Here's a super easy, super quick little pattern I made up to create a knitted bag for my friend to store her iPod in. It can also be used for most cameras, iPhones, mobiles or to give a small present in to make it a little bit special.
Materials & Tension:
Any DK yarn - I used an acrylic that was varigated for a really fun looking bag that can also be chucked in the wash easly enough. I knitted mine using 3.75mm needles; although the tension is not so important because the rib pattern allows for stretch.
Pattern:
CO 25 sts
Row 1: (RS) K3, P2, repeat to end
Row 2: P3, K2, repeat to end
Repeat these two rows until bag measures desired length. I knitted mine for 15cm/6".
Cast off in rib.
Finishing:
Sew up side seam, using a darning needle and main yarn, preferably using mattress stitch.
Thread darning needle with matching coloured elastic and sew around top edge of bag; using running stitch is just fine. Pull tight so that bag will hold phone etc inside but will happily stretch to allow objects in. Knot tightly and weave in all yarn/elastic lose ends.
(Here's the bag with an iPhone inside it; first image shows it storing a Blackberry).
The nice thing about a simple pattern is not only the time it takes to complete; but the possibilities it gives to experiment with it. You can alternate between yarns to create stripes, use a mulit coloured yarn as I did to create effect; sew a button/buttons onto the bag, replace the elasticated edge with a thin ribbon drawstring.... Whatever you feel like!
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