*YAY for Warm iPods*
I finally sat down and knit a cozy for my iPod mini! I knit it Saturday night while watching Napoleon Dynamite, so funny! I want to watch the movie over and over again, sweet. I used Cascade 220 because it came in the pinks that I wanted and it's my favorite felting yarn.
The finished product after 2 trips in a hot wash and 1 cold rinse:
I'm keeping the flap down with one piece of pink velcro, since the yarn is fuzzy you only need the loop side of the velcro. There isn't room for my earbuds in the cozy because my main objective was to have a safe, scratch-free, bump-free place for the iPod during transit. Objective met.
And my free pattern for the felted iPod mini cozy:
Yarn: Cascade 220 100% Wool
Needles: Size 11 DPN
Gauge: 3 sts / 1"
Color A: #9478
Color B: #7805
CO 12 sts with color A
K 8 rows in stockinette st, ending with a K row
CO 12 more sts using the backwards loop CO
Divide sts among 3 needles
Join in the round & K for 8 rows continuing in St st
Switch to Color B
K 2 rows
Switch to Color A
K 2 rows
Switch to Color B
K 8 rows (my iPod sticks out about 1/4" from the cozy although the flap covers it, you could add 2-3 rows so it fits down inside the cozy)
Adjust sts onto 2 needles making sure the original 12 sts are on one needle and the additional 12 sts on the other needle (this is to ensure the cozy is shaped like an envelope and not twisted)
BO using 3 needle bind off
Felt using favorite method
Enjoy your new cozy!!! Send me photos if you make one!!
The finished product after 2 trips in a hot wash and 1 cold rinse:
I'm keeping the flap down with one piece of pink velcro, since the yarn is fuzzy you only need the loop side of the velcro. There isn't room for my earbuds in the cozy because my main objective was to have a safe, scratch-free, bump-free place for the iPod during transit. Objective met.
And my free pattern for the felted iPod mini cozy:
Yarn: Cascade 220 100% Wool
Needles: Size 11 DPN
Gauge: 3 sts / 1"
Color A: #9478
Color B: #7805
CO 12 sts with color A
K 8 rows in stockinette st, ending with a K row
CO 12 more sts using the backwards loop CO
Divide sts among 3 needles
Join in the round & K for 8 rows continuing in St st
Switch to Color B
K 2 rows
Switch to Color A
K 2 rows
Switch to Color B
K 8 rows (my iPod sticks out about 1/4" from the cozy although the flap covers it, you could add 2-3 rows so it fits down inside the cozy)
Adjust sts onto 2 needles making sure the original 12 sts are on one needle and the additional 12 sts on the other needle (this is to ensure the cozy is shaped like an envelope and not twisted)
BO using 3 needle bind off
Felt using favorite method
Enjoy your new cozy!!! Send me photos if you make one!!
posted by Carrie at 7:00 AM
3 Comments:
oh thank you for figuring our the felted ipod cozy. I've been wanting to do it but was too lazy to try and figure it all out. How pathetic is that. Do you think you could cut the felt so you can see the screen and use the controls? Are you going to make a strap for it?
You are welcome! I think if the cozy is felted enough you should be able to cut windows out for the controls. I'm not going to make a strap for it since I usually toss it into a bag. Thanks for reading!
Carrie ~ drop on by and see the cozy that my daughter has knit for a friend. Now off to make my own.
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