The Grid Hot Water Bottle is knit seamlessly in the round, from the bottom up. After casting on, increases are made to shape the body. The body is knit while also working stripes in a contrasting colour to create the horizontal lines of the grid. At the shoulders, decreases are worked to shape the neck. At the neck a double knitted channel is created, for an elastic to be thread through later, followed by further increases for the mouth and an i-cord bind off. After binding off, vertical stripes are added using duplicate stitch with contrasting colour to complete the grid pattern.

Sizes
Small (Large)

Measurements
Fits standard hot water bottles in 0.8 (2.0) L sizes
Width: 15 (19) cm
Length: 25 (33) cm

Gauge
21 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches) in stockinette stitch on 4 mm (US6) needles

Needles
Circular needles: 4 mm (US6) / 40 cm and 100 cm (16 and 40 inches)

Materials
50 (100) g Red Hut by Woolly (50 g = 100 m 109 yds) of the main colour and 50 (50) g Red Hut by Woolly (50 g = 100 m 109 yds) for the contrasting colour. Alternatively, substitute for any DK weight yarn that meets gauge.

Approximately 1m of thin knitting elastic.

Techniques

• Judy’s Magic Cast on
• Working in the round
• Increasing
• Decreasing
• Jogless stripes
• Double knitting
• I-cord bind off
• Duplicate stitch