Size: felted:

tablet bag: approx. 26 cm x 22 cm

smartphone bag: approx. 8.5 cm x 13 cm

Required quantity (for all 3 felt pieces together):

150 g turquoise, 100 g green

50 g each in orange, yellow, and pink

Tension sample:

non-felted: 11 stitches x 16 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm

felted: 15 stitches x 27 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm

Needle thickness: 8.0 – 9.0

Knitting pattern:

stocking stitch: RSR: k st, WSR: p st reverse stocking stitch: RSR: p st, WSR: knit

Knitting patterns:

tablet bag:

The bag is knitted in right- and wrong-side rows in one piece and sideways (starting from the right side of theb bag) in reverse stocking stitch. Cast on 17 st in green, 33 st in turquoise, and anther 33 st in green. The first 17 st in green are continuously knit in the same colour, they form the saddle of the bag. The following 33 st are knitted continuously in turquoise, they form the back of the bag. With the last 33 st the colour is changed after every 7th row, so that the front of the bag is striped lengthwise (colour sequence: green, yellow, orange, pink, turquoise, green, yellow, orange, pink, and turquoise). When changing colour, cross the threads at the back of the piece of knitting. Knit a total of 70 rows and bind off all st straight in row 71.

smartphone bag:

The smartphone bag is knitted in one piece from bottom to top in stocking stitch, both in right- and wrongside rows. Cast on 24 st in turquoise and knit 6 rows in stocking stitch, then 6 rows each in pink, orange, and yellow. Now knit another 5 rows in green and then bind off stitches 5 to 8 and 17 to 20 in the 6th row for the opening. Knit 4 rows each over the remaining first 4 stitches, the 8 stitches in the middle, and the last 4 stitches, and bind off the stitches straight in the 5th row.

Finishing:

Close the right and the left side of the tablet bag with a flat seam, and sew the side of the smartphone bag together (using felting wool)

Keyring pendant:

For the keyring pendant, knit 1 cord each in turquoise, pick, orange, yellow, and green as follows: Cast on 3 st each, *knit all stitches, push them back to the other end of the needle, repeat after *, pull the thread at the beginning of the row very tight, so that the cords are even. Bind off the stitches after 20 rows each. Interlace the 5 finished cords like chainlinks and sew together so that they form a ring each.

Felting:

Put the knitwear pieces into the washing machine with 3 tennis balls and felt them at 40°C, coloured wash. Please do not use fabric softener. Add a bit of laundry detergent without optical brighteners. After the washing: pull into shape (ideally you put an smartphone or an tablet into the still wet smartphone bag or tablet bag to shape it; when they are wet it is very easy to pull and form the pieces) and let them dry. After the felting, a fastener can be attached to the tablet bag, e.g. press studs or a snap hook.

Abbreviations:

RSR = right-side row • WSR = wrong-side row st = stitch • r = row • ri = right • le = left rep = repeat • b.o. = bind off

Sketch

(The measurements in cm in brackets are the measurements before felting; the ones without brackets are the measurements after felting)