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I was recently blessed with an ipod nano (3rd generation, 4gig) and I don’t know if it was because it was refurbished or what but it didn’t come with a protective slip cover like my husbands 2nd gen nano did a few years ago. I figured there was nothing for it but to make one myself.

I based it loosley on this pattern, using this glossary to try to understand the abbreviations and googled the stitches I didn’t know how to do. I kinda screwed up at one point in the middle and made one row one stick smaller than all the others, so it’s a bit of an hourglass shape, but the ipod and headphones fit okay so it’ll do.

Another thing I flubbed is that the pattern called for a half double crochet in each stitch on the initial chain, and I did it on every second like the lady in the hdc tutorial I found on YouTube did. All that means is it has a more open lace-like look than the pattern I was trying to follow. Again, not really a biggie.

I know it’s not much and the little handle I left on it is kinda messy (it was a bit of an afterthought as I was tying the ends up) bit I’ve never been able to crochet anything but squares and rectangles, so this feels like a bit of an achievment.

It was also really fun to do. It took up barely any of the little ball of yarn I bought at the dollar store so I think I’m going to try to do a few more. If they turn out nice enough I might put them up for sale on Etsy or something. Would anybody like to call dibs on one?