Hot Water Bottle Cover
Materials
2 balls Rowan Big Wool (100% merino wool; 87yds/80m per 100g ball). 6.5 mm double pointed needles Cable needle (optional—see note below) Note: I knitted this project without a cable needle. You can find several tutorials on the internet showing how to do this. Size To fit a hot water bottle measuring 8"? wide and 10.5" long.
Gauge
12sts and 18 rows = 4 inches/10cm in stocking stitch using 6.5mm needles. Note: The row gauge is not so important in this pattern since most parts are knit to a certain length rather than over a fixed number of rows.
Abbreviations
k =knit p = purl st(s)= stitch(es) k2tog = knit 2 sts together ssk = slip 2 sts as if to knit, then knit those 2 sts together rnd = round C4B = slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold at back, k2, k2 sts from cable needle C4F = slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold at front, k2, k2 sts from cable needle rep = repeat
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Pattern
Cast on 56 sts, join rnd and distribute sts evenly over dpns. Top Rnd 1: \*K2, P2\*, rep to end. epeat this round until work measures 6” (or twice the length of your bottle top Body Set-up Rnd: \*K2, yo, k2tog\*, rep to end. Rnd 1: \*K4, p5, k4, pl, k4, p5, k4, pl\*, rep to end. Rnd 2: As Rnd 1. Rnd 3: \*K4, p5, C4B, pl, C4F, p5, k4, pl\*, rep to end. Rnd 4: As Rnd 1. Repeat these four rnds until body measures 9.5" (or length of your bottle), finishing with Rnd 4。
Bottom Shaping
Rnd 1: \*K3, ssk, p4, k4, pl, k4, p4, k2tog, k3, p1\*, rep to end. (52 sts) Rnd 2: \*K4, p4, k4, pl, k4, p4, k4, p1\*, rep to end. Rnd 3: \*K3, ssk, p3, C4B, pl, C4F, p3, k2tog, k3, p1\*, rep to end. (48 sts) Rnd 4: \*K4, p3, k4, pl, k4, p3, k4, p1\*, rep to end.
Bind Off
Re-arrange sts so that they are on two needles with 24sts on each needle. Kitchener st together.
I-Cord
With 2 dpns cast on 2 sts and work in I-cord: \*k2, slide sts to other end of dpn without turning\*, rep until cord measures 27". Bind off sts.
Finishing
n in all ends. Thread I-cord through eyeholes. Fill hot water bottle and cosy uj Copyright The contents of this pattern are subject to copyright. You may knit this design for personal use, for a gift or for charity. You may not knit this design for sale. Printing or downloading this pattern, constitutes agreement to these terms.
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