Crochet a cosy hot water bottle cover

This design challenges the rather frumpy image of a hot water bottle cover! Now you can keep snug without compromising your street cred

Materials

Hook

Tension

Abbreviations

Htr2tog: leaving last loop of each st on hook work 1htr into each of next 2 sts, yrh and pull through all 3 loops.

Pattern

Hot water bottle cover

Using A, make 29ch.
Foundation row: 1dc into 2nd ch from hook,
1dc into each ch. 28dc.
Row 1: 2ch, 1htr into each dc.
Row 2: 2ch, 1htr into each htr.
Rows 3-7: As row 2, changing to B during last st
of row 7.
Row 8: 1ch, 1dc into each htr, changing to C during last st of row.
Row 9: 1ch, 1dc into each dc, changing to A during last st of row.
Row 10: 2ch, 1htr into each dc.
Row 11: 2ch, htr2tog, 1htr into each htr to last
2 sts, htr2tog.
Rows 12-13: As row 11. 22 sts.
Row 14: As row 2. Mark each end of last row with a contrast thread.
Row 15: As row 2.
Row 16: 2ch, 2htr into next htr, 1htr into each htr to last st, 2htr into last st.
Rows 17-18: As row 16. 28 sts.
Rows 19-33: As row 2.
Row 34: 2ch, [htr2tog] twice, 1htr into each htr to last 4 sts, [htr2tog] twice.
Row 35: As row 34.
Row 36: 2ch, [htr2tog] 3 times, 1htr into each htr to last 6 sts, [htr2tog] 3 times. 14 sts.
Rows 37-39: As row 2, changing to B during last st of row 39.
Row 40: 1ch, 1dc into each htr, changing to C
during last st.
Row 41: 1ch, 1dc into each dc, changing to A
during last st of row.
Row 42: As row 1.
Row 43: As row 16. 16 sts.
Rows 44-45: As row 2. Mark each end of last row with a contrast thread.
Rows 46-47: As row 2.
Row 48: As row 11. 14 sts.
Row 49: As row 2, changing to C during last st.
Row 50: As row 40 and changing to B during
last st.
Row 51: As row 41 and changing to A during
last st.
Row 52: As row 1.
Rows 53-54: As row 2.
Row 55: 2ch, 2htr into each of next 3htr, 1htr into each htr to last 3htr, 2htr into each htr. 20 sts.
Rows 56-57: 2ch, 2htr into each of next 2htr, 1htr into each htr to last 2htr, 2htr into each htr. 28 sts.
Rows 58-64: As row 2.
Fasten off.