Sweeney Todd Pie Tea Cosy

The Sweeney Todd Pie Tea Cosy knitting pattern is a wonderfully morbid tea cosy to knit a Halloween tea cosy of one of Sweeney Todd's meat pies.

The pie is based on an old style pie that is usually seen these days for pork pies. The top of the pie looks crimped and makes a nice wavy edge to the top.

But far from being scary, this meat pie has comic appeal. In stead of trying to disguise what's inside as the villainous cut-throat barber did, this tea cosy hints at the kind of meat that was used. A couple of eyeballs are sitting next to the pie as if they were an accompaniment and if you look there's a green finger or thumb poking out from the pie. Round the back of the pie there is some blood looking gravy oozing out from the pie, it's gruesomely grim.

It's a wonderful tea cosy for Halloween, poking funny at the old horrors.

There is a help video on Youtube to help to assemble the tea cosy and to add the crimped edge - the link is included in the pattern.