As soon as I saw this tutorial for a crochet laptop sleeve, I knew that I had to make one for my new Mac! This was really easy and I honestly just kind of stitched away, kept putting it on my laptop to see if it was working, and then stitched some more. I added a stitch for a few rows at the beginning, so that it widened bit by bit and fit around the bottom nicely. This was pure luck that it turned out right! lol I haven't ever done anything like that before, so like I said, I just went with it and kept putting it on my laptop to see if it was working. This is a super easy project and the only really tough part about it is that you are crocheting with THREE skeins of yarn at once, so it does get a little bulky to work with because it starts getting a little heavy and you have to sit with three skeins of yarn in front of you. I actually set mine on the floor in front of me with the ends facing up that the yarn was coming from. I used a light yellow, light pink and then a darker pink of Red Heart brand yarn. One big, Super Saver skein of each color was enough for this project.
The end is sewn together, so that you have to slip the top flap over the edge of your laptop. This is nice because it protects the edges of your laptop and just looks a lot nicer anyway. I also stitched around the edge of the flap for two rows, instead of one, because I needed that extra length so that the edges that I needed to sew together fit together well.
Then I had to embellish it, of course. lol I got the silly idea of putting my initial on it, so I tried crouching with silk ribbon. This was the first time I've ever tried this! I do like how it turned out! Then I made some yo-yo's from some scraps of fabric, added some old buttons and felt leaves. I decided to stitch around the leaves in a lighter color of green DMC floss, because I didn't like how the leaves looked plain, I think it was because the color of the felt was more of an olive tint and not green enough for this project. The light green floss adds that green color that I wanted and also gives the flowers neat dimension. I sewed all of the embellishments on with yarn.
I LOVE my cozy! lol
I hope you are all enjoying Spring! Isn't it wonderful????? :-)
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2 comments:
I love how your laptop cover turned out - great choice of colors and love the embellishments! I found the link to your finished cover at the original pattern blog. What size hook did you use?
You have a beautiful site!
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Hi.. I just loved the laptop cover and sleeve. I went thru Yonnie's tutorial too. Thank you so much to both of you for inspiring me to do one for my lappy. :)
Could you please tell me the number of chains, how many rows, and what is the crochet type (Single crochet or double crochet, etc.,) I have seen in Yonnie's blog. but i am just learning crochet these days, (though i was passionate towards it from long time. I did not get a teacher. i just learned it through books and video..) :)
Thank you!!!
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