I never did that before ....
I checked on Pinterest to find some inspiration ... almost nothing ...
I asked my friend to take some measures (circumference, diameter and height) and knowing that she loves the blue&green combo, I started to crochet a circle for the top ...
I've been using some turquoise yarn from my stash and a 4mm hook and my design involved some filet crochet !!!
As the subject was "water" (and because of the colour selection), I decided to consider some fish to crochet on the cover ...
The fish pattern was taken from Betty Barnden's FILET CROCHET and I adapted it (on a piece of paper with small squares) accordingly with my needs (number of stitches, groups and spaces) ...
... and after some rounds, I started to see the fish ...
The thing is that, because starting to crochet from the top to the bottom, you have to read the chart upside down !
To check properly the design, I put the cover on a lamp that I have on my computer desk, that is next an Egyptian panel with ... fish! ...
After the trio of fish was completed, I decided to add some waves (pattern taken from the same book as for the fish) ...
To break the sameness of the work, I began to decorate the top of the cover with some neon green and slip stitches ..
... and the waves were getting more and more ..
I like when you are approaching the end of your work and you realize "It makes sense!" ...
I added some extra designs to the cover (another kind of fish and some seaweed) and fringes to complete it
as you notice, at a certain point my turquoise yarn ended and I had to replace it with some other yarn... I was disappointed, but then I thought that the abyss are darker than the surface water, so .... it was not completely wrong and I patted my shoulder to cheer me up !!!
These are all the designs I used in the cover (the seaweed is mine!) ....
the cover in all its length .....
I gave the cover to my friend last Friday (she was so excited!) and later she sent a picture of her terracotta water dispenser all covered up for the occasion ...
.... and the picture arrived with a caption "Happy water filter" !!
She rolled it a bit (I think we had some problems with the conversion of the measures from inches to cm !!!!), but she loves it and she said the colours are fantastic!!!
I like to notice that in the back of the pic there is a cat bowl with fish on .... !!!!
I'm curious to know your opinion on it!!!!!
xxxx Alessandra
