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Is there anything more cozy than grabbing a hot drink, your favourite magazine and a hot water bottle to snuggle up with your favourite quilt when the weather starts to turn cooler? I have designed this fun Quilted Hot Water Bottle Cover pattern as part of the Handmade Holiday Challenge . It make
Well........ After such a response from my last post requesting a hot water bottle pattern. I have made one for you. But.......hey.......hold on there before you start whoop whooping and get too excited...... It's a loose pattern What I mean, is that I have given loose instructions on how to make one. This is because, this way, you can use whatever yarn you want, whatever hook size you want, whatever size hot water bottle you want and however you want to embellish it. The principles are the same, you just tailor it to suit what you have in your yarn stash and what size hottie you have. For this tutorial I have used a mini hot water bottle. That was just to make it quick to whip up. I have made hot water bottles using two methods. I made a couple on the round. It was quite a tricky thing to try and get the increases and decreases in the right places. So for ease, I switched to just making 2 sides that shape around the hot water bottle and then DC them together. For mine, I used Wendy Serenity Super Chunky yarn in Ivory, and a 5.5mm hook. This was because for safety more than anything, I wanted quite a chunky yarn and I wanted it crocheted tightly together to make it quite stiff and compact. I am also assuming here with this pattern that you know the basics of crochet.........dc, Increase and Decrease. I use UK terms. As this is a loosely based pattern and your stitch amounts will probably vary, it is essential to make a note of your rows as you do them, because don't forget, you will need to make 2 sides! So....let's begin...... I made a foundation chain of 12 + 1. I made my foundation chain the same length as the bottom straight bit of the hot water bottle (pic 1). Depending on what size hottie you use, yarn and hook, you just need to make a foundation chain long enough to go along the length of the bottom, and chain 1 at the end. Row 1. DC in the 2nd chain from the hook and DC in each chain until the end. I had 12 stitches. You should have the same amount of stitches as your foundation chain. Chain 1, turn. Row 2. You need to increase by 1 DC either end of your row. 2 DC in the first stitch. DC in each stitch in the row, 2 DC in the last stitch. I made 14 stitches. Chain 1, turn. Row 3. Again you need to increase by 1 DC at either end of your row. 2 DC in the first stitch. DC in each stitch in the row, 2 DC in the last stitch. I made 16 stitches in total. Chain 1, turn. ( You should start to see some rounded corners appearing, and they should contour the shape of the hot water bottle at the bottom. (pic 2) Row 4. DC in each stitch (16 stitches) chain 1, turn. Row 5. Repeat Row 4 until you are up to where the hot water bottle starts to corner again at the top. I repeated Row 4 until row 22 (inclusive) (pic 3). Remember to make a note of each row as you will have to make another side! (Again, the yarn, hook size, and hot water bottle size will dictate how many rows you will need to do to get to the point when you need to start your decreasing rows at the top. Just make sure that you don't increase or decrease any stitches in the main body) Now you need to start to contour round the top of the hot water bottle to the neck. Row 23. One DC decrease either end of this row. DC in between. Total 14 stitches. Chain 1, turn. Row 24. One DC decrease either end of this row. DC in between. Total 12 stitches. Chain 1, turn. Row 25. One DC decrease either end of this row. DC in between. Total 10 stitches. Chain 1, turn. Row 26. One DC decrease either end of this row. DC in between. Total 8 stitches. Chain 1, turn. Row 27. DC along the row. Total 8 stitches. Chain 1, turn. You have now got to the base of the neck. Again, depending on your yarn, hook and hot water bottle size, you may have to adjust your decreases here slightly. If decreasing 1DC either side is not getting you to the base of the neck where it should be and the fit looks 'baggy', you may need to decrease 2 DC at either end. Your rows will be quite short so frogging a couple of rows to have a play to see what your best fit is shouldn't be too stressful! Just remember to make a note of them! Row 28. Increase 1 DC stitch either side. Total 10 stitches. Chain 1, turn. Row 29. Increase 1 DC stitch either side. Total 12 stitches. Chain 1, turn. Row 30. Increase 1 DC either side. Total 14 stitches. Cut yarn and tie off. You have now made the wider top part of the neck. This was enough for my hot water bottle to have been covered. (pic 4) Now to embellish.......... It's important to put any embellishments on before you crochet the two sides together. It just makes it far easier! I have, in my mind, quite a few people to make for, so it has been fun trying to think of ways to tailor the hot water bottles to them. For this one, I decided to embellish it with a few flowers. I used The very lovely Lucy's (from Attic24) 'May Roses' pattern. Sweet little roses. Perfect for who I have this Hot Water Bottle in mind for! Once the roses were made and sewn on, I simply crocheted the two sides together.......wrong sides facing. I turned it inside out, pushed the hot water bottle up through the bottom, then sewed up the bottom. You can put an extra row on each side of the bottom, make loops in one side and add buttons on the other. I decided not to. As the top is open for access