Fidget Spinner Cozy Pattern

I've been meaning to post this for a while. I wrote this up in May, I think, and then set it aside and forgot about it. Oops.

(I know many of my readers aren't knitters. If you want one of these but don't have the means to make it yourself, I am selling them out of my Etsy shop, Zizi Rho Designs.)

Initially, the idea was to repurpose my "knitted pouches" (which is a repurpose from a cell phone cozy that you can clip on something--long story how they came about in the first place). If the fidget spinners fit inside, that's what I'd call the pouches from now on.

But once I had that thought, I kept going. I could knit something the same size as the fidget spinner. It would need to be a triangle. but if I did that, then I could keep it open at the center so one could still spin it while it was in the fabric. This would make it a cozy...

How to construct? I could start from the center, knit one side, then knit the other. That way, both sides look exactly the same. Balanced.

So, plan in place, I set about knitting one. I used a temporary cast on. Knit a few rounds. Bound off. Unraveled the temporary cast on and repeated for the other side. Easy enough.

But I didn't like how the finished object looked. There was an extra half row that made the garter ridges look wrong.

A couple more tries with a couple more tweaks...

And I discovered that I was making the whole thing much more complicated than I needed to.

I guess I've been knitting for too long. I know several ways to accomplish a goal. I was using every trick I know when simpler is actually best in this case.

Right. So that's the story. Here's the pattern.

Materials:

• About 0.15 oz of worsted weight yarn
• Set of 4 size 8 (5.0 mm) double pointed needles
• Stitch markers

Gauge: About 15 sts/4 inches over garter stitch while slightly stretched.

This is made to fit the triangular shaped fidget spinner that's about 3 inches (7.6 cm) along each side. If you have a different style to cover, adjust the pattern accordingly.

Notes:

• This pattern is written to be knitted on 3 double pointed needles. If using a different circular method, mark each "needle" with stitch markers and proceed accordingly. 
• The increases are done by doing a yarn over (yo) on the round, and then on the following round working those yarn overs through the back loop (TBL). 

Using Old Norwegian Cast On, cast on 21 stitches.

Arrange these stitches over 3 needles, 7 stitches per needle (or mark off 7 stitches).

Join to work in rounds.
Follow the chart, working each needle as indicated:

Round	Needle 1	Needle 2	Needle 3
1	K1, yo, k6, yo	P1, yo, p6, yo	K1, yo, k6, yo
2	P1, p1 TBL, p6, p1 TBL	K1, k1 TBL, k6, k1 TBL	P1, p1 TBL, p6, p1 TBL
3	K1, yo, k8, yo	P1, yo, p8, yo	K1, yo, k8, yo
4	P1, p1 TBL, p8, p1 TBL	K1, k1 TBL, k8, k1 TBL	P1, p1 TBL, p8, p1 TBL
5	K11	P11	K11
6	P11	K11	P11
7	Ssk, k7, k2tog	P2tog, p7, p2tog	Ssk, k7, k2tog
8	P9	K9	P9
9	Ssk, k5, k2tog	P2tog, p5, p2tog	Ssk, k5, k2tog
10	P7 (bind off)	K7 (bind off)	P7 (bind off)

Round 10 is the bind off round. Use the Simple Stretchy Bind Off.

Wind in ends, and put it on your fidget spinner.

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