Kay's lovely e-reader cover, using seed stitch along the flap's sides and bottom.
A fellow knitter, Kay, sent me photos of her beautiful rendition of the e-reader cover I designed and has very kindly agreed to let me share those photos along with details about her cover.
The biggest change she made to the original pattern was to use seed stitch along the flap’s sides and at its bottom. She kept three edge stitches on each side of the flap in seed stitch (rather than garter stitch as called for in the original pattern) and knitted seven rows of seed stitch at the flap’s bottom (rather than just continuing in Stockinette stitch to the bottom as in the original pattern). Along with being an attractive detail, seed stitch is also a good choice as an edge border to help lessen Stockinette stitch’s natural tendency to curl. It’s only been a few weeks since Kay finished her e-reader cover, but she reports that her flap seems to be doing very well and is laying flat.
Here you can see the three rows of seed stitch Kay added before binding off to create the pocket. Such a pretty--and practical--detail.
Another change Kay made to the original pattern was adding three rows of seed stitch along the top of the pocket before binding off. This addition was to provide continuity–knowing she was going to use seed stitch on the flap–as well as to prevent potential curling at the pocket’s edge.
The yarn she used is Queensland Collection Air in color 03 Navy Combo. It is listed as a super bulky yarn, knitting up at 2.5 stitches per inch on size 15 needles, however Kay thought it was more akin to just a bulky yarn. She knit a swatch with size 8 needles and achieved the exact gauge in the pattern, so she didn’t have to make any further adjustments. And using smaller needles than called for on the yarn label created a dense fabric, which is a great benefit for an e-reader cover and was one of my goals with the original pattern.
Kay’s e-reader cover is just beautiful1 and such a great example of how you can take a pattern and change it to fit your own preferences, or to ward off curling edges, or to do both.
Thank you again, Kay, for sharing your photos and for so generously providing all the details of your e-reader cover!
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- I know, I’m partial to seed stitch, but objectively, it is! [↩]