to put the water in, I would hope that I wouldn't need to have to get the hot water bottle out. I think, personally, I would find the buttons annoying. But they could make a nice feature. I just figured that if I needed to change the hot water bottle for any reason, I would just snip away the sewn part at the bottom, pull it out and re-sew it together once another was put back in. Once the roses were on, and the hottie was all sewn up, I finished the embellishment by just cross stitching around the top in the rose colours and picot edging the top. I think I'll call this my... Rustic Roses Hot Water Bottle I like how the cross stitch looks rustic, probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I like that it looks unique! So, does the pattern appear quite straight forward? There are really only a few basic principles to follow, and once you remember those then you can adapt the pattern to all yarns and hot water bottle sizes. They make great gifts, although, I am having trouble parting with them! A hot water bottle is definitely my new best friend! I do hope this makes some sort of sense. I have been over this pattern to check for mistakes, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is something that you read that doesn't make sense or add up. So, please let me know if something is really not checking out or really doesn't make sense and I will try and rectify it! As I have said on many an occasion, I don't do patterns or tutorials on my blog, simply because I am really rather pants at them! So, we'll see if any of you can understand it! ha ha! Best of luck! xxx
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After seeing Myriam Van Neste's cards for Lagom Design I thought we needed to see more of this clearly brilliant artist today. Myriam is originally from Quebec in Canada but is currently based in Vienna, Austria. She takes inspiration from children's books and spent time studying in Finland so her work has a Scandinavian flavour. Her medium of choice is paper, scissors and a glue stick and she makes her designs from papercut collages. Her new collection of nine greetings cards for UK publisher Lagom gives me the perfect excuse to post some of Myriam's fabulous work. Website / Instagram / Spoonflower
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Hot water bottles are an efficient low-cost method of taking the chill off your bed, or warming parts of your body. This homemade woollen cover will improve its efficiency. Used cleverly, a thermal layer or two of woollen fabric has the ability to improve the quality of your sleep by helping your hot water bottle retain its heat for longer. You can make these covers from any wool fabric; blankets that are past their best or even a worn-out machine-knitted jumper. The principles are pretty straightforward, and there’s a lot of room for improvisation and embellishment if you want to go beyond the basics. Australia and New Zealand were huge producers of wool and woollen blankets throughout the 1900s and the high quality means they mostly remain in great condition half a century or more later. Blankets as bedding fell out of favour during the 1970s with the introduction of feather-filled quilts and doonas, so woollen blankets turn up frequently in far corners of linen cupboards, at garage sales and in op shops. Upcycling woollen blankets extends the use of these fabrics for another lifetime at least.
Since mentioning the Splendid Blender pen (aka, Colorless Blender by Chartpak), I've had quite a few requests for a tutorial. This is a transfer method I use occasionally to add an image to fabric. I decided to demonstrate with a cute little altered bottle. I started with a laser print image (a photocopy, inkjet copies won't work), a bottle, and a piece of grain sack material. I placed the copy face down on the grain sack material, and secured it. Make sure you are working in an area with plenty of ventilation. The Splendid Blender pen is a colorless marker, but it is not odorless. You should be able to find it at a craft store, online, or an artist supply store for a few dollars. Saturate the back of the print with the pen. This shouldn't take you more than 30 seconds, depending on the size of your image. Remove the print. To make my bottle, I used spray adhesive to attach the material to the bottle. I then painted the top with white gesso, and dry brushed a little on the fabric for a fresco feel. I picked up a box full of bottles at a garage sale recently. I think I may be making tons of these. This is the transfer method I used for the cushion on my footstool. ALTERNATIVE: If you have trouble finding the pen, I have an alternative transfer method you can check out by clicking HERE. VISIT my ETSY shop HERE Disclosure: I only recommend the blender pen because I have personally had success with it. I have no connection with, nor have I received any compensation from Chartpak for endorsement.
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I saw this and thought it was a super good idea. I made some for my kids when we went on vacation... but mine weren't near this nice. So when I saw this, I thought I'd share. Here is the link. Pink Chalk Fabric Water Bottle Carrier Tutorial. Thanks for the awesome freebie!!!
With the temperature dropping this winter I know there's a lot of us who want to know how to make a quilted hot water bottle cover. Quilting is perfect medium for making a hot water bottle cover because the extra layers will add the insulation needed to keep you and your hot water bottle toasty warm. You'll be happy to
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