The Quick and Dirty iPad Cover - Free Pattern

If you went wild and crazy and bought an iPad for yourself or a loved one (as in my case), and you suddenly realize you should have bought a cover (you thought that rolling, accordian thingy Apple promotes for the cover would suffice), and UPS is due at your front door ANY TIME NOW, then you need a quick and dirty iPad cover that can be whipped up in no time:

Quick and Dirty iPad Cover

Measurements:  8" wide x 11” long

Gauge:   12 stitches = 3” in garter stitch.  Row gauge is not critical.

Materials: 

2 skeins of Plymouth Encore Worsted in #0848, or color of preference

Needles:  Size 13 (9 mm) needles

2 buttons, size 7/8”

Stitch explanation:

Garter St Patt

Row 1 (RS): Knit across.

Patt Row: As Row 1.

Seed St Patt
Row 1 (RS):  *k,p; rep from * across
Row 2 (WS):  *p,k; rep from * across
K2tog:  knit two together
SSK:  Slip, slip, knit.  Slip first stitch as if to knit, slip second stitch as if to knit, then return both stitches to left needle and knit them together through the back loop.
Inc:  knit through the front and back of stitch 

NOTE:  You will be knitting holding two strands of yarn together.

Begin:

Cast on 22 stitches.

Rows 1 – 5:  Seed St

Row 6:  inc 1, k across, inc 1 on last stitch.  24 stitches.

Row 7:  k

Continue in garter st until the article measures 20.5 inches from the edge.

Next row:  k2tog, k across to the last 2 stitches, ssk the last two stitches.  22 stitches.

Next 2 rows:  Seed St

Next row (button hole row):  K5, k2tog, yo,k8, yo, ssk, k5

Next 2 rows:  Seed st

Cast off in pattern.

Fold the article over (Button Holes on top) and sew up the sides.  Sew buttons into place.