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Light Keeper

Keep warm on chilly nights with a well-dressed hot water bottle!

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Schiehallion (100% British Wool; 110m / 120yds per 50g skein)
Crowdie: 2 x 50g skeins

Needles and notions
Two gauge-size needle(s) (for cast on)
Gauge-size needle(s) of appropriate length for working Light Keeper (if different)
Two below gauge-size needles (for working opening)
Below gauge-sized dpn for working i-cord bind off
Stitch markers
Lockable stitch marker or safety pin
Tapestry needle
Smooth waste yarn / sock yarn (for holding sts)
Button (approx. 1.5cm / ½ in diameter)
 
Gauge
25 sts and 35 rounds to 10cm / 4in over twisted stitch pattern in the round using gauge-size needle(s). Use 3.5mm needle as a starting point for swatching.
 
Size
To fit standard size (2l) hot water bottle

Pattern Notes
This hot water bottle cover, worked bottom-up, begins with a winding cast-on. After a few rounds of shaping, the body is worked from a chart and when the chart is complete, waste yarn is inserted to create an ‘afterthought’ opening. The top is shaped from a chart, and the cuff is worked in pattern, neatly finished with a tubular bind off. Stitches are then picked up above and below the opening, two ribbed edgings are worked, finished with i-cord and a button loop, and the top edge is secured to overlap the bottom. The two edges are stitched closed at the sides, and after a button is stitched in place, the cosy is complete.