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Friday, 25 April 2008
Grannie's Traditional Tea Cosy
I wanted to make a new one like the old, which must be at least 80 years old, and still keeping the tea warm, although starting to disintegrate gracefully:
But I entirely failed to find a pattern for the traditional style, with the yarns used alternately, pulled across wrong side when not in use to form the pucker, and making the double-layer that keeps the tea, literally, cozy. So I made this one up as I went along by interrogating the original. I couldn't bring myself to top it with a pom pom. I hate pom poms. But it needed something, so I added some loopy flowers instead.
It's mostly Sirdar Eco Wool, which is lovely to knit with, although needed the occasional twist as I went along to keep the strength. For anyone who's searching for something similar.... here's the pattern. I noted down what I did as I went, but this pattern has not been tested. If you find any mistakes, please contact me to let me know, and I will correct them!
PATTERN for a 4-cup/ 2-pint teapot
2x 50g ball Sirdar Eco wool dk in shade 203 Brown (main colour MC)
1x 50g ball Sirdar Eco wool dk in shade 200 Natural/Undyed (contrasting colour CC1)
1x King Cole Merino Blend Superwash wool dk in shade 118 Red (contrasting colour CC2)
1 set 4mm needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Or any equivalent double-knitting yarn.
Gauge: 22 st and 28 rows / 10cm or 4"
The cosy is knitted in garter stitch throughout. Two colours are knitted on every row, and the pucker is formed by pulling the yarn not in use across the wrong side of the work. At each end the strands of yarn need to be twisted together before turning and knitting the next row. Two pieces are made and sewn together at the sides, leaving gaps for the handle and spout. The pucker at the edge of each piece has an extra stitch to allow them to be seamed more invisibly.
The pattern looks complex, but it isn't once you get your head around the colour changes!
Make 2 Pieces:
Cast on 98 stitches in MC using long-tailed cast on (thumb method).
Row 1 (WS): with MC k all stitches
Row 2 (RS): with MC k9, *with CC1 k8, with MC k8*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with CC1 k9. Pull the unused yarn across the back of the work as you knit. Twist the 2 yarns together at the edge.
Getting the tension right when pulling the unused yarn across the back of the work is not too easy. The first time I attempted it I pulled too tightly and the result was very narrow! My best advice is when taking up and using the next colour each time, first knit one stitch, and then gently pull the yarn until there is no slack (i.e. no loop of yarn at the back), but neither is it too taught, and still has some give in it. You are aiming for a width at the bottom of each piece of about 26cm/10".
Row 3 (WS): with CC1 k9, *with MC k8, with CC1 k8*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with MC k9. Remember to bring the yarn forward between the needles, and pull the unused yarn across the front of the work when knitting the WS. Twist all three yarns together at the edge.
Row 4 (RS): with CC2 k9, *with MC k8, with CC2 k8*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with MC k9. Pull the unused yarn across the back as you knit, and twist the yarns together at the end.
Row 5 (WS): with MC k9, *with CC2 k8, with MC k8*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with CC2 k9. Pull the unused yarn across the front as you knit, and twist the yarns together at the end.
Repeat rows 2-5 14 times, and then repeat rows 2-3 once. You will have 63 rows knitted, and end with a WS row.
Begin decreasing, staying in the colour pattern:
Row 64 (RS): with CC2 k1, *with CC2 k2tog, k4, k2tog, with MC k2tog, k4, k2tog*, repeat from *to* 6 times, with MC k1.
Row 65 (WS): with MC k7, *with CC2 k6, with MC k6*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with CC2 k7.
Row 66 (RS): with MC k1, *with MC k2tog, k2, k2tog, with CC1 k2tog, k2, k2tog*, repeat from *to* 6 times, with CC1 k1.
Row 67 (WS): with CC1 k5, *with MC k4, with CC1 k4*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with MC k5.
Row 68 (RS): with CC2 k1 *with CC2 k2tog twice, with MC k2tog twice*, repeat from *to* 6 times, with MC k1.
Row 69 (WS): with MC k3, *with CC2 k2, with MC k2*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with CC2 k3.
Row 70 (RS): with MC k1, *with MC k2tog, with CC1 k2tog*, repeat from *to* 6 times, with CC1 k1.
Row 71 (WS): with CC1 k2, *with MC k1, with CC1 k1*, repeat from *to* 5 times, with MC k2.
Row 72 (RS): with MC k1, k2tog 6 times, k1.
Leave these 8 stitches on a holder, break yarns leaving long tails and repeat pattern to knit a second piece. When both sides are completed, draw the tail of MC yarn through the stitches remaining on both pieces and draw together. Knot discretely.
Use the yarn tails to sew together the pieces using mattress stitch, leaving a gap at both edges for the teapot spout and handle.
For the Top of the Pot:
Make a large flower with MC yarn. CO 97 st.
Row 1: k all stitches.
Row 2: *k1, BO15*, repeat from *to* until 1 stitch from the end, k1.
Break yarn and draw tail through the remaining stitches on the needle, and gather together, forming a 6-loop flower. Knot and use tail to sew to top of cosy.
Make a smaller flower with CC2. CO 67 st.
Row 1: k all stitches.
Row 2: *k1, BO10*, repeat from *to* until 1 st from the end, k1.
Break yarn and draw tail through the remaining stitches on the needle, and gather together, forming a 6-loop flower. Knot and use tail to sew to top of cosy, on top of MC flower.
In CC1 CO 3 st. Knit in i-cord to the desired length of loop, approximately 20 rows. BO and sew both ends of the loop to the top of the cosy.
There is a great video tutorial on i-cord at knitting help.com
Weave in ends on the wrong side, and there you have one Grannie's Traditional Tea Cosy, and your tea will be happy!
97 comments:
- Harrysmum said...
Thanks for this awsome pattern - my MIL used to make tea cosies *just* like this and she dies before I took up knitting again so I never got her pattern off her!
I think I might make a few of these for faimily gifts!
- 1 May 2008 at 21:09
- Cindy said...
Beautiful colors!!
Beautiful photographs!!
- 2 May 2008 at 16:47
- Keren said...
Thank you! I hope this pattern is useful to someone. Any comments, or errors spotted, or new cozies made, or suchlike gratefully received!
- 5 May 2008 at 21:19
Thanks Keren,
You're a great knitter. I was looking for something just like this. Thanks for sharing your talent. I think I'll use the pompom!
- 10 June 2008 at 22:51
- Lesley said...
Just found this great pattern via ravelry — thank you so much for all that hard work! I'm starting one straight away. I too have happy memories of the old family teapot. Must have been a time when there was a cosy like this in every household!
- 6 October 2008 at 16:31
- Stevie said...
This is also like the tea cozy my great-aunt made, which we have been unable to find since my grandmother's death. Hers was a checkerboard pattern, so I'm going to attempt that and hopefully recreate it. Thank you!
- 13 January 2009 at 02:48
- OzWeaver said...
Almost a year since you've posted this, but I've just discovered it and want to say "Thank you!" This pattern is so clever and so pretty too! A perfect combination of form and function!
Can't wait to start knitting it!
- 3 March 2009 at 14:53
- Fiddling Granny said...
I've been looking everywhere for this exact pattern, thanks for posting it!!
- 3 April 2009 at 15:04
- Stitch'nbitch with litch said...
Just joined Ravelry today - and found this! So amazing to find a pattern for the tea cozy we had at home since at least the 50's, although ours was graced with a china lady in colours that sort of matched the wool. I was so sorry that I had discarded it when clearing my Mum's flat after she died. You have made me very happy, and nostalgic. Thank you
- 8 April 2009 at 21:17
This really took me back to being
at grans house. The exact Tea Cosie
a really lovely memory of my childhood and having tea with Gran
Thanks for a lovely memory from
- 6 June 2009 at 13:30
This is great, thanks so much!
- 13 July 2009 at 17:22
thank you - have been looking for a good pattern and this is perfect :) Cant wait to start knitting!
- 31 July 2009 at 08:37
- franney said...
I found your pattern on Ravelry and just wanted to say "thankyou"!
I just hope i get the amount of pucker right! ;o)
- 23 September 2009 at 15:25
- randi K design said...
