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February 16, 2012 · 21 Comments

How to Knit a Cover for Your iPad

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I am more of a crocheter than a knitter, but I love the look of knit things so much more.  Knitting has always been something that was hard for me to pickup.  I would start projects, but never finish them as I found it harder on my hands and wrists than crocheting.  After looking through the Consumer Crafts website, I was so excited to try loom knitting.  Before  receiving the loom, I researched online to check out the basics of loom knitting.  It seemed easy enough, as there was a seven year old girl who has a video tutorial on loom knitting.  When I finally received the loom I was ecstatic, as it was so much easier and faster than regular knitting.  I was able to complete this IPad cover in less than three hours.

Supplies:

  • Darice Easy Knitting Loom Kit (Green sized loom)
  • Caron Simply Soft Yarn (I used Ocean)
  • Felt
  • Button (Optional)

 Directions:

The loom kit will come with four different sized looms, a yarn needle and a looming hook.   The green or orange loom could be used for this iPad cover.  If you knit tightly, then the orange loom is probably a better choice.  I knit loosly (meaning I wrap my pegs on the looser side) so the green loom worked perfectly for me.  The blue loom (smallest) is about the diameter of a wine bottle (unstretched).  I first attempted to create the cover using the blue loom, but quickly figured out it was too small.

 I used two strands of yarn for each stitch as the loom pegs are quite large and a single strand would create a very loose knit.

Loom knit until length is about one inch longer than the iPad.  One thing to note is that the length of the item seems longer when on the loom,  if it looks long enough, I would knit a few more rows to be safe.

To line the inside of the cover, sew a pouch the size of the iPad out of felt.  Whip stitch the pouch onto the inside of the finished cover.

Whip stitch the bottom of the cover together using the yarn needle and the same colored yarn.

You could also sew on a button (mine was from an old sweater).  Make sure the button is small enough that it will fit through one of the knitted holes, but large enough so it does not fall through.

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Rena

Rena Tang (aka the cheese thief) is a wife, mother, programmer and lover of all things creative. She especially loves to make unique, cute, simple and inexpensive things from everyday items. You can check out her ideas and tutorials at thecheesethief.com or her youtube channel.

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Comments

  1. Barb says

    February 3, 2018 at 10:23 am

    Thanks so much for the free pattern. I just recently started
    with Loom Knitting I think I’m going to like it. Barb

    Reply
  2. newknitter says

    February 23, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    I wanna knit a tablet sleeve.. A Samsung tablet… I only have the long looms… Not sure which loom size to use.. How do I know which loom size to use for it..

    Reply
  3. Tina says

    November 10, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Would the smallest loom (the blue loom) work for an iPad mini, do you think?

    Reply
    • Sarah {Crafts Unleashed Editor} says

      November 11, 2014 at 8:52 am

      Hi Tina! Since we have never tried, we cannot tell you for sure, but I would think the blue loom would work great. If you try it, please let us know how it turns out!

      Reply
      • Tina says

        November 14, 2014 at 2:33 am

        Ok, thank you very much, Sarah.

        Reply
  4. Amelia Scarlato says

    December 28, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    I am going to try to make the iPad cover. Is there a video on how to do it? I think it’s a really cool project!

    Reply
  5. Ashley says

    November 11, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    Did you use the e-wrap method with this?

    Reply
    • Rena says

      November 11, 2013 at 10:18 pm

      Yes, I used the e-wrap method.

      Reply
      • Ashley says

        November 14, 2013 at 7:57 pm

        Ok. Thanks. I have another question. How do you take it off the loom once you finished with it? Do you do like the drawstring method and then do the whip stitch or what method do you use?

        Reply
        • Rena says

          November 20, 2013 at 10:37 am

          To cast off the loom I used this method that I found on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_zpxFSSJcg
          I like it because its a loose castoff.

          Reply
          • Ashley says

            December 1, 2013 at 4:13 pm

            ok. thank you

            Reply
  6. Sarah says

    June 8, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    I’ve only recently got into looming, and I wanted to try this (and several other pouches/bags/cases) but I was wondering if any felt would do? I have a little bit I picked up at the reject shop (cheap store in Aus haha) but I’m not sure if that would do? Any advice would be appreciated :]

    Reply
    • Sarah {Crafts Unleashed Editor} says

      September 20, 2013 at 2:29 pm

      Hi Sarah,

      Thanks for commenting! I’m not too familiar with looming, but I do not think felt would work. Any type of yarn should work – just depends on the look you’re going for. Hope this helps.

      -Sarah

      Reply
  7. Erin says

    February 23, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    If you want extra protection for your ipad, cut a piece (or pieces) of felt to fit the size of the cover. Then flip the cover inside out after you’ve finished it, and sew the felt just as you sewed the sides of the cover together.

    Reply
  8. Susan Boyle says

    February 23, 2012 at 3:12 am

    Loved it!

    Reply
  9. Michelle Sexton says

    February 21, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    this is great! i never thought to do something like this with my loom, but duh!! such a good idea.

    Reply
  10. Crafting Marfa says

    February 16, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    I love this idea. I got an ipad for Christmas and, although I bought a hardly cover for it, I would love to make something like this so it can look more fashionable when its on display in my bedroom. I have loom knitted before, but I haven’t touched my looms in over a year now. This will be a great project to use them again.

    Reply
  11. Natural-Nesters says

    February 16, 2012 at 9:37 am

    This is so wonderful! i love it and really want to try. I have never knitted with a loom….(didn’t even know that’s what they were called) lol but this turned out great! I would love for you to stop by our Naturally-Nifty Linky Party and link this and any other great stuff you have up!

    http://natural-nester.blogspot.com/2012/02/naturally-nifty-linky-party-2-features.html

    Reply

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