Maxine Hot Water Bottle Cover

Also Available: [Maxine Sweater][1] ------------------------------------------ **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, 500ml **2L** hot water bottle **Yarn** DK or Fingering held double **Sizes** Mini **Regular** **Finished Size** 14.25 **20.5** cm / 5.5 **8**” x 18 **29**cm / 7 **11.5**” not including cuff Amounts are based on an average DK of 100m per 50g or fingering (held double) of 200m per 50g. 3 Colour Mini - MC 35-45g, CC1 6-7g, CC2 6-8g 6 Colour Mini - MC 30-35g, CC1 5-6g, CC2 2-3g, CC3 4-5g, CC4 7-8g, CC5 3-4g 3 Colour Regular - MC 50-60g, CC1 20g, CC2 20g 6 Colour Regular - MC 50g, CC1 12g, CC2 10g, CC3 10g, CC4 8g, CC5 5g **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 colourwork (charted) 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. **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 colourwork pattern in the round. Pay attention to your round 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 colourwork 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! Amounts are based on an average DK of 100m per 50g or fingering (held double) of 200m per 50g. Samples use Filcolana Saga, Woolly Mammoth Fibre Co Hearth/Natural Sock, John Arbon Textiles Exmoor Sock, all held double. Grams (g) apply to both DK and fingering held double. If you are looking for Woolly Mammoth, John Arbon or similar British wool yarns in the US, you cane find them [here][2] at The Woolly Thistle. (Ad/Aff)** ** This is an affiliate link. This means the designer gets a small commission from you your order without any extra cost to you. [1]: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maxine-sweater [2]: https://thewoollythistle.com/LAURAPENROSE