Wed - November 3, 2004
Pattern for Felted 12" Powerbook Cover
12” Mac Powerbook or iBook
Cover
As a Mac Powerbook user and owner for a decade and counting, I love these computers to bits. The first Mac that I ever owned and used was a Powerbook 165c, and I've still got her, although she hasn’t been used in a few years. Recently I managed to get use of a new(ish) 12” Powerbook G4, and I fell in love all over again. A beautiful computer needs some individual protection, and what’s better than hand knit protection? I made a felted cover for my baby, and then I made a cover for one of my friends and so a pattern was made. It’s not complex, and you could figure it out yourself, but maybe this’ll save some work.
(photos
of Edgar and cover by
Blatte)
Materials:
Yarn:
2 skeins of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride worsted in one colour
or
1 skein Lamb’s Pride in Sapphire (CC)
1 skein Lamb’s Pride in Charcoal (MC)
1 Skein Lamb’s Pride in Aubergine (AC)
alternatively,
any over 80% wool yarn. i.e. Noro Kureyon, which will give a wonderful striped effect. Purchase 3 skeins of Kureyon for certainty.
Notions:
1 6.5 mm 24” circular needle for one colour, straight needle or circular for striped bag..
Tapestry needle for striped bag.
Tension
You know, I don’t remember, but I tend to get get pretty near to the tension prescribed on the yarn labels. You want it to be loose enough that the fabric will felt, and that’s the major imperative.
Directions:
For striped version:
Cast on 52 stitches in main colour (MC). In the pictured case, main is charcoal. Knit in garter stitch for 18 ridges or 36 rows. Change to accent colour (AC) maroon for 5 ridges or 10 rows of garter stitch. Change back to MC for a further 18 ridges. Change to constrasting colour (CC) and knit in garter stitch for 18 ridges or 36 rows. Change to AC and knit for 5 ridges or 10 rows of garter stitch. Change back to CC and knit straight in garter stitch for 26 rows or 13 ridges.
For front flap, on next row:
K1, K2tog, knit to 2 stitches remaining in row, k2tog, k1
On following row:
Knit all stitches
Repeat previous two rows for a total of 16 ridges or 32 rows.
Bind off all stitches.
Finishing:
Sew sides and bottom of cover. Mattress stitch looks nice to make the stripe match perfectly across the front and back and make the bag look like it was done in the round. Weave in all ends that will show. Other ends may be cut off once project is felted.
For non-striped version:
Cast 100 stitches on to circular needle. Join, being careful not to twist, of course (Do you ever join and twist? Moebius scarf, I guess).
Knit one round and purl the next round. Repeat these two rounds for a total of 82 rounds or 41 garter ridges.
On next round bind off 50 stitches then work back and forth in garter stitch pattern for 10 rows or 5 ridges. Finally follow directions above for the front flap.
Finishing: Sew up bottom of cover, and tidy up anything that will show (like the end on the top flap). Anything else you can snip after felting.
Felt your creation according to any standard felting guidelines. Here is a good article from Knitty. I.e. put it in the washing machine with hot water and a bit of soap. No rinse soap is nice, because you might want to pull it out before the spin cycle. I've never had problems with letting my felted stuff go through the spin cycle, although you might not want the cover to dry too much as it'll make it harder to pull into exact shape. Once the cover is sufficiently felted, block it around something that is okay to get wet and stay in there for a while. I use Volume III of my copy of the Feynman Lectures. You should use whatever you might have handy that's about the right size.
Enjoy!
Not that I think this is going to be a problem, but some people do play fast and loose with this stuff, so I'll just put this in. If you like this pattern, please do enjoy it and pass it along. Just please please don't pass it off as your own unless you make pretty serious changes, and then that's fine and kudos to you for what is an all new design. There's nothing more annoying than seeing something that you know was designed by someone (and is exactly that person's design) that isn't credited even if the design is pretty simple. I think that sucks. This is all probably protected by copyright, but I just thought I'd say that. I'll also mention that I haven't seen anyone else's design for something like this so I have not intentionally copied anyone else.
