A while back I scratched the outside of my laptop after a weekend away. I thought i’d placed it carefully in my bag, but clearly not. I have a laptop bag, but when you’re taking more than a laptop then usually I pack around my clothes. Somehow though, things went wrong and I was a bit upset with myself. I’m the sort of person that likes things nice, and keeps them nice and in good condition so it was all a bit grrrr.
So when I saw someone share the idea of a crocheted laptop sleeve, I was sold. Full of enthusiasm I started straight away, crocheted two squares, and four triangles and there it stopped for quite a while. But finally, I’ve picked it up again, and finished it.
I used pale blue and mint cotton double knit, a strand of each for some extra padding and a 6.5mm hook. I chose a fairly dense square pattern, which is offset with the four corresponding triangle shapes forming the pattern. Of course I followed a pattern for the main pieces.
I’m not usually much of one for a pastel approach, but I love these colours together. In fact, I’ve just made myself giggle a little as I’m sitting here dressed in pastels too, very uncharacteristic of me. A pale pink top and pale blue shorts, in case you’re wondering - I’m not quite matching the laptop cover.
But when it came to putting it together I went a bit off-piste and free-form. Mainly because I needed it a little bigger, so once it was sewn together I added a few rows to extend each end. Thinking that in my more clumsy moments a laptop might slide straight through my sleeve, I decided to enclose one end. I thought it would be stronger if it was crocheted together, rather than sewn. And it worked, but I should have thought about that earlier on. Ideally the squares should be front and centre, rather than top, bottom and over (or under), if you see what I mean.
But you live and learn, and in any case I’m pretty sure unless I told you, you wouldn’t have known.
Now I need to make another one, and put that lesson into practice. I’ve threatened to make MOH one, but he keeps crinkling his nose up at me, so I’ll keep it as a threat for use when needed!
And despite what he thinks, I’m going to enjoy using this and will be proud to pull this out of my bag.