Owl Hottie by Helen Ardley

Owl Hottie

Knitting
December 2010
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in st st on 4mm needles
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
To fit hot water bottle 32cm/12.5in tall with neck, by 19cm/7.5in wide
English

This is one of the cover projects on Knit Today Magazine, No. 54, Bedtime Knits supplement. It’s a cover for a small hot water bottle with an intarsia owl motif on the front and a plain buttoned back. The motif is completed with embroidery and Swiss darning (duplicate stitch).

The piece requires 1 x 50g of recommended yarn in each of 5 colours = 5 x 50g total. Also 5 buttons. There is a chart for the front with intarsia motif. There is no chart for the back.