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Monday, January 23, 2006

Blue cell-phone cover


A few time ago I got a new cell phone of the tiny type; a plain Nokia 1108, without bells or whistles. Its gray plastic shell looks prone to scratches; so it needs a cover.

I looked for one of my taste in several towns and cities - Borda da Mata, Pouso Alegre, Campinas, Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro. I could only find clear plastic covers (I hate plastic) with fragile clamps (I hate fragile clamps), or black ones in natural or synthetic leather (I hate black), or too frilly and flurry ones - Hello Kitty, Monsters Inc. and other childish patterns (I'm not a child anymore and I think that even when I was a child I wouldn't use anything so gaudy.)

Then I thought: well, I could crochet a cell cover for me. So I searched through my Anne thread stash, took a 1.75mm steel hook and got to work.

This blue cell cover was the first I made.

Beginning with 4 chains, I made 12 sc rows. Then came a round of sc around the rectangle - 12 sc on the long side, 4 on the other side of the beginning chain, 12 on the other long side, 4 to the end - 32 sc. I finished the round with a slip stitch.

On the next round: ch 3 (they stand for a dc), make a dc round. Finish this round with a slip stitch, ch 1, turn the work. Next, a sc row on the wrong side of the work. Finish with a slip stitch; ch 3, turn the work. The next round is a dc round on the right side of the work. Make a total of 17 round this way - one dc round on the right side, one sc round on the wrong side. The 17th round is a sc round.

Finish the 17th round with a slip stitch; one slip stitch more on the next stitch; ch 1, turn the work. Then make 14 sc to begin the closing flap. Make 24 rows of 14 sc; from the 25th to the 28th row, decrease 1 stitch at each side of the flap until you have 6 stitches. Finish off.

With another color thread (I used a neon shades varigated), make a sc row around the opening and the flap. After the 6 sc of the flap end, ch 12, turn the work, slip stitch in the 6th sc, turn the work, 15 or 16 sc in the 12-chain loop. Complete the sc row around the flap.

(After I finished my cell cover, I thought that I could have crocheted, in this finishing row, a loop on each side of the cover to attach a strap and hang the cell phone from my neck or shoulder. Since I didn't make these loops, I'll sew metal rings on each side with thread and needle. A cell phone cover must be versatile!)

I put the phone inside its cover, marked the right place for the button, then sewed the button. I used a very pretty pearly porcelain button - it belonged to an old cardigan and I kept it for some proper occasion...

Now, on the back side of the cover, make 12 sc inserting the hook around the central sc's of the last row before the beginning of the flap. On these 12 stitches make 18 sc rows; finish off leaving a long tail and sew this belt strap securely with a blunt needle. Look at the picture.

I liked my new cell cover so much I decided to make another - a sober brown one, in tapestry crochet. This one deserves a longer explanation, so it will have to wait.

7 Comments:

  • Olá Beatriz!
    Você é uma das artistas do crochet que me inspira quando da confecção de minhas peças...
    Seus crochets são maravilhosos...
    Com carinho,
    Sônia Maria
    www.falandodecrochet.blogspot.com
    www.bijouxdasonia.blogspot.com

    By Blogger Sônia Maria, at 7:22 AM  

  • WOW thanks so much for all these wonderful patterns. Someone at our crochet group shared a link to your blog and I am sure alot of our lady friends will be here to see and snag your patterns as well. I am sure that you have brightened many lives with your love and sharing of crochet....at least one that I know.....me.....thanks again.
    Mary

    By Blogger dolpicker, at 5:06 AM  

  • That looks really cool. How did you do that? My Mum would definitely love your work. Are you selling this online? Please let ,e know. Thank s so much for sharing and more power to you and to your site!

    cute protective cell phone covers

    By Blogger Mary Shane, at 11:53 PM  

  • ch 1, 3 sc, ch 2, 3 sc, ch 2, 3 sc, ch 2, 2 sc, ch 1, sc at the top of the first sc.
    On the 4 star square, what does this mean on round two? I can't figure out if I should move forward or do all of this in one stitch. Thanks

    By Blogger kelley likes, at 6:35 PM  

  • hey. amazing creativity. love it. thanks for sharing. will be looking for a few more of them.

    Phone Cover

    By Blogger Unknown, at 3:02 AM  

  • beatriz, Love Ur cell phone cover, I waont to make one but yours is to small for my phone how do I enlarge the pattern?

    By Blogger beulah, at 4:58 PM  

  • Beulah, this pattern is 10 years old and then cell phones were way smaller than today. For a modern phone, probably you'll need to begin with less chains and more rows. Measure your beginning tab against the base of your cell phone. Then follow the spirit of the pattern: make a sc row around the beginning tab - 1 sc for each row of the beginning tab, 1 sc in each of the beginning chains, 1 sc for each row on the other side of the tab, mark the beginning of the rounds and keep working in spiral rounds until you have your cell phone almost covered. Then you make the closing tab on the stitches that are on the back of the phone. The cover must fit snuggly enough to protect the phone but not too snuggly to take it in and out.

    By Blogger BeMedina, at 5:44 PM  

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