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Winter is coming - 2 easy ways to knit a hot water bottle cover

22.09.2019

As it´s getting colder these days, I thought it might be a good idea to tell you about this cute (and pretty easy) DIY: knitted hot water bottle covers.. I ain´t much of a knitting person either so don´t worry, if my one turned out pretty well, you gonna make it too! You can make those ones using different colours, patterns etc., so here are just two different examples of the knitted garments that I gave a try.


For each of them you just simply gonna need:

  • A HOT WATER BOTTLE
  • TWO BALLS OF YARN (usually you need just a bit more than one, depending on how tight you are knitting)
  • KNITTING NEEDLES (fitting the thikness of the yarn, it´s easier if you use circular knitting needles)
  • PAPER AND A PEN (to sketch the design - you can either choose template from the internet or create your own design)

1. CABLE KNIT PATTERN:

cable knit pattern
cable knit pattern

That one was my first attempt on knitting a hot water bottle cover as well as my first ever attempt on cable patterns. So that´s why I looked it up on Youtube (gonna put you the link to the video just below). Compared to the second hot watter bottle that I was knitting, that one turned out to be even easier as the pattern is really regular so you can even knit while watching TV. You just gonna need simple stockinette stitch (plain right) and purl stitch (left) for your pattern in the middle. The reverse side is only made of simple plain fabric..
Before starting to knit, you need to measure the size of your hot water bottle to know how many stitches you´ll need and then just give it a go. 
Note: It does not have to be too regular to look beautiful!

Check out a detailed introduction here: 

2. FAIR ISLE PATTERN: 

fair isle pattern
fair isle pattern

I do really love fair isle patterns as they give me the feeling of ultimate cozyness. They always remind me of cold winter evenings plus drinking litre upon litre of tea (or other hot beverages) and relaxing infront of the TV with family or friends. That´s why I decided to look up this pattern and found out that it´s not pretty difficult either - even thought you gotta need two (or if you want even three) different colours (by balls of yarn that match in thickness!). Good news: you just need to knit by using the simple stockinette stitch (plain right)- except for the upper part if you want if to be pretty elastic. So just choose a pattern you like or create your own one and let´s go. Remember: You need much more of the yarn colour with you wanna use as a base, as the reverse side gonna be just in that one colour, so you´ll just need to have a look for patterns that would fit on the front side of your knitted garment. When finishing this hot water bottle cover, don´t forget to just simply knot the yarn by hand on the inner side so that it wont come undone when using your hot water bottle a lot. And voilà: finished! 
Besides fair isle pattern you can also try any other pattern like some ethno styled ones or easy and short texts such as names.


Knitting - it´s not a hobby, it´s a post-apocalyptic life skill.

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