How to make a slip loop, hold the needles and yarn OR how to make a proper cup of tea

This beautiful and useful teapot was made by Jeanne Lewis. Visit her pottery studio on Mayne Island. Tell her Leanne sent you.

How my Dad made tea
Rule 1: NEVER wash a teapot with dish soap. Instead rinse in HOT water and leave to air dry.
Rule 2: ALWAYS warm the pot BEFORE you make the tea.
Rule 3: ALWAYS drink tea from a cup and saucer NEVER from a mug.
He was always a GENTLE man in the reinforcement of the of these rules.

Other helpful sites on this topic:

http://www.veg-world.com/articles/make-tea.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_tea.shtml

What does this have do to with knitting? Find out later today. Intriguing, eh?