A new phone also means that I need to knit a new phone cozy.
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Two required features are a pocket for the phone (of course!) and a pocket for my bus pass and I.D. Should I knit it, sew it, or crochet it? What sort of closure should it have? This button thing isn't ideal. It takes too long to get the phone out. If I knit or crochet it, should I do ribbing and cables again, just ribbing, just cables, or something else? I can imagine lace working....
Do you have a cozy for your phone? What does it look like? What do you like and dislike about it?
I'm absolutely willing to write up a pattern for whatever we come up with so I'm not hogging ideas just for my own use. ;)
My silence has been part part-time job, part school work (the two are intertwined, really), and part adventures with John. I'll tell you about the adventures very soon. Probably Friday if I can't figure out how to wear my latest FO by then. How the heck are you guys?! I miss you!
*I tried. Didn't work. Oh well, a little extra effort never hurt anyone. :)
It seems like I can never get a cozy opened and answer my phone in time. I always carry a bag these days so a cozy isn't very necessary, but if I used one I'd want either a magnet or simple snap closure. Or maybe just elastic or an elastic yarn to cinch the open end together so it could slide right out.
ReplyDeleteI was really excited to get an ipad so I could blog wherever I am, but blogger no longer seems to let me edit posts via a mobile device. Maybe there's something I don't know. If you figure it out, please share. That's one reason I'm now an infrequent blogger.
I have snaps, so I was thinking about that too. I like the idea of an elastic. I don't own any Apple devices and I just get to Blogger via the internet on whatever device I've got, so I haven't had any trouble (though you can see how often I try it these days! :S). Does Google have an app for iPads?
DeleteOh that cozy is cute, I like the cables for sure but I don't think the button would be practical for me...it already takes me about 5 minutes to find the phone in my handbag! I've seen loads of sewn cozies but not so many knitted ones so I vote knitted :)
ReplyDeleteFinding it is definitely a problem. :P Maybe if there were an i-cord attaching it to a strap...? This one used to have just a button hole, which wasn't too bad, but after my crocheted chain came undone, I was too lazy to redo it. I will definitely knit it! And I also really like the cables, so I'm leaning heavily towards keeping that as well.
DeleteI say sew. More versatile. More easily modified. And more durable.
ReplyDeleteI just got a sewing machine I need to get used to, so I'm tempted to sew one and knit one. This knitted one has suffered years of abuse and it looks about the same as when I knitted it. I feel like knitted fabric absorbs more of an impact unless you stuff a sewn cozy. It's saved my phone a million times!
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