Hello fellow knitting enthusiasts!
This is a knitted cover for a moleskine journal. I got the idea for this while looking at "Rickshaw" products - they have beautiful moleskine "folios", but I found them to be a bit bulky for my taste. This cover fits medium journals best (3.5 x 5.5 inches), and slips on snugly to dress up any treasured book of thoughts :).
I made this one for one of my bestest buddies (who happens to be the co-author of this blog, J!). I used only one small skein of Lily "Sugar-n-Cream" yarn (100% cotton, found here) with 5mm bamboo needles. I cast on 20 stitches, and then alternated knit 5, purl 5 for 5 rows, next switching to purl 5 knit 5 -- creating that checkerboard pattern you see in the picture. I knitted a rectangle 20 stitches wide and about 15 inches long, then simply folded, stitched up the sides and top (with a slightly lighter color for a border, as well as an increased loose length of yarn for fastening to the button), and sewed a decorative button in the center. Ta-da!
Total time: 5-6 hours
<3 N
I love this!! Such a great idea for the journal...but how about making this larger for my iPad?
ReplyDeleteMrs. Pangborn- that's my next project! Stay tuned :) (p.s. you look so good in your scarf!)
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