Knit a forest full of snowflakes and keep yourself cosy with this festive hot water bottle cover.

Pattern Notes

The hot water bottle cover is knitted entirely in the round from the bottom of the cover to the ribbed shaped top. The cover features colour work on both sides.

There are 2 options for working the bottom of the water bottle either cast on then later seam the cast on edges together or, alternatively, provisionally cast on using waste yarn then later gently remove the waste yarn and graft live sts together.

It is recommended to catch floats at the back of the work every 5 sts or so when there are long gaps between colour changes to prevent long floats developing.

Size
Designed to fit standard 2L hot water bottle: 20 cm x 33 cm / 8 “ x 13 “
Finished circumference: 40 cm / 16 “
Finished height: 41 cm / 16 “ (including extended rib neck)

Yarn
The Birlinn Yarn Company 4-ply / fingering weight
Yarn quantities
Yarn A: 50 g = 150 m / 164 yds
Yarn B: 25 g = 75 m / 82 yds

Samples knitted in shades
Field Poppy (Yarn A) & Bog Cotton (Yarn B)
Haar (Yarn A) & Reef (Yarn B)