Crochet hot water bottle covers

Crochet and colour are my everything.

Today my blanket of choice is the turquoise hexie I made last year.

It's vibrant colours never fail to inject me with energy and lift my spirits!

My addiction of matching my mug to my crochet of course continues

 and has become something of a trademark! 

So much so, that if my daily morning picture on my Facebook Page

 doesn't have a pretty mug of something delicious and hot,

 people write to me and ask if I'm ok! How lovely is that?!

Here at Patchwork House I am still resting

 and waiting for new medication to work.

 I am so fortunate to have a hobby which I can use to fill my time,

 but more than that, a hobby which I can use to bless other people. 

My daily posts on Instagram and Facebook are such a pleasure to me

 and lately I've had the most wonderful encouragement 

from all around the world,

 knowing I am touching the lives of others

 who also suffer with illness. 

Thank you all for your comments and emails,

 too many to reply to, but please know I am very humbled 

and so happy to know that many of you visit my pages daily

 for your dose of colour therapy!

Patchwork House has turned into Santa's workshop lately

 and I have been working on the hot water bottle production line !

We Brits are very partial to our hotties, here in damp cold UK,

 for snuggling these cooler days.

 I'm often asked by puzzled Americans what they are for,

 but am pleased to say that they've started flying out of my Etsy Shop

 and winging their way across the pond the last few weeks! 

So as well as keeping Britain warm, I'm now breaking into USA !

This year I've added a few new designs to my range

 and the corner to corner stitch creating a diagonal stripe

 has been most popular.

I just love coordinating the bottle and the buttons with the cover, 

it's the little details that count

 and what people have come to expect from The Patchwork Heart!

The hot water bottle is a perfect little canvas

 for trying out new colour recipes

 and I get so excited when customers email me with their own colour choices

 to match their homes or satisfy family favourites.

I also sell covers only which of course saves on postage !

The classic granny squares hottie is my best seller 

with its vintage look and air of nostalgia.

The black forest colour recipe

 of my last granny blanket was so popular I had to try it on a hottie

 and yes I was right they flew out of my Etsy shop so fast !

Mocha and duck egg

 is a very classy restful combination

and these too can't be made fast enough

 to keep up with demand !

Our old favourite Cath Kidston

 as always

 provides me with much colour inspiration

and I've enjoyed playing with the same colours

 in 3 different patterns.

Peacock was great fun to make

 using some of the new shades of Stylecraft Special DK

and the rich warm autumnal colours here

 were very comforting and apt for this time of year.

The most exciting

 new addition to the range this year has been my circles design

using colours inspired by Orla Kiely

These are made in a contemporary design have a retro look.

I love making circles

the precision appeals to my Maths brain!

and the negative or reverse image on the back

 has caused a lot of interest!

So now my next venture is to create some new colour recipes

 again inspired by Cath Kidston. 

I spent some lovely time shopping and browsing

 on the Cath Kidston website

 and was inspired by these gorgesous items

Thank you to the many people who voted on my Facebook page.

 It seems that many people would like

 something different and without pink!

 The most popular of these were

top row right ~ grey blue green and yellow

middle row centre ~ lime green white and red

middle row left ~ white orange red yellow and green

so watch out for some new designs on hot water bottles

 to be hitting my Etsy shop soon!

I do take orders too if you find you miss the stock in my shop

so if that helps please email me at

thepatchworkheartuk@gmail.com

Order will be taken up to 30th November for Christmas delivery.

Back to my hook now

have a happy hooky weekend friends

Heather

x x x

PS. Before I'm asked I must say sorry no I do not use a pattern! But Im told you can find some to buy on Etsy.