SquiPod iPod Cozy - with TUTORIAL/PATTERN

[pinkhairedcyn]

http://www.pinkhairedgirl.com/archives/SquiPod.JPG


Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun, color 115 Bit of Blue, less than one skein.  Tiny bit of misc black sport weight yarn for eyes.

Needles: Size 4 dpns

Gauge: 5 stitches per inch

Pattern:

Body:
Cast on 32 st.  Join for knitting in the round.  Knit 5 inches of stockinette.

Head:
One first round, bind off 16 stitches – the stitches on needles 3 & 4.  On  the next round, Cast on 16 stitches to replace the stitches you just bound off.

Switch to the following decrease pattern:

Rnd 1 – Needle 1 – k1, k2tog, knit to end of needle
     Needle 2 – knit to last 3 stitches, ssk, k 1
     Needle 3 – k1, k2tog, knit to end of needle
     Needle 4 - knit to last 3 stitches, ssk, k 1

Rnd 2 – knit

Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until 8 stitches remain.  Bind off in purl.

Back flap:
Pick up 16 st above where you cast off for the head.  Knit in stockinette for 2 ¼ inches.  Bind off.

Tentacles:
Sew together the cast-on edge of the body, using back stitch.  Mark with safety pins 4 evenly spaced places on both the back and the front for the legs (8 places total).  At each marker, pick up three stitches and work in I-cord for 2 inches.

Eyes:  
For the eyes, I placed the cozy on my iPod, marked the center of the front, and then spaced the eyes so they were each two stitches out from the center.  I duplicate stitched the eyes using the black yarn.  Here is the pattern:

    X   
X   X   X
X   X   X

Finishing:

Using sewing thread, sew a snap on the back of the cozy and the wrong side of the back flap, so the cozy can be snapped shut.

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I hope people like it!  Please feel free to ask if you have questions about the pattern, and if anyone makes it, I would love to see pictures of how it turns out.

[_hunny_]

wow! that is so kool! xx

[janie00]

i LOVE this.

must make.

[ijsblokje]

YES!!!!
finally!

I love this thing so much!  so CUTE!!

[snowflake]

This is so cool!  I can't wait to make it!  Maybe one for my handphone.

[glasslipper124]

Very cool i wish i could make that! maybe i will try soon!

[StephInTheCity]

That's adorable! 

[barefootbitches]

the sweetest ipod cozy i have seen to date.

[youlittlerabbit]

that is sooooooo amazing. it makes me want to work harder at learning to knit!

[socomfyhere]

That's so funny because when you first posted the photo of the squipod, I looked at the picture and made a pattern from it, and yours and mine are really similar.  I, too, said to have a gauge of 5 st/in and co 32.  However, in the version that I wrote up, the bottom is open with a small button on the back and a crocheted chain buttonloop, and the rest is all one piece, with a hole at the top for the headphone jack.

Nice job!  I love this idea.

And I never posted my version of the pattern anywhere, am just using it for my own knittiness.

[aoifecmcc]

i love it! but how did you make your headphones pink? im intruiged, the white ones, however stylish they are meant to be are getting a bit boring now that ive had my iPod for over a year

[glasslipper124]

i love it! but how did you make your headphones pink? im intruiged, the white ones, however stylish they are meant to be are getting a bit boring now that ive had my iPod for over a year

I think that she just used permanet haha sorry i cant spell marker that was pink because the whole thing isnt pink

[skitterdoodle]

i love it! but how did you make your headphones pink? im intruiged, the white ones, however stylish they are meant to be are getting a bit boring now that ive had my iPod for over a year

i think it's from her hair dye....i've had purple hair for the longest time ever and my headphones, along with anything that comes in contact with my hair, has turned purple ^^;

[jezebel7383]

That is so cool!!

[aoifecmcc]

i think it's from her hair dye....i've had purple hair for the longest time ever and my headphones, along with anything that comes in contact with my hair, has turned purple ^^;

so you mean i gotta dye my hair pink!! lol only jokin
hmmmm i can see some multicoloured permanent markers coming my way soon.... after i knit a SquiPod of course!

[pinkhairedcyn]

Yeah, it is from my hair.  It's completely accidental - but people ask me about it all the time.  I end up turning tons of things pink, I'm just sort of used to it.

[pinkhairedcyn]

Also - SoComfyHere - I would love to see a photo of your SquiPod!  It's so funny that you knit it at the same gauge as mine.

[BraveFool]

That's super fun! You rarely see neat cozies like that...

[motleykitten]

Aww! This is so cute! Makes me wish I could knit...

[lonegunga1]

Absolutely love it!  Just a couple Qs though...

Did you use Nature Spun worsted or sport weight?
Do you have a pic of the back part?

[cnp71201]

Would it be hard to convert this into a cellphone cozy?  I don't own an Ipod, but I love squid and I do have a cell!

[pinkhairedcyn]

cnp71201

I don't think it would be very hard - just make the "body" to fit your cell phone, instead of an iPod.  The easiest thing might be to use a smaller gauge.

[cnp71201]

I kinda thought that, but since I haven't really adjusted too many patterns for my own needs, figured I'd ask as well.  Anyway, great pattern, thanks!

[twistbarbie]

DEFINATELY GOING TO MAKE.

<333 so cute.

[Camelfinger]

Sorry to drag up an old thread (I'm a total newbie) but I've just made this pattern!

I've just started crochet so it's a little uneven. I used thicker wool too. Also on the tentacles I added lots of leftover shirt buttons for suckers!

I really enjoyed making it -thank you! About to give it to a friend for her birthday.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/mysteriousmoo/P1010079.jpg

Yey!

[brandnew]

This is awesome, I'm definitely bookmarking this one.

[krazykarot]

Do you have any specific suggestions for weaving in the loose ends on the tenticles? i've always been terrible at weaving in ends in general and these have me a bit stuck

[snooze]

hi
i dont have any double pointed needles so do u think i could knit one of these cases flat and then just sew the sides together?!?! also my ipod is a new colored ipod nano and the earphone jack is at the bottom of my ipod so how would i make my case? the same way and just put my ipod in upside-down or what? I really want to make this case so please help me!

thankz
snooze

[raspberryred615]

so creative! im def. clicking "this rocks!"

[jesthestar]

I just ordered a new Zune! When it gets here tomorrow I am going to make one of these for it!!!

[sydneysunray]

Very cute! I LOVE IT!