Simon has had his new phone for a few months now but has been using his old knitted (or actually, my old knitted) phone cover which wasn’t quite long enough. So, for our anniversary, I decided to surprise him with a new custom made one.
Finished phone cover
He’s been asking for me to knit a cover with an android logo on it for a while now but I’m afraid I wimped out and went for the trusty felt and cross stitch option instead:
This is my little graph paper plan of the Android logo.
Planning out my pattern
I then cut out cross stitch fabric according to my pattern. I pinned and tacked the fabric in place and then cross stitched my Android according to my pattern.
Pin and sew
Lining the cover
The lining I’ve used is actually an old pencil case that I ruined by leaving it on the windowsill next to a candle… I cut out two rectangles the size of simon’s phone and used running stitch to attach them to the felt.
Fitting the phone
I then made sure the phone fit inside the case and sewed both sides together leaving a .5cm space along the edge for blanket stitching.
Finished phone cover
Tad-ah!
And people have already threatened to steal it, that’s how awesome it is!