Pochie

Pochie is a Scots word meaning snug, warm or cosy.

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Ooskit (100% British Wool; 220m / 240 yds per 100g skein)
Kate Davies Designs Schiehallion (100% British Wool; 110m / 120yds per 50g skein)

Colourways:
Kate
A Horkel: 1 x 100g skein
B Crowdie: 1 x 50g skein

Maylin
A Crowdie: 2 x 50g skeins
1 skein of each of the following shades:
B Alto,
C Doris
D Mooring
E Rhubarb
F Daunder

Pauline
A Alto: 2 x 50g skeins
B Doris: 1 x 50g skein

Needles and notions
Two gauge-size needle(s) (for cast on)
Gauge-size needle(s) of appropriate length for working Pochie (if different)
Two below gauge-size needles (for working opening)
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
21 sts and 26 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stranded colourwork in the round using gauge-size needle(s). Use 4mm needle as a starting point for swatching.
 
Size
To fit standard sized hot water bottles (1.8-2 litre capacity)

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 colourwork chart and when the chart is complete, waste yarn is inserted to create an ‘afterthought’ opening. The top is shaped, a ribbed cuff worked, and stitches are then picked up above and below the opening. Two ribbed edgings are then worked, finished with i-cord and a button loop, and the top edge 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.

With grateful thanks to Michelle Payne, whose original idea it was to knit a hot water bottle cover featuring the Sterntaucher motif