Christmas Lights Cell Phone/Eyeglass Cover, PDF pattern
About The Design:
Whether you call it an iCozy, iSleeve, iSock, or iCover, this pattern is the 3rd in a series of knit covers for your cell phone or eyeglasses. Cell phones are ubiquitous, so, with a small investment of time, you can knit yourself, family, and your friends a colorful i-cover!
The covers only weigh a little over an ounce, so they make good use of all those tiny balls of stash yarns we can’t bear to get rid of, or the discontinued yarns or colors we can’t get more of!
The lice pattern in the right sample, worked in bright colors on a black background, reminds me of Christmas lights shining at night! The left sample’s larger motif evolved from the lice pattern, for a more color-rich option.
Finished Dimensions: 3.5” wide x 7.5” long
Materials:
A mix of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Worsted
(190 yds. / 4 oz.) and Cascade Yarns Eco+ and Ecological Wool (478 yds. / 250 gr.) yarns.
Sample 1 – lice pattern with cross-body strap: 1.20 oz. / 74 yds. Ecol. Wool, #8095 Ebony (MC),
.07 oz. / 4 yds. LPW, M155 Lemon Drop (A),
.07 oz. / 4 yds. LPW, M100 Supreme Purple (B),
.07 oz. / 5 yds. LPW, M138 Cayenne (C), and
.07 oz. / 4 yds. Eco+, #7009 Kiwi (D).
Sample 2 – larger motif with striped edges:
.67 oz. / 37 yds. Ecol. Wool, #8095 Ebony (MC),
.11 oz. / 6 yds. LPW, M155 Lemon Drop (A),
.11 oz. / 6 yds. LPW, M100 Supreme Purple (B),
.11 oz. / 6 yds. LPW, M138 Cayenne (C), and
.11 oz. / 6 yds. Eco+, #7009 Kiwi (D).
Each cover weighs approx. 1.2 oz. without a cross-body strap, and approx. 1.6 oz. with a cross-body strap. For the strap-less cover, allow an additional approx .35 oz. / 20 yds. of the I-cord color for a cross-body strap.
US size 6 (4 mm) dpns, set of 5
Tapestry ndl, stitch marker, or waste yarn
1” diameter button for each cover
sewing ndl and thread
Substitute Yarn Weight: heavy worsted
Possible Lamb’s Pride Options:
M05 Onyx, M120 Limeade, M191 Kiwi, or M169 Woodland Green.
Gauge:
20 sts and 28 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in St st, and 22 and 26 sts = 4” in color pattern with size 6 ndls, or size to give gauge. To save time, take time to check gauge.
Happy Knitting!
Dawn