In the cold depths of winter, the harsh truths of thermodynamics are brought home to us more starkly than at other times. In other words, my tea has been cooling far too quickly of late. Obviously, it's time to make a tea cozy! A tea cozy has one purpose: to keep the tea in a teapot warm. As long as that criterion is met, all other attributes of the thing are secondary, and so there are a plethora of designs, ranging from the simple semi-circular quilted cover, to the cozies designed to look like little cottages, to the ribbed, knitted sort, tied at the top with I-cords. A Pinterest search will reveal a multitude of tea cozies in a wealth of innovative design. I want to make the sort that allows the tea to be poured without removing the cozy. In practical terms, this is a bit of a trade-off, since the handle and spout must be exposed to the cold air. (There is probably a pattern somewhere for a tea cozy with a buttoning flap over the spout to avoid this problem, like those converti