Pattern for Hot Water Bottle Cozy

Here is the range of colour combinations that I played with when knitting this gorgeous 'hot water bottle cozy'. Imagination is your only limitation...

Another sale for this pattern today all the way to beautiful California...

Available to purchase @ (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/entrelac-hot-water-bottle-cozy-2)

Happy knitting & creating to all wonderful artists out there!

Giant Knit Lounge Throw - Entrelac

Hand knitted by me in 100% acrylic. These throws look gorgeous

and they make a statement in any room.

Sunchi B... where Art & Comfort meet...

Hot Water Bottle Cozy - design for boys

hot water bottle cozy_2b, a photo by 'Sunchi B' Knit & Purl on Flickr.

My latest cozy designed for boys comes in red & grey. It is complementary in color to the red hand crocheted floor rug that I made earlier in the year (shown in the photo). 

The cozy is lined up the whole length to keep the pattern in shape and is easily removable and washable. It is bright in color and great for children to snuggle up with in cold winter months or when the tummy is aching.

'SunchiB' PATTERN for the Hot Water Bottle Sweater

(available now in my Etsy store)

I love Entrelac knitting! It is rich in texture and perfect for making great colour combos. Featured below is the 'SunchiB' hot water bottle sweater, the pattern now available in my Ravelry store. In this post, I thought I'd share with you the process that goes into making this cozy. It is well worth the effort... enjoy,  :) 

This sweater is knitted in one piece, which requires the shaping of Entralac Diamonds around the neck of this hot water bottle. This is probably the trickiest part when knitting this cozy (detailed in the pattern). It requires the sewing of one of the triangles, as shown in pic 2B and the rest is knitted in a simple entrelac knitting pattern.  

When the knitting part is finished, it is necessary to stitch in all the loose ends, so that our knitting looks neat and seamless. The sweater is lined with the 'acrylic felt', explained in my knitting pattern. We cut out the lining felt to match the knitted sweater and attach it to the knitted sweater by sewing the two together. To make sure that the lining is not moving, we hand-stitch the lining to the sweater using the blanket stitch along the bottom edge, as shown in the photo below.

The long sides of the sweater are then sewn using the sewing machine. Finally, we stitch up the felt along the other end of the sweater, using the blanket stitch.

It is a good idea to insert the bottle now, just to make sure that everything fits together before we finish the last part, which is the sewing of the sides of the sweater. It is best to use the 'mattress stitch seam', as we want the diamonds to be aligned and flowing from one to another. Mattress stitch seam will do a perfect job. 

After you finish one side, your sweater should look something like this. Repeat the process on the other side.

Ta da, now you have one great and stylish looking hot water bottle sweater.

Happy knitting from SunchiB! ♥

Hot Water Bottle Sweater for little girl's room (100% acrylic)

Here comes a gorgeous 'hot water bottle cozy' for a little girl's room! It is knitted by me in Entrelac Knitting, one of my favorite knitting patterns. It is rich in texture but very soft to snuggle with. It is made with 100% acrylic yarn. This 'hot water bottle cozy' is knitted in one piece and it is lined with acrylic felt for extra strength and durability.

For decorative purposes, the buttons on this cozy are hand covered in matching colour linen.

Writing my first knitting pattern - Entrelac Knitting

To all of you who do check in from time to time on my blog and who like to stay in touch with my creations,  'THANK YOU' ! It was nice to learn what people liked and showed the most interest in. My hot water bottle cozy has received several compliments and I am thrilled that it has received some attention. 

I have received one request for a pattern for this cozy, and I did promise that I would write it. I am currently knitting a 'hot water bottle cozy', designed for a little girls' room and I am writing the pattern as I go. I am a bit of free lance knitter, adding and deducting stitches as I go, so writing a pattern is a bit of a learning curve. I will add that it is also no surprise that I got myself into this... being a teacher and a former administrator I am very much used to writing manuals and procedural tasks.

So this is just to let you know that the pattern for SunchiB 'Hot Water Bottle Cozy- Enrelac Knitting' will be available soon. It will be listed in my Etsy store, so keep checking here or SunchiB facebook page for more information.

Country Style - Hot Water Bottle Cozy

Etrelac Knitting is one of my favorite patterns because it is just so rich in texture and it is perfect for putting contrasting colours together. We are so lucky here in Australia to have such a wonderful range of wool as well as colour combinations. This one is PATON wool ( 50% wool, 30 acrylic, 20% alpaca). 

This one is in chocolate and cream colour only, but there will be several more color combinations available through my Etsy store.

This Hot Water Bottle Cozy is knitted in one piece and it requires advanced techniques in knitting, working subtraction and adding around the neck of the bottle cozy to maintain that seamless knitting pattern. The main body of cozy is lined up with calico to add extra strength and durability.

Hot Water Bottle Cozy - Entrelac Knitting

(apologies, the first paragraph of this post accidently got wiped out)


Hot water bottles are very commonly used throughout Europe to keep children warm in the cold months of winter or when the tummy is aching. This is the way I remember my Mum using it to stop my tummy ache. It is a very old concept and if you do a little research, you will find that a variety of different types of heating bottles were used as early as in the 16th century. These early hot water bottles were made of a variety of materials, such as zinc, copper, glass, earthenware or wood. To prevent burning, the metal hot water flasks were wrapped in a soft cloth bag.

Today, the modern conventional rubber hot bottles are made out of durable rubber, that can withstand sufficient heat and they are commonly covered in fabric with novelty design. So, here was the opportunity to for me to learn a new pattern and design a hot water bottle cozy. There is so many ways you can go with the cozy design, combining different colours or interesting patterns. Try it, it is heaps of fun to make.

Learning Entrelac knitting

Entrelac knitting is such an intriguing knitting pattern!  You look at it and the first thing you do is try figure out how do the colours interact with one another and what is the technique behind it. Entrelac may seem complex, but once  you create a base for it which is a set of triangles, you pick up the stitches of the side of each triangle and by working the rows, your stitches will be slanting to the right or left depending on what side you are with your knitting project.

It is very handy to use an entralac diagram as a reminder in which direction your knitting is going:

I found this image on:
http://fuzzyjay.blogspot.com/2010/02/entrelac-diagrams.html

Working with the shades of gray, PATONS wool (50%wool, 30%acrylic, 20%alpaca), the Entrelac knitting works wonders on this wool. It accentuates the different colour shades, making any garment stand out!

Beeautiful Criss-Cross Basket Weave Cabled Scarf

Here is one of my scarfs; I knitted this one in 2009. It has lovely pattern and I would like to try this one again, maybe bigger needles. One day...