I love this cosy! Nice technic! Thank you for the pattern, I might try to make it sometime!
- 30 November 2009 at 13:37
- clicking needles said...
Dear Keren,fantastic pattern. I need some help with the abbreviations i would like to make the flower topping but cannt work out what bo stands for hoping you can explain thanks again for the pattern
- 8 January 2010 at 09:37
- Keren said...
Clicking Needles - thank you! BO is the usual abbreviation for "bind off" (or "cast off" if you like, but not to be confused with the abbreviation for "cast on"!) Hope that helps, enjoy your cosy! Keren
- 8 January 2010 at 12:42
- Carolyn said...
I just stumbled across your wonderful blog and this fantastic tutorial!! Thank you. I can't wait to get started but only after I have a good snoop around your place.
- 12 January 2010 at 03:50
Exactly what I was looking for, thank you.
I must be one very lucky lady though as I sent the details to my best friend Raymond, who worked his socks off to secretly make me one for Christmas in my kitchen colours! How fab was that? Best present ever!!
- 31 January 2010 at 10:43
Hi Keren! I don't seem to be able to print the pattern for your tea cosy. I get the first four photos and then blank pages! Can you help? Vivienne
- 10 February 2010 at 21:51
- Keren said...
I don't think it's a blog problem, I can print it fine. Have you tried copying and pasting what you need into Word or something similar and printing it from there?
- 11 February 2010 at 11:43
- Jo said...
This is such a fabulous pattern, simple to follow and the finished product is amazing. I have doen several as presents and everyone comments on how great it is to have a proper tea cosie (reported to keep tea hot for half an hour by my Mum) and nice memories of their Gran or someone similar having one. THANKS KEREN!!!!
- 5 March 2010 at 14:25
had been looking for a cosy for my teapot for some time and your pattern and colours were perfect. knitting it and popping it on the teapot was another pleasure. smiles all round. thanks so much Keren
- 28 April 2010 at 08:04
- Helen said...
hello - thank you sharing for this ace pattern. i was looking for one to make as a present for a fellow tea addict and this turned out perfectly and has been much admired. so much so that my mother in law has been inspired to make one for herself. i didn't quite get my pattern right but it fits perfectly and keeps the tea lovely and hot. Who could ask for more?!
- 4 May 2010 at 16:06
Thank you so much for sharing the pattern. I made mine and it really works great at keeping the pot hot!!
My family did rib me for knitting "granny" style, my thought was possible toaster cover next? Ha!
Mine is pink, white, and maroon. One side ended up different color, because I was running low on the main color, and since it is so colorful it is hard to see the change. I love the top. I made mine like yours and it really did finish it off nicely!
Thanks again.
- 11 May 2010 at 23:22
Keren - thank you so much. I just made a smaller version of this for my 2 mug tea pot.
I love it & I love the nostalgia of the pattern. I'm sure one of my Nan's had this tea cosy.
Mine is navy, hot pink & lilac blue. It looks fabulous.
Once again - Thanks!!!
Regards, Sue
- 5 October 2010 at 12:17
Hi Keren
Like all of the above comments I am very grateful to you for sharing this pattern with everyone. I do have 2 very old tattered cosies like this which I inherited but now need replacing.I made the mistake of knitting a cosy which looks nice but is no way as warm as these old fashioned ones so looked on internet to see if I could find a pattern and fell upon yours - brilliant. I need a smaller version for my 2 cup pot so could you advise me about stitches. Would 50 or 60 sts be about right do you think? Thanks for any help - I'm a novice when it comes to knitting!
- 7 January 2011 at 10:31
- Keren said...
I am knitting one at the moment for a smaller pot, but probably not as small as yours. For a 2-cup pot I would hazard a guess at maybe cast on 66 stitches, which at 8 stitches per pucker gives you 8 puckers on each side, with an extra stitch in the ones at the edge to allow you to sew them together.
Good luck! Keren
- 11 January 2011 at 19:45
- ilikeewoks said...
Hi Keren,
Thanks for the great pattern! I've already made one for myself. And I'll definitely make more for friends and family!
- 17 January 2011 at 13:51
My grandmother taught me how to make this style of tea cosy when I was quite young, and I could not remember the pattern as an adult at all. Thanks for make the effort to reproduce it.
- 29 January 2011 at 22:16
- winifred said...
I have one just like it and am so pleased to see this pattern as I need a 2nd one. Also I would dearly love the same patterin for a smaller pot for one person. Can anyione help with way to adjust.i.e. stitches and rows for decreassing etc.
- 1 February 2011 at 22:13
I adore this pattern! I knitted it last year with some leftover wool from my stash, and my friends are all so jealous that i've got a backlog of demands for birthday tea cosies to make! Thank you so much for sharing this. My teapot and my husband are very grateful!
- 25 February 2011 at 11:03
I was looking for this pattern ,and straight aaway found yours. I am going to make this tomorrow and will let you know how I do...thank you so much Karen. Jean
- 18 March 2011 at 03:53
Love this pattern! Added to my list of things to knit for housewarming presents :)
- 23 April 2011 at 11:38
- Kathleen said...
I can't wait to try this pattern! Exactly what I was looking for!!
Thank you.
- 26 April 2011 at 07:51
- Laura said...
I am very proud of my cosy - thanks for the pattern it is exactly what i wanted. now i am going to make one for Avoncroft museum of Buildings who are having a cosy knitting competition to raise funds - www.avoncroft.org.uk/support-us/fundrasing-events-and-news/
- 2 May 2011 at 10:43
- Beki said...
I've just finished this as a present for my friend and it's AMAZING! Thanks for posting! (p.s. I put a pile of pom poms on the top of mine :))
- 3 May 2011 at 20:09
Thanks for reinventing this pattern! I have been trying to find one to make for my mom's tea pot and yours looks just like something she would love. The only problem is, she has a 6 cup pot...any suggestions on how to modify it to make it bigger? I'm relatively new at knitting so I don't want to just guess:) Thanks again for all your hard work!
- 6 May 2011 at 21:39
Thank you so much for the pattern, its perfect. Its become very fashionable to have a 'retro' tea-cosy gracing the kitchen table. My 23 year old son has even requested one for his new flat!!
- 12 May 2011 at 13:59
Thank you for this lovely pattern. I just completed one for my mom.
- 3 June 2011 at 01:49
Love your pattern and mine looks beautiful. However, I have a problem with the abbreviation BO. I know CO means "cast on" but what about the "BO". Hope you can help. Sorry for being so dumb!
- 10 August 2011 at 14:07
- Keren said...
Hello! Just to confirm, by BO I mean "bind off" or "cast off". I use the abbreviation for bind (rather than cast) off just to save any confusion with CO for cast on. Hope that's cleared that up! Happy knitting.
- 10 August 2011 at 19:50
- Keren said...
Hello All. Several of you have asked for specific numbers of stitches to cast on for a particular size of tea pot. I am sorry I haven't got back to all of you individually. I have in mind to write a post giving a calculator to work it our for any dimension of pot. I make no promises, but watch this space!
- 10 August 2011 at 19:51
Hi Keren, not to pressure you, but I need to make a one cup cosy for our granddaughter, so something to help me figure out the specs would be very helpful. I just love this cosy, thanks for posting the pattern
- 26 August 2011 at 18:02
- Sandi Remedios said...
Thanks so much for this lovely pattern. I am adding it to my to do list.
- 16 October 2011 at 17:38
Brilliant pattern! Plan to make one for overseas family with teabag from Bury St Edmunds tea shop! Love the elephant by the sea story too!
- 21 October 2011 at 04:25
Thank you for posting this wonderful pattern!
I modified it to fit a 2 cup pot - pictured here on Ravelry:
- 15 November 2011 at 03:38
Thannkmyou for sharing your pattern. The Wedderburn Patchwork Group are having an exhibition in June which revolves around tea parties, tea pots, tea cups etc....money raised wil go towards breast cancer and biggest morning tea. For more information about our group visit
Thanks Michelle
- 7 January 2012 at 07:36
Thank you so much for posting a free cosy pattern! I don't knit, so I am asking a friend to do this for me. I need a smart cosy for my son's first tea pot, which is red. Your pattern looks lovely and will suit very well.
