Tea Talk Magazine | Knit a tea Cosy to help raise money for Avoncroft Museum

Knit a tea Cosy to help raise money for Avoncroft Museum

Avoncroft Museum is a charity which rescues, conserves and preserves historic buildings and structures from the west midlands.There is everything from aTARDIS-style police phone box to a post-war prefab home, and from a windmill to a Victorian tin chapel. It is a fascinating and important place which hosts school visits for over 8,000 children a year, and provides days out for over 20,000 visitors.

With the effects of the weather and as the buildings grow older more conservation work needs to be done to ensure that future schools and families can continue to enjoy this interesting and beautiful site and these glimpses of life in the past.

Knitters can contact the Museum for free tea cosy patterns on 01527 831363 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). The Museum is also encouraging people to create their own (possibly inspired by an Avoncroft building) to knit too.

Having knitted a tea cosy bring it to our Edwardian Tea Room. Ever yone who donates a tea cosy in person will be rewarded with a complimentary hot drink.

If cosies are being entered by post please complete and return the entry form (downloadable) with your cosy.

Competition Rules

All cosies will be entered into a competition to win £40 worth of vouchers to spend in the Edwardian Tea Room.
If you would like to knit more than one tea cosy multiple entries can be made into the competition.
The competition closes on 1st June 2011.
The judges decision is final and the winner will be notified by post.
All funds raised by the sale of the cosies will go directly to helping conserve the Museum’s buildings and improve facilities..

DOWNLOADS:

Pattern 1
Pattern 2
Pattern 3
Entry Form

Posted on 02 April 2011. Comments (0)

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Bid on our tea cosies!

We all had a great time looking at the wonderful tea cosies that had been made for our competition; the judges had the difficult task of deciding who would win from the excellent handiwork of the entrants. Decide they did, however, and now the cosies are up for auction. Make your selection by number and name, enter your bid by emailing your name, address and email address plus your bid price by 5pm on 27 March 2012. There is a reserve price of £5 on each cosy. Once we have received all bids, we will inform the highest bidder for each cosy, who can then purchase their wonderful cosy.