This is my first time posting in this subreddit - so hi everyone!

I’m a fairly new knitter and have been incredibly excited to start knitting up warm things for winter.

I recently finished a hot water bottle cover and have been waiting for the weather in the UK to get particularly freezing before I used it. As temperatures hit -1 degrees Celsius yesterday, I knew the time had come to give it a go.

To my disappointment, the bottle wasn’t warming my toes up at all… I checked to see if I had put enough hot water in, but the water came out scalding! Alas, as mentioned in the title, the yarn I have used (Drops Merino Extra Fine) has done too good of a job at insulating the bottle, and not much heat is escaping at all!

My toes remain particularly frosty this chilly November morning. Oh well - at least it looks nice and I now know what yarn I need to use to make socks!

(Please ignore the ends that I’m yet to weave in!)