Isn't the internet wonderful!
- 23 March 2012 at 00:43
Hi, I was so grateful when I put in "teacozypatterns" and this one popped up immediately. I have an order to make one for a customer and didn't know how I would make it. I have a pattern of this, only for slippers and was going to see how I would tackle it. Thankyou, thankyou. Gloria
- 25 March 2012 at 22:39
Delighted to find this pattern and can't wait to make it. Just one question: for the flower on the top what does the abbreviation BO mean?
Many thnaks
- 28 March 2012 at 07:42
Sorry Keren
Have just seen that you have already answered my question about the abbreviation BO. Really looking forward to making this.
Many thanks. I'll definitely be following your blog from now on.
- 28 March 2012 at 07:46
My Mum knitted used this pattern many years ago and I am so glad to have found it on your web site, many thanks.
- 13 August 2012 at 11:36
- Midice said...
Bought a tea cosy le this, then mum in law requested one two, so delighted to find this pattern. Would be good to size up for a six cup tea pot too.
- 20 October 2012 at 23:23
we had one like this when i was growing up.i used your pattern to get the general idea, then made a few changes of my own, mine is 2 colour so i got a stripy effect, and i knitted a rose for the top. the only trouble is everyone wants one! great for birthday and christmas prezzies. thank you x
- 1 December 2012 at 19:10
Great pattern friend was looking for a tea cosy and we could not find one so looked for a pattern and started this one straight away loved doing it many thanks
- 14 February 2013 at 22:54
- young60 said...
This is a real blast from the past! I first knitted one like this in 1960 when I was eight years old. It was a first project while being taught knitting at school although I had been knitting since I was five. Wonder how today's eight year olds would cope with it? I'm making it for a friend that bought a kit for a tea cosy but could not do it.
- 18 February 2013 at 00:06
Our drama group is performing 'Calendar Girls" in May and after the shows, Thank you so much. we are raffling hampers full of WRI goodies for a cancer charity. We wanted to include a traditional 'WRI' style tea cosy and this one is just perfect ! Thank you so much!
Anna from East Lothian.
- 20 February 2013 at 13:07
P.ease can you tell me how many stitches for a tea cosy for a 1 to 2 pot . I would love to knit this but smaller. Thank you
- 27 February 2013 at 15:50
Hi Keren, What a beautiful pattern, such lovely colours. I've only found it 5 years on since you posted it. But it's absolutely timeless, so thank you. My question is: How do you make it fit snugly round the bottom of the teapot? Is it just naturally tight, or do you need an elastic? Thank you, Inge.
- 24 April 2013 at 23:22
Thanks so much for this! I wanted to find a pattern for an old tea cosy I rescued from being thrown out years ago. Love it - just want it in a different colour scheme - so thank you, thank you!!!
- 11 May 2013 at 03:26
- Calee said...
I can't wait to make this cosy, it looks like one that my Nan used to make back in the day. She taught me how to knit when I was 8yrs old. . . thank you so much.
- 1 July 2013 at 17:43
I was trying to find a traditional tea-cosey for my sister-in-law who'd asked for one for her Birthday. I came across your pattern and asked my Mum to make me one. She did a great job (and she's not an expert!) and my sister-in-law was thrilled so thank you! I have a photo but don't know how to post it.
- 15 July 2013 at 21:36
Thank you from me too for posting a reminder of what 'little old ladies' used to have on their kitchen mantlepieces lined with scalloped newspaper.
Your instructions were fairly easy to follow when I worked out the initials. But what is CO and BO? - me as a retired nurse will always associate that with "bowels opened" I got stuck with the top of the pot because I can't work it out.
AS au
- 8 August 2013 at 10:42
Had a request to make one of these to replace a cosy that was past retirement age. Didn't know how to go until I saw this so better get cracking on this as a Christmas pressie-thanks!
- 26 November 2013 at 22:07
Great pattern, made a lovely snug tea cosy and easy to adapt to fit your teapot perfectly. Thanks!
- 21 December 2013 at 16:53
- Jenny Simmons said...
Going to knit a cosy for the Cwmtwrch Womens Coffee Morning Group. Thank you for sharing it.
- 31 December 2013 at 13:34
I have been working on this cute little tea cozy for a few days now. I chose purple as my main colour and white and pink as my accents. I am almost finished the first side and I just can't wait to finish. My tea will be warm or hours!
Thanks for the wonderful pattern! Love it!
- 4 January 2014 at 03:40
- Gina Vertrees said...
Just finished mine, and it's awesome! I have a small vintage Hall teapot, so I only cast on 62 stitches and made each color section 6 stitches instead of 8. Thank you for posting this!
- 23 January 2014 at 19:26
Just what I am looking for. I first made a tea cosy exactly like this when I first started knitting - 40 years ago! I have started knitting again and wanting to make another just couldn't remember what I did. Now looking for matinee jacket patterns - grand children on the way!
- 4 February 2014 at 18:11
I'm almost finished knitting this, and it has come out really beautifully, thank you so much for the pattern!
I know other people have asked about resizing, but i'm going to add my voice .. I want to knit one of these for my mum, and she has a 6 cup tea pot. Anyone have any tips on how to make this larger? ( Add more multiples of 8, and make it a bit higher? )
- 1 March 2014 at 10:52
- Silvia said...
Hi! I love your pattern, I want to make it! My problem is that as english is not my main language, It comes a bit difficult to understand. I cannot figure how you pull the threads, do you have a video by chance? Do you know if there is any in youtube? Do you know the name of the stitch?
You kow, for us knitters, when a pattern gets in your head you MUST learn it! Thanks...Silvia from Argentina ( email@example.com)
- 13 August 2014 at 15:35
- Francoise Herry said...
I love your pattern! My grand grand-mother used to knit a doll tea cosy, like a female version of the London Tower beefeater.
Would anyone have the pattern for this tea cosy and know where to find the doll which is included in it?
- 17 August 2014 at 14:45
Hi there, love your tea cozy pattern you have explained the steps really well making it very easy to follow. I am at the flower stage but for the life of me I can't think what 'bo' stands for? Can you tell me please? Thanks!
- 9 September 2014 at 21:14
Beautiful work Keren, One question tough: how do you keep the tea cosy tight at the bottom and fitting round the base ?
- 30 September 2014 at 06:43
Fabulous pattern! Now just finishing my fifth! Xmas presents were so admired in 2013 I have knitted more for those who dropped not too subtle hints! I love stripes so each time I knit a new colour combination I am amazed by how good it looks. A big thankyou !
- 23 November 2014 at 09:53
I should also like to know what BO means in the instruction for the knitted flowers. I love this pattern btw. I'm going to knit it the colours of the football club I support.
- 29 November 2014 at 08:44
- jewelan'darlin' said...
If you're still looking for what BO means, it's "bind off", the US way of saying "cast off".
- 11 December 2014 at 19:21
- Yvonne Dunmore said...
I am so excited to have found your pattern. I live in the USA but am originally from England and I remember my Mum making a cozy like this for me, many, many years ago. So glad to have found this.
- 3 January 2015 at 13:50
- Maggianni said...
I would like to print the pattern off somehow?
I dont know how to do this as not very up on that side of things?
Can anyone help me sort this out please as it will really help me with knitting the teacosy.
- 16 February 2015 at 13:27
- Kate said...
Such a cute tea cosy... And I love the flowers at the top. Will definitely give this a go :-)
- 16 March 2015 at 13:41
My Mum just gave me a Victorian lady tea cosy my Grandma knitted complete with China lady. I may need to update the colours for my tea drinking daughter and found this pattern in Trove here in Australia but it is useful having your pictures and modern instructions as well. Thank you
- 23 March 2015 at 01:31
- mimbodoodles said...
This is perfect. I am so pleased that someone else hates pompoms! Now all I have to do is choose my colours.
- 27 March 2015 at 19:23
Jan Thank-you so much for your advice regarding the tension. Much appreciated.
- 21 January 2016 at 01:32
- E de Quidt said...
My teapot is a 3 pint pot. How many stitches should I cast on do you think?
- 13 April 2016 at 20:20
- zarinnie said...
