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Knitted Hot Water Bottle Cosy

Add a touch of warmth and coziness to your chilly nights with a knitted hot water bottle cosy! Not only do these charming accessories keep your hot water bottle at the perfect temperature for hours, but they also bring a stylish flair to your bedtime routine. With a variety of colors, patterns, and textures available, you can choose one that suits your personality and home decor effortlessly. Whether you prefer a classic cable-knit design or a fun and quirky pattern, there's a knitted hot water bottle cosy out there just waiting to become your new favorite winter essential. So, snuggle up, stay toasty, and let your hot water bottle be wrapped in the soft embrace of a delightful knitted cosy.

You will need:

  • Just under 100g of dk yarn
  • 4 x double ended knitting needles (4mm)
  • tapestry needle
  • scissors

Pattern:

See 'Notes' for tension.

Cast on 50 stitches and join into the round.

  1. Rounds 1 & 2: [k4, p1] x 10
  2. Round 3: [k4, pfb] x 10 (60)
  3. Rounds 4 & 5: [k4, p2] x 10
  4. Round 6: [k4, pfb, p1] x 10 (70)
  5. Rounds 7 & 8: [k4, p3] x 10
  6. Round 9: [k4, pfb, p2] x 10 (80)

Now for the textured wave part. The complete design can also be seen in the chart below.

  1. Rounds 10 & 11: k4, p4] x 10
  2. Rounds 12 & 13: [k3, p4, k1] x 10
  3. Round 14: [k3, p4, k1] x 10
  4. Round 15: k1, p4, k3] x 10
  5. Rounds 16 & 17: [p4, k4] x 10
  6. Rounds 18 & 21: [p3, k4, p1] x 10
  7. Rounds 22 & 23: [p4, k4] x 10
  8. Round 24: k1, p4, k3] x 10
  9. Round 25: [k3, p4, k1] x 10
  10. Rounds 26 & 27: [k3, p4, k1] x 10
  11. Rounds 28 & 29: k4, p4] x 10

Repeat rounds 10 to 29 three more times (knit them four times in total).

Continue repeating the final round until there is a rib section around 18cm in height (about fifty more rounds if you prefer to count).

Use a picot bind off to finish. This is worked by repeating the following bullet points until no stitches remain:

  • Cast on 1 st.
  • Cast off 2 sts.
  • If your cast off method leaves a stitch on the RH-needle, transfer it back to the LH-needle.

The textured pattern of the hot water bottle is shown here as a grid. Knit stitches are white, purl stitches are pink. Because the pattern is worked in the round every row is followed from right to left starting at the bottom of the grid.

Making Up:

Close the opening at the bottom of the hot water bottle by sewing the first half of the cast on stitches to the second half. Lose any remaining loose ends in the fabric of the cosy.

The hot water bottle is dropped into the cosy through the opening at the neck. The long rib section is then doubled over for ease of access.

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