Comforts for the Troops: Hot-Water Bottle Cover

Downton Abbey inspired knitted pattern for a hot water bottle. Due to copyright restrictions this magazine is only available for purchase in the United States. This magazine is unofficial and unauthorized. It is not authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by Carnival Film & Television Ltd., it's writers or producers, or any of its licensees.

Finished Size: 8¾ inches (22.2 cm) wide and 11½ inches (29.2 cm) long
Yarn: Rowan Pure Wool Aran, 100% wool yarn, worsted weight, 186 yards (170.0 m) /100 gram (3.5 oz) skein, 1 skein of #675 Sage
Needles: Double pointed, size 6 (4 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: Stitch markers; twill tape, ¾ inch (1.9 cm) wide, 28 inches (71.1 cm) long; tapestry needle
Gauge: 20 sts and 29 rnds = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in St st
Oringinally Published: Unofficial Downton Abbey Knits 2013

About Susan Strawn: Susan Strawn is professor emerita at Dominican University (Chicago). She researches and writes stories she finds in textiles and clothing. A frequent contributor to Long Thread Media, she is the author of Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2007). She lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and writes about her life with knitting on Substack.

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