Craftiness: Hot Water Bottle Cover
With the glow of the holidays still upon us, some of you may be thinking you were pretty generous in the gift-giving department this year. But unless you donated an organ to a loved one, I think you'll have to give the prize to my friend Lee, who is doing just that early next week. Seems Lee's dad is in need of a kidney, and so he decided to forgo the traditional golf clubs and fruitcake and go under the knife himself. Pretty amazing, huh?
I thought the least I could do was to make him a little something to help in his recover, which will last several weeks. I went to Goodwill and bought a wool turtleneck sweater. I felted it by washing it in hot water in our washing machine and drying it on high heat. The greatly reduced sweater was then fitted around a traditional hot water bottle, trimmed to size with pinking shears, and stitched around the three open sides. The neck is left open to take the bottle in and out.
Lee, I am amazed at your act of generosity; let's all be thinking good thoughts for him and his dad next week. What's the most generous thing you've even seen someone do?
