As seen on BBC’s Still Game!

This is a pattern for a knitted hot water bottle with Phillip Schofield’s face crocheted onto the front.

Finished Dimensions
To fit a 40cm/16” circumference hot water bottle
(height excl. neck = 25cm, width = 20cm)

Yarn Requirements
100g DK weight brown yarn (eg. Regia 6 Ply shade 2140 Bark Mottled: 75% wool, 25% nylon; 125m per 50g ball)
25g DK weight white yarn (eg. Regia 6 Ply shade 2080 Super White: 75% wool, 25% nylon; 125m per 50g ball)
25g 4 Ply peach yarn (eg. Rowan Pure Wool 4 Ply shade 441: 100% superwash wool; 160m per 50g ball)
Oddments of black cotton yarn, stranded cotton or embroidery thread

Needles & Notions
1 pair knitting needles size 3mm (UK 10, US 2 ½)
1 pair knitting needles size 3.5mm (UK 9, US 4)
1 crochet hook size 3mm (UK 10, US D)
4 stitch markers
Plastic press fasteners (optional)

Gauge
24 stitches x 24 rows in with DK yarn and 3.5mm needles in garter stitch = 4” / 10cm