Haworth Hot Water Bottle Cozy Knitting Pattern with Cable and Bobble Details

Haworth

hot water bottle cozy from

Yarn:

Valley Yarns Amherst 50g/ 109yd per ball x 2 Example shown in Regatta Blue Or approximately 220 yds of a pure wool, aran weight yarn

Other materials:

Scrap yarn and crochet hook 3 buttons, about 5/8" in diameter

Needles:

5.0mm circular needle [or DPNs] 4.5mm circular needle [or DPNs] Cord or needle length determined by your choice of method for knitting in the round.

Gauge:

19 sts and 27 rows = 4" / 10cm in stockinette stitch, unblocked. See 'A note about blocking' on pg 4.

Finished Size:

To fit hot water bottles approximately 10.25" tall and 8" wide [not including neck]

Note: All stitch abbreviations and symbols explained in stitch key on page 6.

Base:

With larger needles, CO 61. Leave long tailto sew bottom of cozy closed later. Being careful not to twist, join to knit in the round. The first 31 sts on your needles make up the front of the cozy, the last 30 sts make up the back. If knitting with the magic loop method, divide your stitches to have 31 on one side, 30 on the other. If using the standard knitting-in-the-round method with a small diameter circular needle, place a marker after 31 sts on first round to divide front from back. For any other method, be sure to mark this division in whatever way is clear to you.

Bottom Increases:

In this section, the Haworth Chart is worked across the front of the cozy and increases are worked across the back. Round 1: Work Row 1 of chart over front, K2, M1L, K to 2 from end, M1R, K2.[65 sts: 33 sts on front, 32 sts on back] Repeat this row for 4 rounds more, working each following row of chart across front stitches and increasing on back. [81 sts: 41 for front, 40 for back]

Work Even:

Round 6: Work R6 of chart across front, knit even across back. Work this way until end of R41, completing section outlined on chart in red across front, knitting even across back.

Lower Buttonband:

k R22 of chart over front. Across back, K1, \*P2, K2\*, rep from \* to 3 from end, P2, K Repeat this round four times more, continuing to work through red section of chart across front and working ribbing as established across back, for a total of five rows of ribbing across back. On the chart, these five rows are indicated by green row numbers. Next round [R27 of chart]: Work chart over front, BO in pattern across back. Slip last st to the beginning of next round. [41 sts] Next round [R28 of chart]: K2tog the slipped stitch and following st, Then continue as established across front. Using scrap yarn and crochet provisional cast on [or preferred provisional cast on method], CO 40 sts across back. [81 sts: 41 for front, 40 for back]

Work Even:

Next round [R29 of chart]: Work chart over front, K40 across back. Repeat this last round, working through red section of chart then continuing past it, and knitting even across back, until the end of R48 [marked by beginning of section outlined in blue on chart].

Shoulder Decreases:

Continue across front of cozy as established, but for each remaining row of section outlined in blue, decrease on back as follows: K1, SSK, knit to 3 sts from end, K2tog, K1. [49 sts: 25 sts on back, 24 sts Onfront]

Neck:

Neck set-up round [R57 of chart]: Work chart over front, remove marker if used. Across back, P1, P2tog. [K2, P2] 4 times, K2, P2tog, P1. This round establishes 2x2 ribbing for neck. [44 sts] Switch to smaller needles. Work ribbing as established until neck measures 6.5" or long enough to cover hot water bottle neck, folded over. BO loosely in pattern.

Top Buttonband:

Remove provisional CO and carefully return 40 sts to smaller needles. Attach leftover yarn and work top buttonband and buttonholes as follows: R1 [RS]: K1, \*P2, K2,\* rep from \* until 1 st from end, K1. R2 [WS]: P1, \*K2, P2,\* rep from \* until 1 st from end, P1. R3: K1, P2, K2, P2, [K1, YO, K1, [P2, K2] twice, P2] twice, K1, yo, K1, P2, K2, P2, K1. [43 sts] R4: P1, K2, P2, K2, [P1, P2tog tbl, [K2, P2] twice, K2] twice, P1, P2tog tbl, K2, P2, K2, P1. [40 sts] R5: Rep R1. R6: Rep R2. BO in pattern.

Finishing:

After working top buttonband, you should be left with yarn ends hanging from each side of the band. Using these ends, mattress stitch top buttonband sides to cozy, overlapping lower buttonband. Sew buttons to lower buttonband to match up with buttonholes. Mattress stitch bottom opening closed. Weave in all ends.

A note about blocking:

Although I would normally encourage blocking of all hand-knitted items, I chose not to block this cozy in order to keep the cables and bobbles as dense and bouncy as possible. A full water bottle should do enough to separate the cables and make them pop.