VE Day Winston Churchill Tea Cosy was inspired by the 75 anniversary of peace in Europe and I wanted to mark that amazing achievement in my own woolly, tea appreciating way. Peace in Europe is a wonderful thing and it should be celebrated, and that was what inspired me to design this tea cosy.

Winston Churchill was a large, old man and always wore a jacket and waistcoat. He was often photographed with a cigar and his homburg hat.

So the tea cosy include all these things that we associate with Winston Churchill, the suit, the dickie bow, the homburg, the cigar and I have tried to accentuate this bulk and given him a larger head.

Because it’s VE day he is getting ready for a street party, and many people did to mark VE day. Churchill is helping hang out some Red, White and Blue bunting, but he does seem to be getting a bit tangled up in it. The bunting is wrapped all around the back of him.

It’s a sweet and nostalgic tea cosy and the blue bow tie and the bunting bring a bit of colour to the composition.

The Churchill tea cosy fits a medium sized tea pot 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 Churchill tea cosy.