Reindeer under a starry sky animate this hot water bottle cozy with no shaping.

Most cozies are designed as pillow shams with an overlapping flap and a fitted neck for the funnel, but I didn’t want to fool with all that shaping and finishing, so I designed this like a pillow case (which, if you’ll notice, doesn’t usually lose its pillow).

Features

• Knit in one piece
• Bottom-up construction
• No shaping

Size

• Designed to fit a standard 2-quart (approx. 12” x 7.75”/30.5cm x 19.75cm) water bottle
• Circumference: 16”/40cm, unstretched
• Length: 12”/30.5cm, unstretched

Skills

• Knitting
• Purling
• Working in the round
• Two-color stranded (Fair Isle) knitting
• Reading a chart

Other Uses

• Add a strap and turn it into a purse
• Add some stuffing for a pillow
• Use it as a Kindle, iPad, or netbook sleeve
• Put Scrabble tiles in it
• Use it as a sleep sack for a newborn

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