Court Jester Tea Cosy

The Court Jester Tea Cosy knitting pattern is a super pattern and looks fabulous, a great project to turn your teapot into a medieval fool. The court jester tea cosy is based on medieval jesters that used to entertain and amuse the royal courts with their tricks, jokes and silly antics.

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.

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.