My aunt, Winifred Taylor in Rhuddlan, used to knit these tea cosies. I still have a slightly scorched one from my undergraduate days in Southampton. When I came to the US in 1964, I brought my cosy, asked her to send me the pattern and kept both for years only to find the pattern had been thrown out when I finally had time to knit. I did find cosies in the same pattern at a store on Castle Street in Edinburgh that sells items made by local elderly. I bought a number of them - but no pattern!
Just a week ago, a friend came to a meeting with a cosy made from your pattern! Thank you! Here is my question: Has anyone used it to make a nice warm hat? I always thought it would make a wonderfully warm hat. It is cold in Wisconsin in the winter!
- 30 August 2016 at 04:26
- Kaza said...
Hello teapot cover!!! I have been looking for this one and the description on how tight to pull the threads, you have just made my day Keren!
You have also made my day by your name as mine is spelt the same Keren. I wonder how you got yours? I got mine as I was conceived in a place called Keren in N/East Africa down the side of the Red Sea in Eritrea. I was born in Asmara and was the first female live birth at the British military hospital after the war. My Dad was there to guard the Suez during the war and decided to stay there. Please let me know how you got yours? Cheers.
- 27 November 2016 at 11:04
I love this sooooooo much
I really want to master it...
But every time im on the next row after ive turned my work my carry yarn is on both sides
Where am i going so wrong
9th attempt at the ready
- 12 January 2017 at 20:35
Took me a several tries to work out how this work as at first I thought you meant carrying the unused wool meant the third colour and I couldn't work out how to carry it on the return row knitting plain! Then dawned on me you mean the alternative colour you're knitting.
I'm finding that my edges are a bit curled though when I pull yarn.
To previous post when your knitting the return row you have always to bring the wool not in use to the (pearl side) to prevent your problem.
- 7 February 2017 at 11:03
My husband just loves my tea-cosies. I have lost count of the number I have made, but they make great gifts. Everytime I complete one, he models it as a hat, posting a 'selfie' to the children, and says they are so warm. As he loses his hair I am planning that my next one will be for his birthday, but as a hat
- 24 April 2017 at 06:11
Thanks Keren for your original post with how to make this historically important tea cosy as you see by the comments many years after your first post. I remember dolls sitting on the top of tea cosy's in many kitchens in Sydney/Australia when I was a little girl. No other type of cosy was as good as these. I saw your post and then made one for my mother in two colours that look like a lady's ball gown. I showed it off as 'show and tell', afterward made 11 for my craft group friends for Christmas about 5 few years ago, they loved them. I did too as they used up all my scrap yarn.
I loved getting in the rhythm of alternating the colours as I progressed after a few false starts.
I too was bamboozled by the 'BO'(body odour?) So with that in mind could anyone posting a pattern always put explanations of the initials used PLEASE. Mrs A.
- 27 April 2017 at 23:10
- Felipe Costa said...
Beautiful work, congratulations I believe you should invest in máquina de cartão para autônomo .
- 9 June 2017 at 00:13
Dear Karen,
Thank so much for the tea cosy pattern! I knitted one for my 2 cup Whittard pot which has a little basket for the tea leaves. When I first fitted this on, the basket handle caught up on the loops inside the cosy, so I decided to use all of the loose ends of wool to weave into the loops and now nothing catches at all. I'd be happy to send photos to better explain if you're interested.
Thanks again,
- 18 July 2017 at 16:58
Hi Karen.
This pattern has been posted to a Facebook group, ~Free knitting patterns~. The group's owner, Annette Robert-Lachlan,actively encourages her members to post copies of copyrighted patterns to her group page. She purposely deletes the name of the pattern, the designer's name and the copyright notice (if there is one) before posting the patterns.
As a designer myself, I'm hoping you will notify Facebook of this illegal practice.
- 4 August 2017 at 20:36
- Nicola.Vallack said...
This pattern is just what I've been looking for, but I am struggling to figure out how to knit on the wrong side- it seems like it is only possible to purl if I want to keep the yarn strands on the wrong side (facing me), otherwise I end up with an extra loop on my needle from bringing the yarn forwards each time.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much!
- 21 August 2017 at 21:50
- Linda G said...
Thanks so much for your wonderful instructions! I'm a 'Yank' who just discovered the joys of using a tea pot! My 'special treasure' has now gone from collecting dust on the shelf of 'favorite things' to keeping tea hot! Linda
- 2 December 2017 at 23:58
- rozzit said...
Nicola, it's fairly simple. In MC knit the first 9 stitches. Your yarn is behind your work with the wrong side facing you. Take the MC yarn & bring it in front of the 9th stitch of MC UNDER the needle holding those stitches. It should be on wrong side now without an extra loop on your needle.Then take your CC yarn & bring it to the back UNDER the needle & knit 8, then pass the yarn UNDER the needle to the front & continue.
If you pass your yarn to the front OVER your needle you will get an extra loop (or stitch) so go UNDER.
Hope that helps.
- 29 December 2017 at 10:55
Super pattern....no headscratching. Many thanks for clear precise directions and lovely images. I wish I could share my result with you. Clare
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Mental Aikido – A Key to a Friendly Universe – Issue #21
Albert Einstein said, "I think the most important question facing humanity is, 'Is the Universe a friendly place?'" One of the reasons that this question is so important is that scientific research has verified that how we perceive the Universe affects our stress level which in turn affects us at a cellular level, greatly impacting our health and quality of life. In other words, believing in an unfriendly Universe can literally damage our cells and make us sick, not to mention miserable.
Most of our beliefs are formed at a very early age and become deeply ingrained. By the time I was 19, I felt trapped in an unfriendly Universe, locked up in the cage of my hardwired beliefs. I began searching for a key that would free me from that cage. One of the things I did was read the book, The Power of Positive Thinking. I found that learning to think more positively did help: however, I also found that there was more to it than that. In fact, when we try to force positive thoughts that we don't really believe, the critical part of our brain becomes activated and resistant. Our critical mind scoffs, "Nice try Pollyana, but you can't fool me."
I eventually learned that the best way to change a belief and shift a feeling is to first come into union with it. In the spirit of Aikido, a Japanese marshal art in which you blend with the energy of the opponent, (Aikido literally means "way of adapting the spirit"), you can be with beliefs and feelings in that same way by aligning with them, listening to them, being present and accepting them as they are. Then – here's the key to changing it – give it a twist upwards by adding onto it a true and positive suggestion that shifts it to a whole other place. I call this Mental Aikido. To anchor this concept, just imagine…what does A Key Do? It aligns with what is there and then you give it a twist upwards and it opens the door to a whole new state of being.
For example, when I'm sitting at the dentist office in the electric chair – I mean dental chair – I have often felt terrified. I actually twitch and tremble sometimes and have even been known to cry on occasion. I feel like a big weeny. If I tell myself, "Just relax, you're safe, this will be over soon," it doesn't help me. Trying to push away my fear is like trying to push a basketball down in water. It just doesn't work.
What I've learned to do instead is to align with the fear and flow with the energy of it by saying to myself, "This is scary isn't it? Someone is poking at your gums and teeth with a sharp instrument. I totally understand your feeling scared. It's okay to feel scared. Let yourself feel it." Then something amazing happens: I feel seen and heard, and my breath softens and my body starts to relax a bit. That creates an opening where I can give an upward twist by introducing a true and positive suggestion, telling myself, "I think you are courageous for coming here and taking care of your teeth, even though you're so afraid. You have done a great job finding a caring and highly competent dentist and hygienist who know what they're doing and are gentle with you. You are taking such good care of yourself. I'm proud of you." I begin to relax even more, trusting myself, seeing myself as a courageous winner, instead of a wimpy, weepy wiener.
I've been using this Mental Aikido over the past several months with my experience of having uterine cancer. My fear of cancer was one of the bogeymen hiding in the shadows of my Universe. I have come face to face with this bogeyman, accepting that it is what is, allowing and fully feeling the feelings that have come up…And then turning the key and opening my mind to a friendly Universe by focusing on the great gifts that are coming from this experience, such as seeing the courage I didn't know I had, feeling appreciation for the gift of life, and making a commitment to live my dream and do what I feel passionate about. Through the magic of Mental Aikido, the bogeyman that was cancer has been transformed into an ally in my spiritual growth, and my Universe is transformed into a friendly place.
