Now if you a certain age you will remember the tea cosy.
Ours was made of padded fabric and was old and battered and tea stained.
Moreover it had over decades absorbed the aroma of the tea and so even when it was away from the pot it retained that distinctive smell.
Mother never would have a woollen one. They were too fancy and looked too delicate for the job.
I can’t remember what happened to it but it must eventually have been relegated to the dustbin.
Picture; knitting patterns, 1930-1970 from the collection of Jillian Goldsmith
Ours was made of padded fabric and was old and battered and tea stained.
Moreover it had over decades absorbed the aroma of the tea and so even when it was away from the pot it retained that distinctive smell.
Mother never would have a woollen one. They were too fancy and looked too delicate for the job.
I can’t remember what happened to it but it must eventually have been relegated to the dustbin.
Picture; knitting patterns, 1930-1970 from the collection of Jillian Goldsmith
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