I added some tweaks to improve my I-Pad Cozy.  I use my I-Pad to read while I am knitting.  In the past I've had to search old fat books with loose bindings that would lay flat but with the I-Pad that is all old problems from the distant past.  I wanted to make the I-Pad cozy reading friendly and figure out a way to use it to prop things at the perfect reading angle.  This is the result.  I added these little corners and also added a flap to close the top of the envelope and to hold the roll that creates the prop for the optimum reading angle.  The pattern for the cozy is available on Ravelry and you can click through by going to the pattern page here.

This is what it looks like without the I-Pad, but with the sleeve rolled and the closing flap buttoned down to secure the roll.  This pattern uses Peacefleece worsted yarn and a size 6 needle.  I also used Peacefleece buttons to secure the flap.  The colors of this yarn are rich, heathery and beautiful and the wool makes the texture of the cozy cushiony and delightful to touch.  If you button the flap the other way it closes the top of the case and makes everything nice and secure.  It completely enhances my knitting and reading experience, and just when I thought it couldn't possibly be any better.

I wanted to try out some of the slipped stitch patterns I was researching for my Color Knitting Class at OLLI, so I pulled a couple of balls of leftover worsted weight wool in interesting colors, grabbed the tiny little bit of red that might prove useful somehow, and cast on.  This is the result.  This is knit in one long piece which is then folded in half, bound off with an I-Cord bind off on the edges to join the sides, and then used again for the red corded finish at the top of the I-Pad Cozy.

There are two different slip stitch patterns used here.  One of the beauties of slip stitch patterns is that you only knit with one color at a time.  It gives a very interesting fabric structure....sort of thick and nubbly and cushy...the perfect thing to protect your I-Pad.  I also sewed in a linen lining, which could easily include a small inside pocket.   And, as you can see in this picture, it is possible to roll one end of the cozy to prop up your screen at a nice angle for reading.  The I-Cord bind off makes a perfect rolled ridge to hold the edge.  This works even though this table is very smooth and the I-Pad itself is slippery.  I will be providing the pattern shortly.