The Viking Tea Cosy was inspired by a love of historical documentaries on the television about Norsemen.

The Viking tea cosy had yellow hair, that is braided and platted. This look is achieved with cable knitting.

His helmet has bobble to add decoration and two horns. I know this might not be historically correct, but the myth of horns on their helmets has been around so long now that for most people, this is how we imagine Vikings to look.

He is also carrying a shield and an axe. Woe betide anyone trying to steal tea from this Viking guarded teapot!

I love this tea cosy, the bobbles, cables and textures make the tea cosy interesting to make and makes the yarn look chunkier and insulating - perfect for a Scandinavian teapot!

The pattern is for a confident knitter because you need to knit cables and bobbles.

The Viking tea cosy is a challenge to make but it’s great fun and he’s perfect for celebrating National Leif Erickson Day on the 9th of October.

The Norseman tea cosy fits a medium sized teapot 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 him very soon!

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