Thursday, May 26, 2005

Little Head-set Bag

Continental Airlines distributes a set of these to each passenger and invites you to keep them for use on your next Continental flight.  Since my flying schedule is erratic to say the least and I don’t get to pick the airline anyway - there may never be another Continental flight :)

But I didn’t just want to toss these either because they delivered a decent sound and they were very comfortable - something I’ve always had problems with in headsets because of my glasses.  Only problem was that this set had a 2-prong jack.  Most American headsets (for computers, stereos, etc) have a 1-prong jack.  So I tucked them into my purse and hit the local electronics store at my earliest opportunity.  There I bought an adapter and wound up with a nice, comfortable, lightweight little head set that would fit in my purse or my pocket easily…

...and get broken just as easily.  So, it needed something in which to reside for a bit of protection which meant making it a little bag.  But we had been out running around all day yesterday and I didn’t think I wanted to bother last night...except as I was reading, a thought struck me about how the bag could be constructed and, of course, then I couldn’t rest until I had tried it out - and actually tried out the whole bag.

Materials

Worsted weight cotton
Set of 4, US size 5 double point needles
Tapestry needle

Using a provisional cast-on, cast 30 stitches on to three needles and join, being careful not to twist.  Knit one round plain.

Round 1:  *K14, sl 1 purlwise, place marker; repeat from *
Round 2:  Knit around

Repeat these rounds three more times (slipping markers as you go).

Rounds 9: *(K2, P2) 3 times, K2, sl 1; repeat from*
Rounds 10: (K2, P2) 3 times, K5, (P2, K2) 2 times, P2, K3

Round 11: *K14, sl 1 purlwise; repeat from *
Round 12: Knit around
Round 13: *K14, sl 1 purlwise; repeat from *

Round 14: (K2, P2) 3 times, K5, (P2, K2) 2 times, P2, K3
Round 15: (K2, P2) 3 times, K2, sl 1; repeat from*

Round 15: Knit around
Round 16: *K14, sl 1 purlwise; repeat from *
Round 17: Knit around

Round 18: *(K2, P2) 3 times, K2, sl 1; repeat from*
Round 19: (K2, P2) 3 times, K5, (P2, K2) 2 times, P2, K3

Rounds 20-27: Repeat rounds 1 and 2.

Round 28: K2tog, yo around.
Round 29: Knit around.

Round 30 (Cast off round): K2tog and slip this stitch back onto the left hand needle.  Continue in this fashion all around until all the stitches are bound off.

You should now have a knitted tube with little purled rectangles on both sides. 
Turn tube inside out.
Unzip your provisional cast-on, placing 15 stitches on each of two needles using the slipped stitches as a guide to the sides of the bag (15 stitches on one side and 15 stitches on the other).
Attach yarn and do a three needle bind-off.
Weave in ends.
Turn bag right side to.
Run monk’s cord, or braid or whatever you like through the eyelets at the top and you have a nice sturdy little bag for only about 2 hours work :)

Sorry the picture isn’t better - I wasn’t thinking about how the white cotton would (or wouldn’t) photograph when I picked it out last night - it was the size I was looking for and I had plenty of it to play with (should playing be necessary).

Enjoy!

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1. Very nice! There’s just something about teeny tiny little bags, boxes, and containers, isn’t there?

   Posted by Kathy  on  05/26  at  11:39 AM
   Location : Southern California



2. Kathy - There really is, isn’t there - and they come in handy for so many things :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  05/26  at  11:44 AM
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