Crafternoon# 9: D.I.Y Crocheted Bear iPad Case

These days I have been pretty obsessed with crocheting and have made various projects to share with you guys.

With the help of the morning sun, this became my best picture.

Need a new iPad case but don't want to empty your wallet? Then you've come to the right place!  ( I sound like an infomercial)

Instead of buying a new case you can easily make your own.There are many other iPad/kindle/random technology case D.I.Y's out there, but today I will be showing you how I made a crocheted bear iPad case. This craft does not require expert crocheting skills, just some basic crochet language knowledge. It will take some time to make so you will also need patience, to avoid being too bored I made this while watching a few episodes of my favorite TV show Modern family. With that we can get started, hope you guys enjoy!

The first step in making anything is getting the materials; you will need

•  a crochet needle 
•  lots of brown yarn. (You can use any color you want to make a majestic rainbow colored bear even)
• 2 buttons
• felt
• sharpie
• needle and thread

Start by chain stitching the length of your iPad/ kindle/ whatever thing you want. Then add 6-8 extra chain stitches at the end. (This is necessary to create a flap for keeping the case closed later on)

Next single crochet until it looks like the picture below. Yes I admit those were some terrible instructions, so I added a crochet guide after these two pictures. 

This is my first time writing a crochet pattern so please be understanding. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below.

To make the crochet bear ears, it is basically like crocheting a circle without connecting the ends.

1.chain 6 stitches. 

2. make 2 single crochets in each chain stitch for a total of 12 single crochets.

3. In every other stitch, make 2 single crochets, for the other stitches make only one stitch.(1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2,1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2) For a total of 18 single crochets.

4. repeat steps 1-3 so that you end up with 2 ears.

Next make sure your iPad can fit into your case.

Take your ears and sew onto the outer edges of the closed flap.

This is what the front should look like. Pretty plain right? If you like it like this and are satisfied with the results, you can leave it at that, or you can continue and add a cute face.

Cut out an oval piece of felt and use a sharpie to draw the bear's nose and mouth.

Use your needle and thread to sew the nose and mouth onto the bear's face.

Yup now the project is complete. You can shove in your iPad and show off to your friends.

This picture looks super edited, but it's not, I just forgot to turn of the flash in my camera. Sorry about that

Hope you guys enjoyed.

~Angela