Water Bottle- Summer Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 6

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Today marks the halfway point of the Summer 2023 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. We are to day 6 out of 12 days. 

When I was planning this crochet along and finalizing which designs I wanted to include I knew I wanted a mixture of animals and other items and as I listed them out I realized I had about half and half. Once I realized that I decided that I would alternate them as I released the patterns, an animal one day, other item then next, and so forth. So since yesterday was an animal it is time for another item and this time it is a water bottle. 

I figured some kind of water is important if you are camping or hiking, whether you use a canteen, a camelback type backpack, or water bottles. I chose to make a water bottle in a hydroflask type of style. A bottle with a lid and a little strap connecting the lid. 

This is one that would be great for using up scraps because you could make it any color you wanted. I chose a teal color for mine just because I wanted a color that was different than those I had used in other projects, but you could make it any color you want. 

 *Ebook with all 12 patterns included available for purchase on Etsy and Ravelry

How to Crochet a Mini Water Bottle

Finished Size: about 3.5" tall 

You will need:

• medium weight yarn in black and any color you want for the bottle (sample made in Red Heart Super Saver in Real Teal, and Loops and Threads Impeccable in Black)
• G crochet hook (4 mm)
• 2- 6 mm safety eyes
• black embroidery floss and needle
• Polyfil fiberfill
• yarn needle
• stitch markers 
• scissors

Instructions:

The bottle and lid are both made beginning with a magic ring and working in continuous rounds, the strap is made beginning with a chain. All 3 parts are made separately and sewn together

Body

Make 1 with colored yarn (sample made with teal), beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 5: 1 sc in blo of each st (24 sc)

Rounds 6-16: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 9-10 a few stitches apart

Embroider mouth below eyes

Begin stuffing bottle and continue to stuff as you work

Round 17: sc2tog around (12 sc)

Round 18: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)

Finish off, and cut yarn, tuck yarn inside bottle or weave in end

Lid

Make 1 with black yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: I sc in blo of each st (18 sc)

Round 5: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Finish off, and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Add a little bit of stuffing to the lid and stitch to the top of the bottle

Strap

Make 1 with black yarn, beginning with chain

ch 9

Row 1: turn, sk first st from hook, sc in each ch to the end (8 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew one end of the strap to the bottle just under the lid and the other end to the top of the lid