A novelty tea cosy enthusiast is a person who is filled with enthusiasm to buy, make and collect novelty tea cosies. And although it might seem like a very unusual pursuit, many people enjoy novelty tea cosies, so much so that they are a huge array of novelty tea cosies available to buy and patterns to knit or sew.

One of the attractions to collecting novelty tea cosies is that they serve a practical use in day to day life – keeping the tea inside the teapot hot. When tea first became popular in Britain, afternoon tea was the time for networking and keeping up to date with aristocracy gossip and topical news. With all the chatter at teatime the teapot would get cold, which would have at times cut short some tea parties, the invention of the humble tea cosy prolonged the event. Tea cosies are now widely used throughout the world as a symbol of good tea etiquette.

Hand made tea cosies have grown in popularity. Not so long ago, home made tea cosies were often only seen sold at church bazaars or garden fates. Nowadays home made tea cosies are big business, and can be found in fashionable high street stores and on a wide verity of online stores.

The teapot festival at Morpeth celebrates the Teapot. Morpeth is an historic village two hours north of Sydney, Australia. The festival attracts thousands of teapot enthusiasts from across the world. The tea pot extravaganza lasts for two weeks and as part of the celebrations, they hold a novelty tea cosy competition where people are invited to enter their craziest hand made tea cosy for the chance to be awarded the "Tea Cosy of the Year". Some of the tea cosy entries are very unusual. All of the hand crafted novelty tea cosy entries are also available to buy, music for the ears for the tea cosy enthusiast, whom can add a very unusual tea cosy to their collection.

For the tea cosy enthusiast who prefers to make their own tea cosies, the internet has brought them an abundance of free tea cosy patters to knit, crochet, sew, and felt. Not only are their patterns available but also how to

videos and tutorials. So if you are a novice or an expert, help is only a click away for the tea cosy maker.

The internet has also revived the vintage tea cosy patterns, the likes of the poodle tea cosy, the cottage tea cosy and the gipsy caravan tea cosy. Not all of which are free online patterns, but do allow you to buy patterns that you might not otherwise be able to get hold of.

With so many ways to enjoy novelty tea cosies, it’s not difficult to see why people enjoy collecting and using their novelty tea cosies. No matter what kind of tea pot you have, it can be adorn with a magical and unique tea cosy and it can look different every day of the week. Novelty tea cosies can be uplifting and can brighten up tea times.