Barbara T

I am planning on making a quilted hot water bottle cover for my prospective DIL, but am not sure which batting would be best. I love wool batting, but am worried that this might keep most of the heat in, so not actually letting much warmth through!
I would be very grateful for your recommendations, as she is not British born, and really feels the cold in our winters.

ManiacQuilter2

I don't know if you have them in your country, but when I lived in a very cold house, I bought a mattress pad with heat and it kept me very warm at night.
http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-202...sp?color=White

Prism99

I agree about the mattress heaters!

Wool batting on a hot water bottle will simply disperse the heat more slowly. I actually think wool would be a good batting to use for a hot water bottle. Something that disperses heat faster would be useful to heat up the bed; something that disperses heat slower would be better for a person because it reduces the chance of burning and lasts longer as a source of warmth.

gramajo

I love my heated mattress pad.

ukdame

I made one for my rubber HWB here in the US. Even though I have an electric blanket my feet remain like ice. The inner is a pink stretch knit and outer a flowered flannel leftovers. I cannot recall what batting I used . I think it was a low loft poly batting as I was not yet in to quilting back then. It works well but I know lots of folks knit theirs.

Peckish

People still use hot water bottles??? Gee, I haven't seen one in probably 30-40 years!

Barbara T

Thank you, but it isn't just in bed she uses it, she tends to carry it around with her and hugs it while watching tv or on her laptop.

Barbara T

Here in England, hot water bottles are very much still going strong. Not just for bedtime, but to ease aches and pains.

feline fanatic

And in the US! I couldn't be without mine when I get neck and back spasms. The moist heat seems to help more than an electric heating pad but I have one of those too.

tulip43

I still use the hot water bottle. Also put at bottom of bed to warm up. My mil used to heat a large stone to put in the bed and it would make the bed toasty warm. Like to have the bottle for aches when needed, prefer it over the electric pad.