As a Mac Powerbook user and owner for a decade and counting, I love these computers to bits. The first Mac that I ever owned and used was a Powerbook 165c, and I've still got her, although she hasn’t been used in a few years. Recently I managed to get use of a new(ish) 12” Powerbook G4, and I fell in love all over again. A beautiful computer needs some individual protection, and what’s better than hand knit protection? I made a felted cover for my baby, and then I made a cover for one of my friends and so a pattern was made. It’s not complex, and you could figure it out yourself, but maybe this’ll save some work.
(photos
of Edgar and cover by
Blatte)Materials:
Yarn:
2 skeins of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride worsted in one colour
or
1 skein Lamb’s Pride in Sapphire (CC)
1 skein Lamb’s Pride in Charcoal (MC)
1 Skein Lamb’s Pride in Aubergine (AC)
alternatively,
any over 80% wool yarn. i.e. Noro Kureyon, which will give a wonderful striped effect. Purchase 3 skeins of Kureyon for certainty.
Notions:
1 6.5 mm 24” circular needle for one colour, straight needle or circular for striped bag..
Tapestry needle for striped bag.
Tension
You know, I don’t remember, but I tend to get get pretty near to the tension prescribed on the yarn labels. You want it to be loose enough that the fabric will felt, and that’s the major imperative.
Directions:
For striped version:
Cast on 52 stitches in main colour (MC). In the pictured case, main is charcoal. Knit in garter stitch for 18 ridges or 36 rows. Change to accent colour (AC) maroon for 5 ridges or 10 rows of garter stitch. Change back to MC for a further 18 ridges. Change to constrasting colour (CC) and knit in garter stitch for 18 ridges or 36 rows. Change to AC and knit for 5 ridges or 10 rows of garter stitch. Change back to CC and knit straight in garter stitch for 26 rows or 13 ridges.
For front flap, on next row:
K1, K2tog, knit to 2 stitches remaining in row, k2tog, k1
On following row:
Knit all stitches
Repeat previous two rows for a total of 16 ridges or 32 rows.
Bind off all stitches.
Finishing:
Sew sides and bottom of cover. Mattress stitch looks nice to make the stripe match perfectly across the front and back and make the bag look like it was done in the round. Weave in all ends that will show. Other ends may be cut off once project is felted.
For non-striped version:
Cast 100 stitches on to circular needle. Join, being careful not to twist, of course (Do you ever join and twist? Moebius scarf, I guess).
Knit one round and purl the next round. Repeat these two rounds for a total of 82 rounds or 41 garter ridges.
On next round bind off 50 stitches then work back and forth in garter stitch pattern for 10 rows or 5 ridges. Finally follow directions above for the front flap.
Finishing: Sew up bottom of cover, and tidy up anything that will show (like the end on the top flap). Anything else you can snip after felting.
Felt your creation according to any standard felting guidelines. Here is a good article from Knitty. I.e. put it in the washing machine with hot water and a bit of soap. No rinse soap is nice, because you might want to pull it out before the spin cycle. I've never had problems with letting my felted stuff go through the spin cycle, although you might not want the cover to dry too much as it'll make it harder to pull into exact shape. Once the cover is sufficiently felted, block it around something that is okay to get wet and stay in there for a while. I use Volume III of my copy of the Feynman Lectures. You should use whatever you might have handy that's about the right size.
Enjoy!
Not that I think this is going to be a problem, but some people do play fast and loose with this stuff, so I'll just put this in. If you like this pattern, please do enjoy it and pass it along. Just please please don't pass it off as your own unless you make pretty serious changes, and then that's fine and kudos to you for what is an all new design. There's nothing more annoying than seeing something that you know was designed by someone (and is exactly that person's design) that isn't credited even if the design is pretty simple. I think that sucks. This is all probably protected by copyright, but I just thought I'd say that. I'll also mention that I haven't seen anyone else's design for something like this so I have not intentionally copied anyone else.
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