What is your experience of the Universe? Is it a friendly place? Do you have beliefs about your world that are keeping you from feeling safe and happy and living your fullest life? I highly recommend using Mental Aikido as a key to transforming your perception and experience of the Universe. It is a powerful tool that can help us answer Einstein's question in the affirmative: "Yes, the Universe IS a friendly place."
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Russian press commentary during 2013 indicates that Moscow is fearful that the withdrawal of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan at the end of 2014 will only have negative implications for Russian security interests. Russian observers do not believe that Afghan government forces can effectively deal with a resurgent Taliban, do not see Afghanistan's current president (Hamid Karzai) as an effective leader, and do not believe that the 2014 Afghan presidential elections will lead to anything but political infighting that will only benefit the Taliban.
Russian commentators seem convinced that once ISAF withdraws, the Taliban will sooner or later reassert control over most (if not all) of Afghanistan. And once the Taliban does this (or even before), it will immediately act to support jihadist groups seeking to bring about the downfall of the post-Soviet Central Asian governments and replace them with radical Islamist ones that are hostile to Russia. Further, Russian commentators blame this state of affairs squarely on the United States for not having defeated the Taliban once and for all. But while some view the resurgence of the Taliban as being the result of U.S. incompetence, others believe that this is what Washington wants in order to weaken Russia.1
So what can Moscow do to prevent these negative consequences resulting from ISAF's departure? Russian commentators are certainly not advocating that ISAF be replaced by Russian, Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), or Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) forces. The negative experience of the 1979–89 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan has not been forgotten in Moscow, which does not want to repeat that experience. What Russian commentators are discussing is reintroducing a Russian military presence along the Tajik-Afghan border. But despite what [End Page 13] they see as the obvious benefits of Russian protection for Tajikistan, Russian observers see its president, Emomali Rakhmon, as demanding concessions that are unacceptable to Moscow in exchange for his cooperation.2 Similarly, Uzbek president Islam Karimov is seen as being suspicious that the true purpose of a Russian (or even CSTO or SCO) troop presence would not be to defend Uzbekistan against the Taliban but to overthrow him.3
Moscow, of course, will have options in post-ISAF Afghanistan (even if Russian commentators do not see them yet). Just as the Najibullah government remained in office for over three years after the completion of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, the post-Karzai government may prove more resilient than is currently anticipated. If so, Russia—along with other nations—can improve the Karzai government's prospects for survival by providing it with arms and possibly advisers.
In addition, even if the United States and its Western allies completely depart from Afghanistan, there are other states in the region that share Russia's interest in preventing the Taliban from regaining control over Afghanistan or, if it does, from destabilizing neighboring countries. The Central Asian republics obviously share these interests with Russia, though their capacity to act in Afghanistan is limited. Iran and India are also opposed to the resurgence of the Taliban, and their capacities to act are far greater.
From 1996 to the U.S.-led intervention just after September 11, Iran and Russia both worked to help the Northern Alliance prevent the radical Sunni Taliban (which was hostile to Shia Iran as well as to Russia) from overrunning all Afghanistan. With the Taliban so closely allied to India's archrival Pakistan, New Delhi too was unhappy to see it come to power back in 1996. Without the ISAF presence in Afghanistan serving to protect Iranian and Indian security interests vis-à-vis the Taliban and Pakistan, both Iran and India may have a strong incentive to work with Russia against them.
Regarding China, Russian commentators are not pleased about how closely Beijing cooperates with Pakistan or with its seeming indifference to the Taliban. One article in the Russian press warning that Xinjiang is becoming China's Chechnya and that the United States supports jihadists based in Afghanistan and Central Asia who seek to weaken Chinese rule [End Page 14] in Xinjiang appeared designed to persuade Beijing to support Moscow's anti-Taliban efforts—or at the very least, to not oppose them.4
Moscow views Pakistan as Russia's main enemy in Afghanistan. It was Pakistan that undermined the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan during the 1980s through directly supporting the mujahideen as well as allowing aid from other states to reach them. It was Pakistan that successfully promoted the Taliban's rise to power in the 1990s, and thus at least indirectly enabled it to support the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan as well as al Qaeda. It was Pakistan that, while supposedly helping the U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan after September 11, continued to back the Taliban and thus both undermined ISAF's efforts to defeat it and threatened Russian security interests. And it is Pakistan that will once again support the Taliban's efforts to both gain power in Afghanistan and harm Russian interests after the departure of ISAF.
Standing behind Pakistan, as Moscow sees it, is Saudi Arabia—Russia's archenemy. Saudi Arabia supported the Afghan mujahideen in the 1980s and the Chechen rebels in the 1990s and 2000s. More recently, Moscow has accused it of seizing on the Arab Spring that began in 2011 to support jihadists in Libya and Syria and of seeking to light the fire of jihad throughout the North Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and wherever else it can.5 There are two factors that make Saudi Arabia more dangerous than Pakistan in the Russian view: (1) whereas Pakistan is poor, Saudi Arabia is rich and thus has greater means to support jihad; and (2) whereas the Americans have woken up to Pakistan's perfidiousness, they either refuse to recognize Saudi Arabia's or are complicit in it.
This brings us back to how Russia views the U.S. role in Afghanistan after the departure of ISAF. Some Russian commentators really do seem to believe that the United States is allied with pro-jihadist forces and that it is leaving Afghanistan a mess in order to harm Russian interests. But there are others who understand that the United States is withdrawing from Afghanistan due to budgetary as well as domestic political pressures, and that Moscow and Washington have a common interest in promoting a viable government in Kabul capable of resisting the Taliban. It is these Russian pragmatists who do not want the United States to leave Afghanistan altogether but rather to leave behind a small force to bolster the government [End Page 15] in Kabul. While President Vladimir Putin's statements often seem more supportive of the former, more paranoid view, his actions indicate that he is actually pursuing the latter, more pragmatic approach.6
Seen from a long-term perspective, Moscow and Islamabad have been battling each other for influence over Afghanistan since the beginning of the Cold War. From an even longer-term perspective, post-Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union, on the one hand, and Pakistan, on the other, are the inheritors of the competition over Afghanistan between tsarist Russia and the British Empire dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. While the large-scale U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan since 2001 has been the United States' longest war to date, it may prove only to have been a brief interruption in the competition that both Moscow and Islamabad appear set to resume after the withdrawal of ISAF.
The United States' role in this competition has shifted over the past few decades. During the Cold War and especially during the 1979–89 Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Washington backed Islamabad against Moscow. From 1989 to 2001, however, it lost interest and backed neither side. After September 11, the United States fought against Russia's enemies in Pakistan but was unable to do so effectively: Washington proved incapable of stopping Islamabad from supporting the Taliban because of the United States' dependence on Pakistan for logistical support in supplying the large U.S. and coalition military presence in Afghanistan.
For Moscow, the key questions about the Russo-Pakistani competition in Afghanistan that will soon re-emerge are: What role will the United States play? Will it side with Pakistan yet again? While this possibility may strike Americans and even Russian pragmatists as ridiculous, past U.S. support for Pakistan and deference to it during the U.S.-led intervention leads Russian pessimists (of whom there is no shortage) to fear that Washington will do so again. There are, though, two other courses of action open to U.S. foreign policy: (1) the United States may simply withdraw from Afghanistan altogether and allow neighboring countries to compete with one another, as it did from 1989 to 2001; or (2) the United States may retain a small military presence that can be sustained entirely via Russia and Central Asia and thus avoid the blunder of dependence on Pakistan.
