The Train Guard Tea Cosy knitting pattern design was based on a photo of a heritage line train guard and some old Victorian photos.

The stout train guard is wearing a black suit and he is wearing big boots. On his head he is wearing a cap with gilt edging and a green badge.

In his hands he has the train guard tools of the trade, a green flag and a whistle. His cheeks are puffed up as if he's about to blow the whistle.

Around the back of him he has a post sack for of letters and parcels for the Royal Mail. The mail bag has a minimal amount of Fair Isle knitting on it to spell out MAIL.

He's a lovely tea cosy, full of nostalgia of a bygone time when steam trains were mesmerising. He'd be perfect for any steam train enthusiast.

The tea cosy is knitted with double thickness yarn to keep the teapot and the tea really hot.

The Train Guard tea cosy fits a medium sized tea pot 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, very soon!

This product is the knitting pattern only to make your own Train Guard tea cosy.

What skills are you going to need and what will you get

SL1 Slip one stitch
PSSO Pass Slip Stitch Over
Rep Repeat
K2tog Knit 2 Stitches Together
P2tog Purl 2 Stitches Together
YFWD yarn forward
Inc1 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)
T&D Thread the end of the yarn through the remaining stitches and through the loop of the yarn itself and draw up the knitting tightly and Finish off.
Stocking Stitch Knit a row, purl a row

You also need to do a small amount of Fair Isle on the mail bag.

You will need to pick up the back loops from a previous row.

Size information

This tea cosy fits a 2 pint teapot Or teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups.

Required materials

5.5 mm, UK size 5 or US size 9 knitting needles,
4.00 mm, UK size 8 or US size 6 Knitting needles,
Stitch Holder,
68g Stylecraft Special DK Black,
11g Stylecraft Special DK Toy,
10g Stylecraft Special DK Mocha,
4g Stylecraft Special DK Grey,
3g Stylecraft Special DK Kelly Green,
3g Stylecraft Special DK Saffron,
3g Stylecraft Special DK Silver,
1g Stylecraft Special DK White,
Clean piece of flat plastic,
Stuffing.

Other information from the author

You are welcome to sell items made from my pdf patterns. I ask that you include a note about the item being a ‘TeaCosyFolk Design’ on the tag at a craft fair or in the description if you are selling online.

This pattern is not to be resold, loaned, photocopied, scanned, uploaded to any website, transferred on to CD, or transmitted to a third party.

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