I started as I thought I would the hot water bottle cover late last night, far to late to want to swatch and I really thought it would not be necessary, after all its only a hot water bottle cover. My gauge always seems to be roughly about right, what harm can it do on a small project.

And when son no.2 came home for lunch and literally laughed and poked fun at my far too small hot water bottle cover, I became quite panicky and upset as up to that point I had rather enjoyed the idea of my own hand knitted hot water bottle cover (with hot water bottle inside) keeping my poor little tootsies warm. It does look small doesn’t it.

One found under a bed hot water bottle later…

It fits, quite nicely, (although I may need to find a matching colour hot water bottle)

Phew!