People of the past knew the magic of a handmade garment – the uniqueness, the custom fit, the time and care taken by the maker.
Vintage Crochet features vintage patterns from Australian publications such as the Australian Women’s Weekly and the Australian Woman’s Mirror. With instructions for a variety of vintage garments, accessories, toys and homewares we’ve chosen to showcase the pattern for the timeless hot-water bottle cover.
Hot-water bottle cover
Use these wool crochet squares for rugs, shawls or hot-water bottle covers!
The Australian Woman’s Mirror, 16 June 1936.
Materials: 4-ply sock yarn, 20 g balls: 2 x dark colour and 2 x light colour; 3.25 mm crochet hook.
Measurements: Each motif measures 9 cm square. 15 motifs will be needed.
Special stitches: Long treble (ltr): wrap yarn twice over hook before putting it through the stitch below; tuft: 4 tr into same place, withdraw hook from loop, insert into 1st tr, bring loop through, then work 1 ch tightly.
These versatile motifs use two colours in alternating rows, but you could also make them in one, three or four colours. Using a different weight of yarn and hook size, you can make them smaller or larger too. For small articles, join the squares together as you go, but for large pieces you may work squares separately and sew together last.
MOTIF
1st round: 12 ch, join into a ring with sl-st. 3 ch, 23 tr into the ring (24 sts). 2nd round: Change colour. Work 1 tuft into every 3rd tr, with 5 ch between.
3rd round: Change colour. Work 6 tr over every 5 ch and 1 ch over every tuft.
4th round: Change colour. * Miss 2 tr of 6 tr group, 1 tr into each of next 4 tr, 1 tr over 1 ch, 1 tr into each of 1st 4 tr of next group, 6 ch, 1 ltr into 1 ch, 6 ch. Rep from * 3 times, join with sl-st into 1st tr and end off.
Make 15 motifs.
TO MAKE UP
To join motifs as you go, join with sl-st at corner ltr and 1st, 5th and 9th tr along the side, and at next corner ltr, to corresponding stitches of prev square.
To make a hot-water bottle cover, work a piece consisting of 5 rows of 3 motifs. Join the ends with a flat seam and fold so the seam is at centre back, and the centre front is a full motif.
Lower edge: Work 1 dc into each tr, 3 dc into corner chain sps, 1 dc into each sp in the ‘star’ corners. Fold flat and join front and back along lower edge with a row of dc. If your hot-water bottle has a hanging tab, leave a gap of about 4 cm in the centre.
Top edge, 1st row: 1 tr into every tr and 3 tr into every 5 ch loop.
2nd row: 3 tr into every 3rd tr.
3rd row: * 3 tr into sp between 3 tr group in prev row, work 3 ch, 1 dc back into 2nd tr (to make a picot). Rep from * to end. Fasten off.
For the tie, use doubled yarn to crochet a chain about 75 cm long. Fasten off. Thread through the sps in the 3rd row and knot the ends.
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