First Project - Laptop Sleeve

I've been wanting to make a sleeve for my macbook for awhile, designed to look like an envelope. I have an abundance of Lily Sugar 'n Cream yarn in emerald and white from an Irish-themed baby blanket that I made for a friend. That was a case of my deciding to "design my own" pattern without much thought and getting a lot more yarn than I actually need, and also making a baby blanket that could cover a queen-size bed. Whoops!

So anyway, I plotted out on an unfolded envelope the measurements of my laptop and the equations to knit the pieces the project would require. I knit the main panel and the top flap together, then picked-up the stitches on the bottom and knit the bottom flap. I then knit the side triangles separately and sewed them onto the main frame - all was going well.




I love lined envelopes, so I thought it would make
the project all the more fun to line my project
with some cute fabric. I cut it to line the entire project and sewed around all of the edges with more of the emerald-colored yarn and a tapestry needle.






The only problem with this was that I cut the fabric too small and it puckered the knitted frame. So, I cut the excess fabric off so that it only lined the main section and the top flap of the envelope and sewed around the newly cut edges with some plain white thread. Then I decided to sew the pieces of the frame together with some extra variegated yarn (in yellow, green and blue colors) with x's, sewed on a button and a loop and voila!

I'm so excited it's finally done! On to the next project.