Hogmanay Hoolie Tea Cosy

The Hogmanay Hoolie Tea Cosy is an unusual tea cosy that has been designed based on an old Scottish tradition to welcome in the new year. What could be more fun and festive that a Highland fling with the Hogmanay Hoolie tea cosy?

The Hogmanay Hoolie tea cosy is based on an old Highland tradition of dressing in your best kilt whilst wearing a hide of a Highland cattle, and dancing around the roof of the village blackhouses chanting a hogmanay poem, whilst other hogmanay revellers hit him with sticks. All the fun of a New Years party!

The tea cosy has a scottish man dressed in his kilt and sporran. The tartan effect could be made to look like any simple tartan by changing the colours.

The highland cattle hide is draped over the body of the man. The fur of the bull is achieved with King Cole Moments DK Ginger. It makes the hide look woolly and plush.

The Hogmanay Hoolie tea cosy is a challenge to make but it's great fun and he's enchanting, a great project to have a go at and enjoy.

The Hogmanay Hoolie tea cosy fits a medium sized teapot that covers a Teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups or 2 pints.

The pattern will be available for digital download as soon as you have completed purchase, so you could start knitting him very soon!

This product is the knitting pattern only to make your own Hogmanay Hoolie tea cosy.

The pattern is for a confident knitter because at times the pattern asks you to work from two needles in parallel, similar to a three needle bind off, without the binding off part.

Fits a 2 pint teapot

5.5 mm, UK size 5 or US size 9 knitting needles,
4.00 mm, UK size 8 or US size 6 Knitting needles,
Cable needle,
27g Stylecraft Special DK Lapis,
4g Stylecraft Special DK Kelly Green,
9g Stylecraft Special DK Sunshine,
20g Stylecraft Special DK Parchment,
8g Stylecraft Special DK Dark Brown,
28g Stylecraft Special DK Copper,
2g Stylecraft Special DK White,
31g King Cole Moments DK Ginger,
31g Hayfield Bonus DK Flesh Tone,
Small amount of DK Black to embroider faces,
Stuffing.