This topic surely has been covered before but here goes.
I have had for many years a tea cosy which you just pop over the teapot - and thought it time I had a new one. So, I decided to knit one, found a pattern and this had holes for spout and handle. I was very pleased with finished article. When I came to use it for the first time, I absentmindedly took the cosy off the pot even though the spout and handle were not covered. Old habits die hard.
Being quizzed by chemist's assistant in Boots.
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic