An aerial shot of my knitting bag at bedtime last night.

My Celtic Dreams is overflowing the top (I am currently about 5 rows from the end of the body), my earphones are on top, and my MP3 player on the ottoman.

What? You want a closer look at the player?

Well . . . all right . . .

No, you weren’t imagining things.

My Creative Zen Micro Photo has a little wool cozy that I made with extra Koigu from two pairs of socks ago. It fits pretty well, too, if I say so myself. And the most shocking part? I c-r-o-c-h-e-t-e-d it, instead of knitting. I figured it would be easier to add the extra strips with single-crochet (instead of casting on and binding off knit stitches). I started at the bottom, went around in circles, shaped the corners a bit, then worked back and forth up the back, around in circles again for that middle stripe, back and forth to the top, then a couple rows, some crocheted eyelets, and then ended with a long chain which I then threaded through the eyelets to make a drawstring top.

I also added a belt loop to the back, through which I currently have the arm-strap from my Sandisk threaded. I’ve been looping that over my car’s gearshift when using the radio adapter. It keeps it handy, easy to move if I need to see the screen, or if there is light reflecting into my eyes while I drive, or if I want to actually adjust something, but easily within reach . . . much easier than sticking it in the cupholder, or getting one of those stationary holders.

It’s been a long time since I crocheted anything longer than a chain, too . . . although, the Berroco Suede tote bag I finished last December did have a row of single crochet across the top. This isn’t anything fancy, and it only took me about an hour. I enjoyed thinking my way through the whole thing, making it up as I went along. It fits, and well . . . I’m happy with it. I had thought abut extending the back to make a flap that would fold all the way over the front to keep the screen clean and safe, but decided I was tired of crocheting for a while! (Although, it probably would have helped if I’d been using a smaller hook–the one in my knitting-accessory-bag was really too large for fingering weight yarn.)

Oh, and imagine my surprise when I got an email from Cynthia today . . . I won a skein of Fleece Artist yarn for sending a square to Warming Grace. Wow. Honestly, I never win anything, and now this is twice in a month? I’m flabbergasted! Boy, this whole, do-things-for-other-knitters really has its side benefits, besides just being a nice thing to do.

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