I adapted the original pattern to make the opening at the bottom rather than the top since I fill my bottle from the tap and regularly get it wet in the sink, I needed a cover I could slip on and off easily, (wet covers are not nice - believe me). So I only knitted half the rib at the top and sewed it closed, and added a flap and buttons to the bottom.
Any Sherlock Holmes out there?
Yesterday at the Lacemakers group we had a collection of 'no longer needed' items available to take in exchange for a charity donation, and this caught my eye....
Sadly the label is partly missing but what is there says....
KNITTING P
Full Set. Size 1
So I am guessing along the lines of The Universal (?) Knitting pins, Full Set Size 14 (since inside the wooden case are 9 steel 2mm dpns)
Unfortunately nothing is known of it's history and I'd love to know a little more about this set, especially how old it is, and what it's original use was (surely not 9 dpns for socks) so if anyone has any ideas or knows how I can find out I would love to hear.
4 comments:
Lovely hottie cover, I need to get knitting those for us!
You know, only a knitter would come up with a sweater for a hot water bottle! It's absolutely lovely. I especially like the cable.
I actually knit a cover for a bottle of wine (it had a lacy drawstring top) that I gave to a knitting friend (with a nice bottle of wine in it). Talk about warming up the winter night!
Hugs and good knitting to you!
You can tell wnter is close when knitters make Hotwaterbottle covers!!
adorable...yep the weather is changing and what could be better than curling up with your very own hottie...love the cable design.
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