Meadow Mist Hot Water Bottle Cover

**Meadow Mist Hot Water Bottle Cover** Meet your new favourite cold-weather knit: The Meadow Mist Hot Water Bottle Cover! This is a relaxing, tactile Fair Isle project designed to keep you warm all winter long without the headache of complicated charts. If you are a confident beginner wanting to dip your toes into Fair Isle without getting overwhelmed by floats, this is the ultimate confidence-booster with a speedy finish. **SIZES & MEASUREMENTS** Finished Size: Tailored to fit a standard UK 2-litre hot water bottle (approximately 28 cm x 20 cm / 11 inches x 8 inches excluding the narrow neck portion). **MATERIALS & YARN** **Yarn:** Kremke Soul Wool Colour Crush (100% Non-Superwash Merino Wool, DK weight; 180 metres / 197 yards per 100g skein). **Yarn Stockists:** [https://www.soul-wool.com/emma08][1] (Get 10% off your order using this link) **Colourways Required:** Colour 1: 01 White (approx. half a skein / 90 metres) Colour 2: 107 Fairycore (approx. half a skein / 90 metres) **Needles:** 4 mm 9-inch circular knitting needles for the ribbed cuff; 5 mm circular needles (either a long 32-inch cord for magic loop or a longer cable for the body increase sections). **Notions:** Two distinct stitch markers in contrasting colours, a 4 mm crochet hook for working a slip stitch base seam, and a blunt tapestry needle for weaving in ends. **GAUGE & TECHNIQUES** Gauge: 17 stitches and 26 rounds/rows = 10 cm / 4 inches on 5 mm needles in stocking stitch (blocked). **Techniques Required:** Knitting in the round, twisted ribbing (k1tbl, p1), symmetrical increases (kfb), stranded colourwork, and a flat crochet slip stitch base seam. - - - Come share your finished projects and chat with our creative community over on Instagram by tagging @Emmaknitty! For more independent designs, visit [www.emmaknitty.com][2]. [1]: https://www.soul-wool.com/emma08 [2]: www.emmaknitty.com