This second course of action is naturally what Russian pragmatists hope for, since this would mean that Washington would for the first time [End Page 16] unambiguously side with Moscow in its competition with Islamabad over Afghanistan. Being pragmatists, however, they understand that Russia may have little influence over whether the United States adopts this course of action (not least because of the chronically poor state of Russian-U.S. relations). Russian support for the United States retaining a military presence in Central Asia would help achieve the common goal of protecting the Kabul government against the Taliban, but it is not clear whether pragmatism extends this far in Moscow. Finally, if the United States does withdraw altogether from Afghanistan, Russia must be prepared to act with its own regional coalition of the willing (or not so willing) to contain both the Taliban and Pakistan. [End Page 17]
Mark N. Katzis Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University. He can be reached at <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
1. For a sampling of this discussion, see Yelena Chernenko, "The Situation in Afghanistan Does Not Inspire Optimism," Kommersant, April 25, 2013, 7, cited in The Current Digest of the Russian Press 65, no. 17–18 (2013): 19; Alexander Golts, "Alone Against the Taliban," Moscow Times, May 14, 2013 ≈ http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/alone-against-the-taliban/479917.html; Sergei Kozhemyakin, "The Afghan Debacle," Sovetskaya Rossia, June 27, 2013, 7, cited in The Current Digest of the Russian Press 65, no. 26 (2013): 18–19; and "Russia Preparing for War on Its Own Territory," Nezavisimaya gazeta, June 27, 2013, 2, cited in The Current Digest of the Russian Press 65, no. 26 (2013): 20.
2. Vladimir Mukhin, "'Pyandzh' Plan for Russian Border Troops," Nezavisimaya gazeta, May 20, 2013, 1, cited in The Current Digest of the Russian Press 65, no. 21 (2013): 12–13.
3. Golts, "Alone Against the Taliban."
4. Yury Tavrovsky, "Is Xinjiang China's Chechnya?" Nezavisimaya gazeta, July 11, 2013, 7, cited in The Current Digest of the Russian Press 65, no. 28 (2013): 20.
5. For more on the tense ties between Moscow and Riyadh, see Mark N. Katz, "The Impact of the Arab Spring on Saudi-Russian Relations," ORIENT 53, no. 4 (2012): 27–31.
6. Michael Bohm, "Why Putin Wants U.S. Bases in Afghanistan," Moscow Times, May 17, 2013 ≈ http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/why-putin-wants-us-bases-in-afghanistan/480087.html.


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I have not been as dedicated to submitting entries as I should, so the upcoming new year is as good as any excuse to try again. By the way, we ALL need to wish each other a GREAT New Year. It will certainly have its' challenges.
I know I have said this before, but if you REALLY REALLY want certain seeds for your garden this year, you might want to order early. Hard economic times have a way of increasing the interest in gardening, so they may sell out faster.
I spread the last of my collected grass clippings yesterday. They have been sitting in black plastic bags for months, so they were already well on their way to compost. I could use a bale or two of spoiled hay or straw, if anyone knows of some. You can never have enough.
I put aside some giant marigold plants for seeds. I am sure there are many already reseeded in the area, so these are for placement elsewhere. Marigolds are great companion plants for my veggies. Thanks to Mike who shared them with us during a gardening club meeting.
I also got the lawnmower out for a couple mulching runs over the wildflower bed. It runs along the whole length of the veggie garden.
I am afraid there will be many volunteer tomato plants in there next year since I threw the culls from the garden over there. Wish I could tell a tomato from a tomato, but that is part of the surprise. The hard part is not letting everyone grow.
There is a section at the bottom of this garden that our daughter designed to be a sitting area. It has an old claw-foot bathtub that we grow some water plants. I forgot the name, but they have spikes of blue flowers and are very prolific. I had to move them from our goldfish pond because they were taking over.
Anyway, no one sits down there anymore and I have been using the boxed in area as a compost catch-all. I am thinking about adding some more chips and compost and soil to make it another growing garden. The bath tub will harbor the frogs and toads I want for the garden area and maybe I will make it a summer home for some goldfish.
Now don't get to thinking that we have great beautiful gardens. They are functional and basic. I don't have enough energy or money to make them into showpieces.
Christmas Day was beautiful but these last few overcast and sometimes wet ones are not too bad either. I used the wet leaves to quiet my footsteps and took a "walk about" in the woods. Great way to observe nature and check for a few dead trees that I will bring in for the fire.
When I was young, I was not the most religious kid, but I loved nature. Living 6 miles out of town in those days was enough distance to force you to find your own entertainment instead of running with the kids from town. As I grew older, I marveled at the diversity of nature and it actually brought me closer to our creator.
Some people think that we who believe are not thinking logically amaze me when they can believe that one cell has created the amazing diversity in nature. One cell has created a male and female of each species, the unique intricacies of each living thing?
It is easier for me to believe in a creator than it is to believe the one cell theory. That not to say that things do not evolve, but they had to have had an intelligent creator.
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If so, then the other posting present Clark as being a lenient master. Which is correct?"
Clark was York's owner, however, I am not sure about York's treatment. As you can see those narratives are somewhat contradictory, and is the reason I posted the five.
I have read other reports stating that York had a much better relationship with the various tribes than other members of the expedition. I don't think the posted narratives really bring that out. All of this should lead to a great discussion.
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I'm sure with their brains and resources, they've already figured out a way around Wikipedia's 501 (c) 3 status. Looks to me like Jimmy's about to be able to afford all the kimonos he wants now!
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Have you ever heard of "Rabbit Island"? As the name suggests, there are a number rabbits living on the island.
But why are there so many rabbits living there? And where exactly is this "cute" island? Are people allowed to visit this island?
Rabbit Island?
"Rabbit Island" is a small island located in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, at the west of Honshu. People know this island as "Rabbit Island", but the island is actually called "Okunoshima". Currently, there are about 700 rabbits living on the island.
Okunoshima was one called a "poison gas island" because it was where the army manufactured poison gas. It has been said that this island was removed from some old maps too.
Board the ferry, the rabbits are waiting!
You can take the ferry to Rabbit Island. From Tadanoumi Station, it it's a 7-minute walk to the port. The ferry ride takes around 12 minutes.
The ferry departs every 2 hours but from Hiroshima station to Takanoumi station is 1-hour by Shinkansen so if you want to spend more time with the rabbits, we recommend you to stay at the hotel on the island.
There are around 700 rabbits on the island
How come there's so many rabbits living on the island?
Although there are several assumptions, it is said that the most prevailing one is that there were 8 rabbits kept at a local primary school and were released onto the island in 1971. The number of rabbits have increased from 8 to 700 over 30 years.
What kind of rabbits are there on the island?
Are you interested in what kind of rabbits you might find on the island?
There are brown rabbits, blue-eyed rabbits and even the ones that have both black and white fur. Rabbits on this island are all "European rabbits", and they live in a group of underground burrows called a warren.
They are adorable
These rabbits are adorable! The rabbits here appear to have a good time under shady trees, snuggling with a couple of birds and eating. You wouldn't get to see this sight every day.
Enjoy taking photos with the rabbits, stroke their fur and give them food. Since they are wild rabbits, their teeth are sharp so just be careful when you are handling them food.
Prepare food for the rabbits!
Unlike dogs and cats, if you don't give the rabbits food, they won't leave so it is better to prepare some food for them.
Carrots, cabbages, apples are perfect for the rabbits and lots of them will run up to you! Please do not feed them other food as it can be harmful for the rabbits.
A hotel on Rabbit Island
Some people are worried that they might not be able to spend a lot of time on Rabbit Island because it is a little far from Hiroshima station.
You can stay at "Kyukamura", which is the only hotel on the island so you don't have to worry about catching the last ferry on the way back to the port.
Bring some food, and prepare to meet the rabbits!
There are scenic spots, beautiful beaches, flowers, and 700 rabbits for you to play with at Rabbit Island. If you have chance, please visit this "rabbit paradise"!
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A Clint Dempsey hat-trick rescued the Seattle Sounders in a pulsating 4-4 Cascadia derby against the Portland Timbers.
The U.S. captain's form has been a little disappointing since his return to Major League Soccer but four goals in three games to start the new season including a hat-trick against the biggest rivals have dampened concerns about the much-hyped former Spurs striker's production.
In an open, breath-taking match which saw the teams split four goals in the game's first 24 minutes, the 31-year-old added insult to the injury Portland fans feel after Dempsey was given to their rivals while the Timbers sat atop last year's allocation order. The Timbers Army who have demonized Dempsey for eight months were silenced by goals in the 85th and 87th minutes, turning a certain Seattle loss into a point-salvaging performance.
"It always feels good to score goals. [It's] a little bit sweeter against your rivals," Dempsey said, "but the most important things is points ... we need to make sure that we push up the table."
