Gauge
24 sts x 25 rounds on 4mm needles, stockinette (stranded)
Needles
4mm circular needles with 40-80cm / 16-32” cable, optional dpns.
Accessories
Embroidery needle, stitch markers, 2L hot water bottle
Yarn
DK or Fingering held double
Finished Size
20.5 cm / 8” x 29cm / 11.5” not including cuff

Amounts are based on an average DK of 100m per 50g or fingering (held double) of 200m per 50g.

6 colour sample uses Filcolana Saga in Marzipan (MC), Woolly Mammoth Fibre Company Hearth/Sock Mini skeins (Twelvetide Advent 2022) and John Arbon Textiles Exmoor Sock (Oddmedod, Fairy Thimble), all held double.
MC (white) 70g, CC1 (green) 12g, CC2 (dark pink) 10g, CC3 (peach) 10g, CC4 (blue) 8g, CC5 (yellow) 5g

3 colour sample uses Filcolana Saga (held double) in Carmine (MC), Reseda (CC1) and Natural White (CC2).
MC (red) 70g, CC1 (green) 30g, CC2 (30g)

Difficulty 
Intermediate 

Techniques
Judys Magic Cast On OR long tail cast on and mattress stitch
Working in the round
Increasing 
Decreasing 
Stranded Colour work (max 2 colours at once)
Following a chart 

Construction
Worked bottom up and in the round starting with Judy’s Magic Cast On, increases are made to shape the bottom of the cover. The body of the cover is worked using stranded colour work with no more than 2 colours being used at once. The neck is shaped with decreases and finished with a 1x1 or 2x2 rib collar worked using the magic loop method or on DPNs. Colourwork is charted. 

Yarn & Gauge
It is important to match the gauge as closely as you can so your cover fits your bottle, make sure to swatch the colour work pattern in the round. Pay attention to your row gauge, if it isn’t correct your cover might be too long or short. When choosing yarn it is best to go for something woolly or ‘toothy’. This is so your colour work stitches blend together nicely to form one cohesive fabric and your cover is as warm and cosy as possible! It is also advised to weave in your ends as you go as there are quite few of them! The pattern includes charts for both 6 colour (1 MC, 5CC’s) and 3 colour (1 MC, 2 CC’s) versions, and a blank illustrated colouring page to plan your colours.