Custom water bottle cover, crochet
Originally uploaded by tihea. A free pattern (kind of!) - using simple stitches and a highly adjustable design, you can custom fit a cover to your water bottle. Perfect for summer, as it catches all the condensation when you use ice or have very cold water in the bottle.
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Pattern -
Crochet Water Bottle Tote, a recipe
Worsted weight cotton or wool (acrylic will not absorb water)
Size H or I crochet hook
Make an adjustable loop, and work 10 sc in loop.
Round 1 - 2sc in each sc around.
Round 2 - work even.
Round 3 - sc in joining ch, 2sc in next sc, *sc, 2sc* around
Round 4 - work even.
If needed, work one more increase round here by working sc in joining ch and 1st sc, 2sc in next sc, *sc in next 2sc, 2sc in next sc* around
Switch to hdc, and work 4 rounds straight. If your bottle has shaping, work a decrease round as follows -
Dec round - Ch2, work hdc dec in same hdc as tuning chain and 1st st (yo, pull up loop in turning st, yo, pull up loop in 1st hdc, yo and draw through all loops - hdc dec made). Fold your work in half and note the opposite point from this dec, and hdc over to it. Work another hdc dec, and hdc to end. Be sure to work your decrease stitches a little looser than your normal stitches, as this will allow more stretch to get the cover on.
For my bottle cover, I worked the 4 rounds of straight hdc, a dec round, 2 rounds of straight hdc, a dec round, 7 rounds of straight hdc, an increase round (ch2, work 2 hdc in same stitch as turning chain, work to half the round, work 2hdc in half-way stitch, work hdc to end), 4 rounds of straight hdc, and one last dec round.
My water bottle has a tab with a hook, so after the last dec round, I chained 8, slip stitched to the 4th hdc stitch, turned and worked 13 sc into the chain loop (around the entire chain, not into the stitches themselves). I finished with a slip stitch to the starting stitch.
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