Broadcast nationally after NBC's lead-in from Premier League soccer, the shootout was everything the league's New York office could have hoped for from the derby's rare noon Pacific time start. Yet having had his performances derided since returning to North America, Dempsey's breakout overshadowed Rivalry Week's headlining show.
"He showed why he's one of the best players in our country," Portland head coach Caleb Porter conceded after the match.
That's sure to be a refreshing evaluation for fans who've seen Dempsey's place among the U.S.'s elite fall into question in the wake of his return. In his previous 11 games with the Sounders, Dempsey had scored only twice, with his in-game influence matching his pedestrian numbers. On Saturday, however, Dempsey rediscovered the goal-poaching form that produced 23 goals for Fulham just two years ago.
"I'm not really trying to make a statement," Dempsey said, a slightly sardonic response to the suggestion his just-finished two-match suspension gave him something to prove. "I'm just trying to enjoy playing my ball here with the Seattle Sounders."
Though his third came from the spot, his first two truly were classic Dempsey, with a calm finish on an open shot from the middle of Portland's area making it 2-2 in the 24th minute. By that time, Kenny Cooper had already opened Seattle's account, but goals in the ninth and 14th minutes from Diegos Chara and Valeri had given Portland the initiative.
By the time Dempsey collected his second, Portland had taken control of the match, with early second half goals from Chara and Maxi Urruti giving the Timbers a 4-2 lead. But before the Timbers Army could begin their victory rituals, a falling Dempsey converted a ball sent through the area by Lamar Neagle. With former Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins playing middleman, Dempsey had pulled his team within one.
His third was the easiest, with "Deuce" getting the ceremonial finish after a penalty drawn by DeAndre Yedlin.
After failing to have an impact in two losses to Portland in last year's playoffs, Dempsey's opportunism defined Seattle's trip to Portland. It also helped them snap a three-match losing streak to their arch-rivals.


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Remember when Alstry forecasted 50% unemployment and people ridiculed the projection.
Watch what happens as the youth revolt against a world that bails out bankers and provides them almost no opportunity.
I remember AL being wrong a lot...
I can't wait for 20% unenjoyment let alone 50 % 75 ???
Are you African AL ???? please... oh please...
cereal ? seriously ? okay how about 40% unemployment ?
Bottom line is if you want a job you can get one ? but it might not be what you're expecting and you may not like it ?
Until I start seeing B J 's at gas stations by super models starving ~ it'll be a good day any day I wake up...
in fact tommorrow will be the best day of my life followed by the next day being even better :)
You are so wrong AL... with such a bs blog...
Can MRS ALSTRY please bring some sunshine to AL ???
or can I please buy you some company to change your mind !!!
Happy fourth of July
Ya know some knuckle head like Alstry has been predicting the down fall of America since : 1776
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when theSecond Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee ofVirginia. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining thisdecision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revisedthe Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.History is written by the victorious and while we cannot really know, exactly how it all went down, what we do know is that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it and not just in High School Much love to all.
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Foursquare Hangover Badge
There are a lot of Foursquare badges that are earned while partying it up like the School Night, Crunked, Animal House, or Don't Stop Believing ones. Recently, Foursquare brought back one of the badges designed for the SXSW festival that is focused more on the morning after the party. It's called the Hangover Badge and is the third badge to be released to the general public that was originally created for SXSW (Swimmies and Super Swarm were the other two). Unlocking this one is pretty much exactly what you think and hints are given in the unlock text:
Late to bed and early to rise. Good luck making it through the day. Tip: bacon egg n' cheese and orange gatorade will be your bestest friend.
As you have probably guessed, to earn this badge you need to be out hitting the nightlife late and then drag yourself into the office early the next morning (or for some of you folks…just a couple hours later). It is a category based badge so waking up in Caesars Palace with Mike Tyson's tiger will not be necessary to earn it. This new Foursquare merit badge will not take the sting out of that headache…or replace your missing tooth…but it will make the Gatorade taste just little bit sweeter. Yep. Tastes like badge victory.
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Give your opinion about the proposed tag "emergency=aed/defibrillator"Posted by Pieren on 2 October 2013 in English (English)
Please, check the current vote about a final tag for external and automated defibrillators. It's here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/automated_external_defibrillator#Voting_.282nd.29
Currently, we have 2 tags "medical=aed" and "emergency=aed" but the use of abbreviations and the move from "medical" to "emergency" has never been really approved by the community. Now you have the choice !
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Who didn't see that coming?
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the PC market is in trouble, but the good people of IDC have taken some time to quantify the slump.
According to IDC's latest data for Q4 2012, the PC market saw a 6.4 percent decline year-on-year. What's more, the decline came during the holiday season and Windows 8 doesn't seem to have helped much, although retailers rushed to clear Windows 7 inventory.
The top five PC vendors were HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer and Asus. HP's unit shipments dropped just 0.6 percent, while Lenovo did quite well in spite of the slump, with 8.2 percent of growth year-on-year. Dell and Acer dropped 20.8 and 28.2 percent respectively, while Asus gained 5.6 percent.
IDC hopes the PC market will pick up in 2013, as Windows 8 matures and cheaper ultrabooks start to enter the fray.


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Syracuse counting on experience
Team's postseason run last year expected to give a boost to team in this year's NCAA Tournament
Published 12:23 am, Thursday, March 21, 2013
San Jose, Calif.
All that extra NCAA Tournament experience that Rakeem Christmas, James Southerland and Baye Moussa Keita got a year ago when Fab Melo was suspended for Syracuse could pay dividends this year for the Orange.
With that tournament-tested trio joining NCAA veterans such as Brandon Triche and C.J. Fair, the fourth-seeded Orange (26-9) head into Thursday's second-round game in San Jose against No. 13 seed Montana (25-6) with plenty of postseason experience.
Melo was ruled ineligible last year just before the start of the tournament, forcing coach Jim Boeheim's top-seeded squad to scramble to replace the star center. Christmas, Southerland and Keita all saw their roles grow in Melo's absence and made key contributions in Syracuse's tournament run that ended with a regional final loss to Ohio State.
"I feel like it will definitely help me a lot," Southerland said. "I feel like we can take last year's experience getting all the way to the elite eight and bring it to this game with Montana."
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Where: HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif.
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There was a bit of a cloud after media reports came out that the school has been under investigation for at least a year for possible NCAA violations.
"Last year was completely different," coach Jim Boeheim said. "We didn't have Fab Melo, that's a little different. That was not a distraction, it was an absence. And they handled it as well as they could."
Southerland got his most extensive playing time of the season in the first two games, scoring 15 points each against North Carolina-Asheville and Kansas State.
Christmas averaged just three minutes per game before Melo's suspension but played more than 21 minutes per game in the tournament, averaging 5.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per contest.
Keita, who played more than 10 minutes just once in the final month of the regular season, averaged about 18 minutes per game in the tournament when he grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked five shots in the two regional games against Wisconsin and Ohio State.


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- v. To grind again.
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Thomas Register turned up a long list of companies that do recycled plastic in the US; many of them sell ground-up ( "regrind") polycarbonate and ABS for less than a dollar a pound, some as little as 60 cents per pound.
He'll sell one nail, the latest in kitchen appliances or regrind a spade.
North neglected as Hampshire district tops quality of life survey
The Nike regrind material, installed by Ace Surfaces can also be used for indoor and outdoor sports facilities.
Cameron Sinclair: 'The Decision' - What Obama Can Learn From LeBron
Does anyone know of an economical way to regrind this stuff?
I need to get a regrind that is no larger than 3mm and goes all the way down to shreds.
One of my problems is that the only regrind that I can get locally is too large.
This mark characterizes the size of the regrind, because the cutting edge has to be set back during sharpening so far that the wear mark disappears; wear mark for steel cutting edges s
The profile will wear down with use, and it is necessary to regrind it from time to time.
Special purpose edge dressing machines are available to help regrind knives.
These middlings contained the choicest part of the flour producing part of the berry, but owing to the dirt, germ, and other impurities mixed with them, it was impossible to regrind them except for a low grade flour.


