This hot water bottle cover has a convenient pocket to keep your hands toasty. Simple cables wind up both the back and front, and end in an unfussy fold-over top. Tweed yarn gives it a rustic and masculine look, but the pattern would work just as well in a solid colour aran yarn, as a gift for a lady. This is a quick and easy knit that is genuinely useful to everyone, for keeping warm at night, easing aches, or even just for some comforting. The pattern is designed to fit a hot water bottle 19cm x 30cm, but can easily be adapted to suit larger or smaller bottles.
The pattern costs £3.00.
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- Knit flat,
- back and front separately,
- with front row shaping on the front of the pocket,
- and the back of the pocket knit separately and sewn on.
- 2 balls Rowan Scottish Tweed Aran
- [100gr; 100% wool; 170m/186yds;
- in shade 027 Lewis Grey]
- or 3 balls Rowan Felted Tweed Aran
- [50gr; 50% merino wool, 25% alpaca, 25% viscose; 87m/95yds;
- in shade 729 Soot]
- or approx. 230m/252 yds of aran weight yarn.
- 14 sts / 27 rows
- over 10cm / 4in
- (with 4.5mm (US 7) needles,
- in garter stitch).
- Finished size is 21cm x 34cm, approx. 8¼ x 13½in.
- To fit a hot water bottle 19cm x 30cm.
- 4.5mm (US 7) straight needles
- or size to get gauge.
- cable needle
- tapestry needle for weaving in ends