave up on it years ago.

 

[Aperitif]

Wow! Arch definitely has a talent for the knitting. Me on the other hand can't even knit a scarf without it having holes all over the place so I gave up on it years ago.

...and every time you wrap it round you neck the tea goes everywhere...

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Well use the loo roll more efficiently and you won't have! Tsk!

Or, sorry, I thought you said you had a winnit..

has mr waffles ever taken you up winnit's pass?

 

[Dayvo]

Trust the usual suspects to send the thread down the spout

Ok, I'm bought on the idea of a ceramic teapot. I happened to mention it at morning break today and ceremic was the winner. Apparently stainless steel ones are cheap, don't make as nice a cup of tea and dribble .
When I mentioned the tea cosy I was accused of being an old granny and asked if I also have a cosy for my toilet rolls.

Well?

 

[marinyork]

That blue, white and grey tea cosy is one mean tea cosy! Seriously good.

 

[Milo]

Ooh I want a cycling tea cosy now.

 

[Aperitif]

In Italy, large groups of tea drinkers are called teacosy...

 

[Milo]

Boom tish.

 

[Plax]

Well?

I'm a good few decades from retirement age, sorry

Wow Uncle Phil, Arch really has done you some good tea cosys!

I've been looking at teapots on ebay and I quite like some of the ones by Arthur Wood.

 

[Milo]

Get a wittard there great.