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So how are you doing as a parent? Often we concentrate on our children's behavior and not on our own. Why not look at your behavior from your child's perspective? In a survey of 100,000 children, children were asked what they wanted most in their parents. Check out the top 10 answers and evaluate how you are doing in each area:
1. Children want parents who don't argue in front of them. Children tend to do what parents do, not necessarily what they say. How do you handle differences? Can you disagree and share your negative feelings without attacking the other person or defending yourself? Then your children will also learn how to process anger and resolve conflict in positive ways.
2. Children want parents who treat each family member the same. Treating your children the same does not mean treating them equal. Each child is unique and but each needs the same love and understanding. Evaluate your relationship with each child.
3. Parents who are honest. The parent who says, "Tell the tele-marketer (who is on the phone) I'm not here," may not realize what he is modeling to his child. Do you say what you mean and mean what you say?
4. Parents who are tolerant of others. When parents are tolerant of others, children learn to be patient with those who are different from them. In what ways have you modeled tolerance to your children?
5. Parents who welcome their friends to the home. If the gang is ganging up at your house, then you will know where your own children are! Cultivate an open-home policy and get to know their friends.
6. Parents who build a team spirit with their children. As children move into the adolescent years, parents who cultivate a team spirit will have a greater influence on their children. How can you foster teamship in your family?
7. Parents who answer their questions. Have you been guilty of saying, "I'm busy right now. Let's talk about this later." Then later never happens. Take time today to answer your children's questions and when you don't know the answer, admit it and offer to help find the answer.
8. Parents who discipline them when needed, but not in front of others, especially their friends. Amazingly, children really do want limits, but don't count on them volunteering that information!
9. Parents who concentrate on good points instead of weak ones. Look at your child as an incomplete jigsaw puzzle and concentrate on the beautiful developing picture instead of the missing pieces. Make a list of your child's strengths and look for appropriate times to point them out. 10. Parents who are consistent. We were not always consistent but we consistently strove to be. Be encouraged. The occasional inconsistency will not ruin your children. But your children need to know that your love and limits are consistent. With boundaries comes security. Is there an area in which you need to work on being more consistent?
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Switchboard: 314-644-9100
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STLCC has consolidated intercollegiate athletics into a districtwide program, effective July 1, 2011. STLCC student-athletes have the opportunity to compete in men's baseball, basketball and soccer; and women's basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball. Students attending any STLCC campus who meet eligibility requirements may compete on these teams.
Teams have been assigned to the campuses as follows:
Florissant Valley – volleyball and men's soccer
Forest Park – men's and women's basketball
Meramec – baseball, softball and women's soccer
STLCC's athletic teams compete as members of the National Junior College Athletic Association and the Midwest Community College Athletic Conference.
The Athletics department offers scholarship opportunities for men and women to participate in several intercollegiate sports. Students interested in eligibility requirements should contact Johnna Kinney or Sharon Marquardt, athletics managers, for more information.
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2011 Softball All-Region Selections:
1st Team: Jackie Dooley, Chase Boehner, Kelley Bridgmon
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For Lionel Messi, signing a new contract with FC Barcelona comes as naturally as scoring a goal. The Argentine superstar inked a new deal with the only club he has ever represented at the professional level. The contract ties him to Barcelona for the next five years (through June 2018) and keeps his buyout fee at its current astronomical level, according to CNN. "The 25-year-old has signed a new long-term deal with his buy-out clause remaining at $335 million, while he will earn a net salary of $14.75 million per year," the report says. "This is the sixth time in eight seasons that Messi has negotiated a new contract with Barcelona desperate to hold onto its star player." Messi had agreed to the terms of the new contract at the end of last season, but he only signed it on Thursday. There was never much doubt that he would commit himself to Barcelona, as he has played for the Spanish club since he was 13 and never publicly entertained the idea of moving. An unnamed Russian club reportedly met his buyout clause last year, but he refused to negotiate with the club despite the fact that it was willing to pay him almost three times as much as he earns with Barcelona. The four-time FIFA Ballon d'OR winner will be 31 when his latest contract expires. The BBC reports he gave a rare glimpse into his future plans and said he might finish his playing days in his homeland. "I said it before — in Europe I'd like to end my career at Barca," Messi told Barcelona's website. "I wouldn't consider moving to another European club. "With that said, I'm not ruling out ending my playing career in Argentina." Once upon a time, Messi was part of the Newell's Old Boys youth system in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina. It's not certain that he would return to there, but his infant son, Thiago Messi, is already a member of the club. At this point, we can only guess what the future holds for Messi, but it's pretty safe to say there will be plenty of goals in it. Have a question for Marcus Kwesi O'Mard? Send it to him via Twitter at @NESNsoccer, NESN Soccer's Facebook page or send it here. He will pick a few questions to answer every week for his mailbag.
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Criminologists devise equation to define when one murder is worse than another
There's a difference between a 'normal' murder and an 'atypical' murder, a criminologist says
Harold Shipman victim's son: 'He was a good doctor'
The son of one of serial killer Harold Shipman's victims still maintains he was 'a good doctor' and views the killing as euthanasia.
eBay removes Shipman examination table for sale at £10k
An examination table once used by one of Britain's deadliest serial killers, Dr Harold Shipman, has been removed from eBay after it was originally listed with a starting price of £10,000.
Fury over Harold Shipman prison letters auction
Prison letters written by Britain's most prolific serial killer Harold Shipman are to be auctioned, sparking outrage from families of his victims, it's been reported.
Guards concerned Shipman might kill
Prison guards feared Harold Shipman would continue his killing spree behind bars when he told one inmate: "Remember I am a doctor; I know where to cut you," it has emerged.
Britain 'could face another Shipman'
Patients could still fall victim to another Harold Shipman, a judge who led an inquiry into the serial killer doctor has warned.


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Governor Christie called the storm the fifth worst in the last century.
He asked FEMA for disaster relief for the state's 13 hardest hit counties.
More than 500 cars were stranded on New Jersey's highways during the height of the storm.
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Economic reform in China began over 30 years ago. During these years of transition, the world has witnessed the country rise through rapid economic development, yet it now stands at another crossroad.
Today, a slowing global economy along with a widening income gap and pollution – just last weekend Beijing was reported as having "hazardous" levels of air pollution – are among the problems in the way of building a new dream – a prosperous, sustainable China. Tao Zhang, Yong Ge, and Ruxian Zhao, authors of a new report on impact investing in China, believe that impact investing is key to financing this dream.
The report, which is produced by China Impact Fund and New Ventures China, aims to study the role of impact investing in China with a particular focus on environmental small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It is the product of a collection of interviews with investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.
Why China needs impact investing
What's true about traditional finance options not meeting the needs of social enterprises is true for China as well. Impact investing has found its place in the market to provide access to finance that they would not get from conventional investors.
Chinese environmental SMEs are underserved by commercial investors, yet the private sector – including SMEs – is better positioned than state-owned enterprises to undertake innovation that will decouple economic production and environmental quality, as well as promote inclusive growth.
Factors that contribute to this investment gap in China are perceived risk of the SME market, favoured lending to large state-owned enterprises, transaction costs, limited access to information about the growth patterns of SMEs, and the reliance on asset- or collateral-based lending, among others.
State of impact investing in China
Because of the many barriers, there is very few actual impact investing dollars to go around.
In fact, impact investing is a very new concept and a report by the Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship on social enterprise in China identified only a few deals to date that were considered "impact investing".
At the same time, there is an estimated potential market size of 25,000 environmentally-focused companies that may be appropriate for impact investment deals.
Recommendations for impact investing in China
Though impact investing in China is still very raw, the authors make suggestions for impact investors to pioneer. These are based on the three institutional challenges outlined by the Monitor Group: lack of efficient intermediation, lack of enabling infrastructure, and lack of sufficient absorptive capacity for capital.
They include a need for visionary leadership; building impact fund management teams that have a balanced mixture of impact- and investment-related experiences and skills; simple, measurable, and scalable impact assessment; practical legal solutions; marrying impact investing with capacity building; and aligning the investing mission with government goals.
"If this field of work can attract significantly more of China's best and brightest, impact investing will not just change China – it will change the world," said Wayne Silby, founder of Calvert Foundation.
To read the full report, visit http://www.cifund.cn/.
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