Ah hurrah, I’ve finally made one of these! I’ve been trying to make one for some time, but all the patterns I could find were for the bigger ipods. I’m going to try to add a small pocket to the front to put the head phones in, but for now here is the pattern without a pocket.
- You will need:
- 5mm (US 8) (UK 6) double pointed needles
- Aran weight yarn
- Thread (similar to the colour of the yarn)
- Stitch marker
- Sewing needle
- Darning needle
- 1cm wide button
- The bottom:
- Cast on 11 stitches
- Knit two rows
- Pick up 1 stitch from the edge of the piece, on a new needle
- Pick up 11 stitches from the cast on edge, on a new needle
- Pick up 1 last stitch from the other edge, on a new needle
- 24 stitches altogether at this point
- Put on a stitch marker
- Purl 1 row in the round til you come back to the stitch marker
- The main section:
- Knit for 3.5 inchs or 9 cms in the round, finishing at the stitch marker, and remove it
- Cast off 13 stitches
- The flap:
- Knit the remaining 11 stitches
- Purl one row
- Next row, k1, k2tog, k5, k2tog, k1 (9 stitches remain)
- Purl one row
- Next row, k1, k2tog, k3, k2tog, k1 (7 stitches remain)
- Purl one row
- Knit the next row, but cast off the central stitch
- Next row, p3, yarn over, p3
- Knit one row
- Cast off
- Finishing up:
- Sew in the loose ends of yarn
- Bend over the flap to find the place you should sew on the button
- Sew on the button with thread
- Hurrah completion!
KnittingHelp.com has a really good glossary and lots of video tutorials, if some of the short hand properties above don’t make sense.