I saw a few little bottles like these floating around Pinterest and wanted to make one but couldn't find a pattern, so I decided to whip one up myself. I find they comfortably hold about 21 dice, or three sets (of seven polyhedral). I keep two full sets of seven polyhedral and one set of six d6s in mine.
note: these make good dice bags but can also be used for just about anything--jewelry, makeup, other game pieces, cosplay, or just for decoration.
measurements:
3.5” tall, not including cork
4” diameter at the base
2” cork
materials needed:
*size G hook
*medium weight yarn in three colours--potion bottle, edging, and cork/stopper (my favourite combination is blue/silver/brown)
*handful of cotton batting to stuff cork
bottle-
to start: chain 16, connect to 1st ch to form loop
1: ch1, sc in every ch around edge of loop, join (16)
2-6: ch1, sc in every st around, join (16)
7: ch1, sl st in every st around, join (16)
8: ch1, sc 2 in first st, sc 1 in next st, repeat around, join (24)
9: ch1, sc 1 in every st around, join (24)
10: ch1, sc 1 in first 5 st, sc 2 in next st, repeat around, join (28)
11: ch1, sc 2 in first st, sc 1 in next 6 st, repeat around, join (32)
12: ch1, sc 1 in first 7 st, sc 2 in next st, repeat around, join (36)
13: ch1, sc 2 in first st, sc 1 in next 8 st, repeat around, join (40)
14: ch1, sc 2 in first st, sc 1 in next 19 st, repeat, join (42)
15-16: ch1, sc in each st around, join (42)
17: ch1, work in back loops this round, sc2tog, sc in next st, repeat around, join (28)
18: ch1, sc2tog 3 times, sc in next st, repeat around, join (16)
19: ch1, sc in first 2 st, sc2tog, repeat around, join (12)
20: ch1, sc2tog, repeat around, join (6)
tie off, use tail to weave together remaining gap, and weave in ends
trim-
1) attach yarn to row 15, sc every st around, join, tie off
2) attach yarn to row 6, sc every st around, join, ch 22, tie off, leave tail to attach cork
3) using a length of yarn approx 3ft long, wrap mouth of bottle, tie off
cork-
to start: chain 3, connect to 1st ch to form loop
1: ch1, sc 7 in loop, join (7)
2: ch1, sc 2 in each st, join (14)
3: ch1, sc 2 in first st, sc 1 in next st, repeat around, join (21)
4-7: ch1, sc 1 in each st around, join (21)
8: ch1, sc2tog, sc 1 in next st, repeat around, join (14)
9: ch1, sc2tog, repeat around, join (7)
tie off, stuff cork with cotton batting
weave gap closed, and attach cork to trim chain from earlier
happy trails,
-Annie J
How would you suggest modifying the pattern to make the bottle itself (not the mouth where the cork is) a little longer?
ReplyDeleteI can see two easy ways to increase the length of the main bottle:
ReplyDelete-add a line between each line from 10 to 14, do 1 sc in every st around, the same as row 9. Then continue as above. This would give you a longer cone.
-repeat rows 15-16until the bottle is long enough before continuing with row 17. This would result in something more like a wine bottle (depending how long you make it).
Any other options would need the base changing, which I'm not sure about without making it, and I don't know how big you'd want it.
I hope this helps you!
P.s. I hope Annie J Is happy with me suggesting alterations to her pattern :)
Hey, just a quick question:
ReplyDeleteWhen you say wrapping the top trim, do you mean with a tapestry needle, or some sort of slip stitch method? I'm just a little confused on how to achieve to correct look on the finished product. Looking forward to making a bunch of these!
A tapestry needle would be perfect! I'm really lazy and don't like to truck with threading those, so I just hold the length of yarn myself and lay it over the spot I need to pull it through, then reach through and grab it with my crochet hook, and pull the entire length through the stitch, fold it back over the lip of the bottle, repeat. It's a poor man's tapestry needle wrap, haha. Depending on your yarn you may need to wrap the yarn through each stitch around the mouth of the bottle more than once to get the desired look. Hope this helped!
DeleteI really loved making this potion bottle, thank you so much for such a great pattern
ReplyDeleteLizzie
I wish you would show where you swap colors from the grey bottom to the blue top so we can mimic that.
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