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Re: 5 gallon water cooler cover

salmonmac — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:37:44 GMT

Perfect! You chose a great color combination and the woven ribbon is a great touch. Well done!

Re: 5 gallon water cooler cover

dmcaruthers — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:52:37 GMT

I pretty new at this, but I made a gauge swatch as you suggested and then found a pattern calculator on-line and used it to figure out the decrease. Here's the results:

Re: 5 gallon water cooler cover

dmcaruthers — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:39:36 GMT

Thank you salmonmac. I'll see what I can come up with and post the results.

Re: 5 gallon water cooler cover

salmonmac — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:54:47 GMT

I made a mch smaller version of a water cooler cover for a cafetierre (and I mean, much smaller). I just measured around, made a gauge swatch and figured out how many stitched to cast on; knit in the round for the height you need and then rapidly decrease to the opeining at the top of the bottle. A separate knitted circle could be made (there are instructions for these online) and seamed to the cast on. Alternatively you could knit the body of the cover sideways and then seam the cast off and cast on sts.

I couldn't find any pattern for a water cooler to help out. You may be the first! Let us see the finished cover if you care to post a picture.

5 gallon water cooler cover

dmcaruthers — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:28:32 GMT

Does anyone have a simple knitting pattern (or know where I can get one) for a cover for the 5 gallon water bottles on water cooler dispensers? Appreciate the help.