The Pineapple Tea Cosy was designed because a lady asked me to make one for her daughter.

The main part of the tea cosy has a diamond like texture which is achieved by leaving floating loops at the front of the work which are knitted with other stitches on later rows. It’s amazing to see how the pattern forms and t’s an interesting pattern to knit, perfect if you want to try something a little different.

I wanted the leaves to stand upright and if you look at real pineapples the leaves actually sprout from stalks, so rather than the leaves looking like limp noodles, I have structured them with a stalk.

The main cosy might look quite tall and you might be thinking that it’s the teapot that is that shape, but you’d be mistaken. The teapot is a large Price and Kensington teapot (I always model my cosies on this brand of teapot) but under the main part of the cosy is some clever engineering to shape the cosy to look more pineapple shape.

I also thought that we shouldn’t restrict ourselves to mustard coloured pineapples, what about bright orange, red, bright yellows or even a pink pineapple tea cosy - look funky doesn’t it?

The Pineapple tea cosy fits a large sized teapot that holds 10 cups of tea.

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

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