It would appear that other people like my hot water bottles, as five sold in the first two weeks at the museum shop and I have been asked to supply more. The tweedy ones seem more popular than the purple, which has surprised me, as in the socks and handwarmers purple always sells out first. I saw some Shetland ones on the Net (no pattern apart from a couple of stripes) which are selling at 50% more than we are charging. Somebody must be buying them.
Buying the naked bottles on line was more difficult than it should have been. At least 30 minutes trawling through "you are buying the cover only" etc. Or the photo looks like a full size 2L bottle then in the descsription turns out to be a 500L handwarmer. I did get a bargain few, and that firm even sent me a 15% discount off my next order. Tried another order - they've now disappeared from the website! They must have been on clearance the first time round. So I gave up and went back to my local shop who have bottles with spotted covers (lurid green fleece, but what the heck) for a very reasonable £5. Thought I had cleared his shelves, but he showed me another two boxes full, which should keep me going until sales drop off. And, amusingly, a couple of friends in my Wednesday gossip group want the disgarded spotted covers, which I am happy to give them.
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