Still on the subject of my tea cosy in double rib.
Both the patterns I have suggest 49 or 51 stitches for a medium pot. It is worked in double knit wool in a double rib stitch, with the wool used DOUBLE throughout.
I thought I would do it a bit smaller and I cast on 45 stitches and worked one row. It looks enormous! That’s to say it almost covers the needle (size 5).
I think I probably need only half of these stitches, but how do I know? By the way, I don’t actually have the tea pot, as I plan to buy a two-cup one and give it to my daughter with the cosy. I would be happy if it just came out as a small-medium size cosy and then I could search for the pot!
How can I calculate the stitches, especially as this is an elastic kind of stitch?