Keep Me Warm
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Knitted cover for hot water bottle in DROPS Snow
DROPS Extra 0-837
DROPS design: Pattern no EE-411
Yarn group E
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Size: Fits a hot-water bottle that is 32 cm long and 19 cm wide.
Materials: DROPS SNOW from Garnstudio
150 g colour no 24, yellow or use 150 g colour no 30, pastel pink.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE (40 cm) SIZE 6 mm - or size needed to get 13 sts x 17 rows in stocking st = 10 x 10 cm.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 5 mm – for rib
CABLE NEEDLE
MEASURING TIP:
If your hot-water bottle has other measurements, adjust the pattern as follows: Measure the circumference around the hot-water bottle. Cast on no of sts that can be stretched to this size (with a light pull). Make sure no of sts is divisible by 2. This is the no of stitches needed for the cover. The yellow cover can be adjusted in size by working more or fewer K sts between A-1 on each side of bottle.
PATTERN:
See diagram A-1 – diagram shows pattern from RS.
MOSS ST:
ROUND 1: * K 1, P 1 *, repeat from *-*.
ROUND 2: K over P and P over K. Repeat 2nd round.
GARTER ST (in the round on circular needle):
1 ridge = 2 rounds * K 1 round and P 1 round *, repeat from *-*.
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YELLOW HOT-WATER BOTTLE COVER WITH CABLES:
Worked in the round on circular needle. Cast on 62 sts with yellow on circular needle size 6 mm and work 2 rounds in garter st - Read GARTER ST. Then work as follows: K 7, diagram A-1 over 17 sts - READ PATTERN, K 14, diagram A-1 over 17 sts and K 7. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
Continue like this until A-1 has been worked a total of 6 times vertically. K 1 round while AT THE SAME TIME dec 20 sts evenly = 42 sts. Piece measures approx. 28 cm. Then work rib K 1/P 1 for 4 cm. Piece measures 32 cm. Loosely cast off sts with K over K and P over P. Sew tog the opening at the bottom so that the cables are mid front and mid back on cover. Cut and fasten all the threads.
PASTEL PINK HOT-WATER BOTTLE IN MOSS ST:
Worked in the round on circular needle. Cast on 50 sts on circular needle size 6 mm with pastel pink. Work moss st in the round until piece measures approx. 28 cm. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
K 1 round while AT THE SAME TIME dec 8 sts evenly = 42 sts.
Then work rib K 1/P 1 for 4 cm. Piece measures 32 cm. Loosely cast off sts with K over K and P over P. Sew the opening at the bottom tog. Cut and fasten all the threads.
Diagram explanations
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= | K |
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= | P |
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= | slip 3 sts on cable needle behind piece, K 3, K 3 from cable needle |
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= | slip 3 sts on cable needle in front of piece, K 3, K 3 from cable needle |
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