iPod sleeve

I saw this yarn and HAD to have it. It's extremely soft and it's a beautiful turquoise color that doesn't translate quite right in the pictures. The only problem was that I didn't know what to do with it.

So I did a pattern search on LionBrand.com for anything using the microfiber yarn, and this is about the only useful thing... and iPod sleeve. I say "useful," but I don't really mean it. I'm going to give this beauty to Chris if it ever gets finished. You just fold it in half and sew up the long side and a short side, and slip the ol' iPod in! It said to cast on 40 stitches, but I felt like that wouldn't be wide enough, so I did 50. This sounds genius, but it's not.

The pattern is just k2, p2, making sure that you knit the knit stitches all the way up and purl the purl stitches likewise so that it makes the beautiful Vs and upside-down Vs. However, since I increased it to a width that produces an odd number of sets of two, both ends are the same type of stitch. So when I sew it together, it won't alternate sections all the way around. That's a tiny nitpick, but it still stinks.

What stinks even more is working with this yarn! To begin with, I hate purling at all. Then try doing it with this birth defect midget yarn, slick like leave-in-conditionered hair to boot. And on size 4 needles. If this gets finished, I'll treat myself to dinner.

Here's how it's supposed to end up: