Life in the Pink

I’ve been meaning to do this for like, a year, but here’s the squiPod iPod cozy pattern. You can download it as a pdf, or read the rest of it below the cut.

The SquiPod iPod Cozy

Yarn:
Brown Sheep Nature Spun, worsted weight, 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:
On the 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 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.

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.

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.

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