Court Jester Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern

The Court Jester Tea Cosy knitting pattern enables you to knit this exciting tea cosy of a jester, he's just such great fun. The Court Jester tea cosy is such a happy and colourful tea cosy, that is cute with tinkling bells, what's not to love?

The Jester is in a sitting position with his legs out. I wanted to get his curled up shoes into the composition. His clothing is all mismatched colours as is traditional and is adorned with zig zag frills.

On his head he has a traditional fools hat, knitted in three colours with bells at the tips.

In his hand he is holding a scepter of a miniature jester, that looks just like the jester tea cosy.

The jester is a more challenging tea cosy to knit. The main cosy is knitted sideways to start with and then stitches are picked up along the longer sides. The frill at the waist is knitted in advance and knitted to the main cosy as you go. There are lots of photos to guide you through the making of this cosy and the assembly.

He is such a lovely and fulfilled character. I love his eyes, they make him look so playful. He's so unusual and a wonderful project to make.

This tea cosy is knitted on two pins and is easy to knit with easy to follow instructions. The tea cosy fits an average sized teapot holding about 6 to 8 cups.

This product is the knitting pattern only to make your own Medieval Jester tea cosy.

This pattern will be available as a downloaded digital file straight after purchase, so you can start knitting him straight away.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

These are the stitches used int he pattern...

SL1 Slip one stitch
PSSO Pass Slip Stitch Over
Rep Repeat
K2tog Knit 2 Stitches Together
K3tog Knit 3 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 will also need to pick up and knit stitches fron an edge of knitting.

Size Information

This tea cosy fits a medium sized teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups or 2 pints.

Materials List

5.5 mm, UK size 5 or US size 9 knitting needles,
4.00 mm, UK size 8 or US size 6 Knitting needles,
2X Stitch Holders,
46g Stylecraft Special DK Grass Green,
42g Stylecraft Special DK Citron,
41g Stylecraft Special DK Lipstick,
14g Stylecraft Special DK Toy,
Small amount of Black DK for Faces,
3X 10mm gold sleighbells,
5X 20mm gold sleighbells,
3mm Bamboo knitting needle for Sceptre pole,
Glue,
Stuffing.

Additional Details by 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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