HYDRATE!
A crocheted water bottle holder
Copyright © 2006 by Patti Gonsalves
Published in the June 2006 Crochet
Me newsletter
Water's important no matter the weather. This water bottle
holder keeps your H2O close by and your hands free. It’s
a quick hook and uses just a ball of cotton yarn. You
can sport this over one shoulder or make the strap a little
longer and wear it across your chest.
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Materials needed:
• J & P Coats, Royale Fashion
size 3 Crochet Thread, or any fingering weight cotton
(150 yards / 137 meters per ball), Tangerine, 1 ball
• 3.75 mm (US size F / 5) hook
• Yarn needle
Finished Measurements:
Holds a standard 16 (24) ounce water bottle.
Directions are given for smaller size, with changes for
larger size in parentheses.
Instructions:
Base:
Rnd 1: ch 2, 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Join
w/ sl st to 1st sc. (8 sc)
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 sc in ea st around. Join w/
sl st to 1st sc. (16 sc)
Rnd 3: ch 1, sc in 1st st, 2 sc in next st;
*sc in next st, 2 sc in next st;* repeat from * to * around.
Join w/ sl st to 1st sc. (24 sc)
Rnd 4: ch 1, sc in the first 2 sc, 2 sc in
next st, *sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st,* repeat from
* to * around. Join w/ sl st to 1st sc. (32 sc)
Rnd 5: ch 1, sc in the first 3 sc, 2 sc in
next st, *sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st,* repeat from
* to * around. Join w/ sl st to 1st sc. (40 sc)
Rnd 6: ch 1, sc in the first 4 sc, 2 sc in
next st, *sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st,* repeat from
* to * around. Join w/ sl st to 1st sc. (48 sc)
Rnd 7: ch 1, sc in the first 5 sc, 2 sc in
next st, *sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st,* repeat from
* to * around. Join w/ sl st to 1st sc. (56 sc)
Side:
Rnd 8: *ch 6, skip next 3 sc, sl st in next
sc,* repeat from * to * around to last st. Join w/ sl st
in 1st sl st.
Rnd 9: sl st in next 2 ch of 1st ch-6 sp,
sl st in the same ch-6 sp. Ch 6, *sl st in next ch-6 sp,
ch 6,* repeat from * to * around. Join w/ sl st to first
sl st.
Rnds 10-18 (10-20): Repeat rnd 9.
Rnd 19 (21): sl st in next 2 ch of 1st ch-6
sp, sc in the same ch-sp, ch 3. (sc, ch 3) in each ch-sp
around. Join w/ sl st to 1st sc.
Rnd 20 (22): ch 2 (counts as 1st hdc), hdc
in ea ch and sc around. Join w/ sl st to top of beg ch 2.
Strap:
Row 1: ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), dc in next
4 hdc, turn. (5 dc)
Row 2: ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), dc in next
3 dc, then dc in the top of the ch 3 of theprevious row.
Rows 3-64 : Repeat Row 2. Finish off. (If
you would like a longer strap, just keep repeating Row 2
until the strap is the desired length.) Sew to the other
side of the opening and weave in ends.
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