Winter Wonderland Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern

The Winter Wonderland Tea Cosy is a wonderful wintery scene with a church on the hill. What is unique about the Winter Wonderland Tea Cosy is that the church lights up by was of a battery powered tealight candle.

The winter wonderland tea cosy was inspired by an old Victorian Christmas card of a church in a wintery landscape glistening with snow. I loved the picture so much I designed a snowy tea cosy.

The tea cosy is an elaborate tea cosy featuring a cabled panel and a patterned main cosy that resembles snow drifts. Amongst the trees are hares, a deer and a robin.

On the top of the cosy is a charming little church with a spire and a clock showing the time as 12 O'clock - time for midnight mass. The church has stained glass windows. The church is hollow which means that a battery powered tea light candle can be inserted for set the windows off to full effect.

With so much detail, different yarns and techniques, this Christmas tea cosy is a real labour of love that will look amazing for Christmases to come. The knitting pattern has 8 pages and has photos for guidance.

Because at Christmas time we get a few more visitors, this tea cosy has been designed to fit a bigger sides teapot that holds 10 cups of tea.

A woolly Winter Wonderland to bring the Christmas spirit to your teatime.

Please Note
Sirdar Ophelia Bunny yarn, that is used in this knitting pattern has been discontinued. I would advise now to substitute it for either James C Brett Twinkle DK for a more sparkly cosy or Stylecraft Special DK white.

sl st Slip Stitch
psso Pass Slip Stitch Over
rep Repeat
k2tog Knit 2 Stitches Together
p2tog Purl 2 Stitches Together
yfwd yarn forward
inc Increase in next stitch (knit in front and back of stitch on a knit row. Purl in back and front of stitch in a purl row)
C1B Slip next stitch onto a cable needle and hold at the back of work. K2 stitches from the left-hand needle, then purl the stitch on the cable needle.
C2F Slip next 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the front of work. P1 stitches from the left-hand needle, then knit the stitches on the cable needle.
C2B Slip next 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the back of work. K2 stitches from the left-hand needle, then knit the stitches on the cable needle.
Knit 4 below Drop stitch off needle and unravel 4 rows down, insert needle in stitch in the 5th row down and under the 4 loose strands, slip the stitch and the loose strands back onto the left-hand needle knit the stitch and strands together.
Stocking Stitch Knit a row, purl a row
Garter Stitch Knit every row

This tea cosy fits a teapot that holds 10 cups.

5.5 mm, UK size 5 or US size 9 knitting needles,
4.00 mm, UK size 8 or US size 6 Knitting needles,
3.25 mm, UK size 10 or US size 3 Knitting needles,
80g Stylecraft Special DK white,
15g King Cole Tinsel Chunky Silver,
50g Sirdar Ophelia Bunny,
30g Stylecraft Special DK grey,
60g James C Brett Twinkle DK – White,
Small amounts of red and black DK yarn,
6 Cotton buds,
Midwest Clear PVC Sheet Size: 0.01 x 19 x 28 cm,
Sharpies permanent marker pens,
4cm by 10cm of white felt,
UHU Glue,
Battery powered tea light candle,
Stuffing.