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Reconsidering

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Remember when I made the first tablet cover for Mr. Aitch and it was too small?

Well, I’ve been using it as a temporary-but-too-small cover for my iPad.

Several people commented about knitting and felting my own cover but the sting of the failed attempt was still too new to consider that.  I was going to sew one as it would be a much quicker process.

Have I sewn one yet?

No.

I love the feel and protection of the felted cover and am reconsidering making my own.  But it has to be something more than blue and gold.

Mr. Aitch’s tablet and my iPad are almost the same size so I can use the same stitch and row counts for the second cover.  I just have to decide on colors and possible color work.

Any suggestions?

Deserving

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My new knitting tool arrived two days earlier than expected.  I have been wanting one of these for at least a year and a half.  Didn’t get it for Christmas.  Didn’t get it for my birthday.  Didn’t get it for Valentine’s Day.  Thanks to these two posts, I decided to buy one for myself.  When you read my personal engraving, you’ll know why.

Engraving:

Tablet cover take 2

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Remember when I made the first tablet cover for Mr. Aitch’s e-tablet?  It was too wide and too short.

I finally finished it this afternoon.  It seemed like this took F.O.R.E.V.E.R. since I already made one.  It took awhile to get motivated to start it all over again.

The pre-felting size was 11 inches wide by 23 inches tall.  I had already sewn one side when I remembered to take that picture so just imagine that it’s really 23 inches tall.  The all important pocket was 11 inches by 10 1/2 inches once it was all sewn together.  I added a solid blue edge and checkerboard row to the top of the pocket area as well as knitted it longer.  The back is solid navy blue and I didn’t take a picture of it since it was boring.

I soaked it for about an hour in a vinegar and water solution before felting so set the blue dye so it wouldn’t run into the gold.  I didn’t add enough vinegar this time since it did run a little.

Post-felting measurements were 10 inches wide  by 8 inches high for the pocket.  That was the most important measurement.

The lining was hand sewn using some microfiber suede cloth I got on sale at Joann Fabrics. 

Perfect fit.

Blood, sweat and tears went into this.  Blood: when I stuck my finger with the needle while sewing the lining.  Tears: when the first cover didn’t fit.  Sweat: while felting this and wondering if it would fit.

Mr. Aitch is happy.

I’m full…

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…of cupcakes.  Well, to be more precise I’m full of cupcake hats.

Using leftover yarn from other projects, I finished these last week but only got them photographed yesterday.

The hat with the light buttercream icing is for a 5-year old.  The one with the rich, chocolate icing is for her 16-year old sister.  I’m not sure if the 16-year old really wanted the hat or if the mother wanted her to have the hat.

Cupcake hat pattern: Chili Con Yarne

Cherry pattern: Cherries are the Bomb

I cast on 8 more stitches for the larger hat, knit the ribbing another inch and started the decreases when the hat was 9-inches from the cast on edge.

I used a different method for the bobbles than the original pattern calls for and I don’t remember where I got the instructions.  The bobbles are 5-stitch bobbles, which means that each bobble has 25 stitches in it resulting in one row with 560 stitches.

I’m not a fan of bobbles.

The buttercream icing hat has a total of 4,363 stitches including the cherry.  The chocolate hat has 6,112 stitches including the cherry.