Finished tablet cover and free pattern

The finished article.

Last week I blogged about the crochet tablet cover I was designing. Well it's now finished, complete with button-down flap and slip-stitch border. I added a mother-of-pearl button as the finishing touch.

I've written up the pattern and I'm making it available free to blog readers. You can copy the pattern below, or if you’d prefer a fancy PDF, leave a comment and I’ll sort one out.

Candy striper tablet cover
Yarn: Sirdar Click chunky
Yarn A: colour Bloom
Yarn B: colour Lamb
Gauge: 20 rows and 15 sts in 10cm

Chain 55 (for 7" tablet) or 85 (for 10" tablet)

Row 1 with yarn A, ch1, 1dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1dc in all ch, turn
Row 2 ch 1, 1dc in all dc through the back loop (tbl) only, turn
Rows 3 + 4 Rpt row 2, but at end of row 4 change to yarn B, turn
Row 5 with yarn B, ch 1, 1 dc tbl in all dc, turn
Rows 6-8 rpt row 5, but at end of row 8 change to yarn A, turn
Row 9 with yarn A, ch 1 1 dc tbl in all dc, turn
Rows 10-12 rpt row 9, but at end of row 12 change to yarn B, turn

Repeat rows 5-12 until the cover is deep enough to fit your tablet - it should be slightly bigger than the tablet to ensure it fits in safely; it doesn't matter what colour you end on but do finish with a complete set of four rows of the final colour

Button detail.

Fold the piece in half. Join yarn A to the top corners of the held together sides and loosely slip stitch the two sides together, carry on along the bottom and up the other side. This last side doesn't actually need joining, this is just to ensure both sides look the same. You should now have a pocket that your tablet can fit in. You could leave it at this or carry on and add the flap

For flap
Join whichever colour you didn't finish with (so if your final stripe is yarn A, you'll join yarn B) to one corner of the top the cover
Row 1 ch 1, 1 dc tbl in every dc along one side of the cover, this then becomes the back of the cover, turn
Row 2 ch 1, dc2tog tbl, dc2tog tbl, 1 dc in every dc except final two, turn
Row 3 ch 1, dc2tog tbl, 1 dc in every dc except last one, turn
Row 4 ch 1, dc2tog tbl, dc2tog tbl, 1 dc in every dc except last 2, join 2nd colour

Repeat decrease pattern, while sticking to the stripe pattern, until you have 8 dc

Button-hole row ch 1, dc2tog tbl, dc2tog tbl, ch 4, skip next four dc, dc2tog tbl, dc2tog tbl Next row ch 1, dc2tog tbl, 1 dc tbl in next 4 ch, dc2tog tbl

Carry on decreasing, sticking to the stripe pattern, until only 1 dc remains, bind off
Join yarn A to one corner of the flap and loosely slip stitch all the way round, bind off
Join yarn B and loosely slip stitch in each sl st, bind off
Weave in all ends