Spirited iPad Crochet Cozy

The Spirited iPad Crochet Cozy is a great way to keep your tablet protected and safe. Crochet a case in the colors of your favorite school or sports team. If you love sports or enjoy showing off your school spirit, this crochet case pattern is perfect. The button closure ensures your iPad stays nice and cozy while you're transporting it here and there. Your tablet is an important and expensive electronic device, so you want to make sure it does not get damaged. This crochet pattern offers the best of both worlds. You can display your athletic or collegiate pride and keep your prized possession in pristine condition.

Easy

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet GaugeGAUGE: 11 sc = 4 (10 cm); 12 rows = 4 (10 cm). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.

Materials:

Red Heart® Team Spirit™: 1 skein
- 948 Green
- 948 Gold
Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 5mm [US H-8]
Yarn needle
Stitch marker
One 1¼” (32 mm) button
Sewing needle and thread to match

Directions are for size Small. Changes for size Large are in parentheses.

Cozy measures 7 (9)” wide x 9½ (11)” long [18 (23) x 24 (28) cm].

Special Stitch: sc2tog = [Insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop] twice, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook.

Special Technique: Join with sc = Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops on hook.

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Cozy
Note: Work all stitches throughout both pieces in back loop only

Back
Ch 2.
Row 1 (right side): Sc in 2nd ch from hook, turn—1 sc.
Row 2 (increase row): Ch 1, 3 sc in sc, turn—3 sc.
Row 3 (increase row): Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next st, 2 sc in last st, turn—5 sc.
Row 4 (increase row): Ch 1, sc in first st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in last st, turn—7 sc.
Row 5 (increase row): Ch 1, sc in first st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each st across to last 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in last st, turn—9 sc.

Repeat last row until each side measures 7 (9)” [18 (23) cm].

Next Row: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Decrease Row: Ch 1, skip first st, sc in each st to last 2 sts, sc2tog, turn.
Repeat Decrease Row until 3 sts remain.

Last Row: Ch 1, skip first st, sc2tog—1 sc.

Button Band
Row 1: Ch 1, working in ends of rows across short end, sc in each row, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Repeat Row 2 until button band measures
2½” (6.5 cm) from Row 1. Fasten off.

Front
Work same as back to button band.

Buttonhole Band
Work half the number of rows as button band. Place marker on center stitch (if even number of stitches have been worked, place marker on first stitch closest to center).

Buttonhole Row: Ch 1, sc in each st to last st before marked st, ch 3, skip next 3 sts, sc in remaining sts, turn—1 ch-3 space.
Next Row: Ch 1, sc in each st to ch-3 space, 3 sc in ch-3 space, sc in remaining sts, turn.
Next Row: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Repeat last row until front measures same as back. Fasten off.

Finishing
Joining Row: With wrong sides held together and working through both thicknesses and in ends of rows, join yarn with sc in first row, sc evenly around 3 sides working 3 sc in each lower corner. Fasten off. Weave in ends. Sew button to wrong side of back under buttonhole.

Abbreviations
ch = chain; sc = single crochet; st(s) = stitch(es).