Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Crocheted Tablet Pocket

I used the Chaos stitch to make a tablet cover for my Nexus 7inch.  After putting it on facebook, I had several people who asked to purchase one.  Let me lay out how I made one here.
 
Chaos Stitch: 

Chain an even number ( for this pocket I chose 24 stitches)

In second stitch from hook 1sc and 1dc, skip next stitch,  repeat til end

ch 1 and turn skip stitch, in next stitch 1 sc and 1 dc, skip next stitch, repeat til end.

I continued making rows until the length measured 13 inches.  The tablet I am making this for is 6 inches by 9 inches.  This length needs to fold over making both sides of the pocket and leaving a bit of depth. 

 I then folded the length in half end to end.
 Holding the two parts together, I simply stitched them with a single crochet making sure to go through both folded parts at the same time.

It is important to do extra single crochet stitches in the corner so that it makes a nice curve without gathering. 

Once you stitch around 2 sides, you have a pocket.  Tie off and weave in ends.

It is time to add some black on the open top of the pocket.  I simply do half double crochet (hdc) stitches around the opening.  The stitches aren't perfectly level due to the scalloping on the edges of the chaos stitch, but I kind of like the variation. 


I simply added rows of HDC until the length reaches 9 inches.  I then slip stitch toward the middle of the pocket in this case it was 10 slip stitches.  The loop attachment was made by doing 8 rows of 7 hdcs, followed by  hdc in the next 2 stitches, chaining 3, skipping next three stitches, then hdc in next 2 stitches.  I finished off the loop with another row of 7 hdcs.  I then ran hdcs in each stitch around the entire top and loop of the pocket to make a nice clean edge.


Attach buttons for closure



Any embellishment can be added to the pocket. I made one for myself with a Dia De Los Meurtos skull on it.  There are no tutorials that I could find to make a Day of the Dead skull, so perhaps that should be my next tutorial.



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