I like the juxtapositioning of old and new, of modern and traditional. When we visited China, I loved the sight of bamboo scaffolding being used in modern construction and in combination with high-tech building materials. And so, whenever we buy a portable piece of technology these days, I feel obliged to make a case for it using some traditional skill: Mr Snail’s tablet has a felted case, and his laptop has a crochet case, as does the satnav (the latter made of scraps). So when I bought a portable hard drive for backing-up my new computer, I just had to make it a little case:
Since it has a USB3 connection and, therefore, has a cable unlike any others Chez Snail, I worked an integral pocket (no sewing together was required) into the case to keep the drive and the cable together. The yarn is a chunky lambswool from the now defunct Texere, with antique mother of pearl buttons from my collection.
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dominique mitchell
/ December 11, 2016Love the colour combo 🙂
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/ December 11, 2016The yarn has an amazing range of colours in it: pinks through to aqua… this little case is a bit too small to show them all!
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coppicelearner
/ December 11, 2016I love the colours too! You and I are scarily similar! My sat nav has a quilted pouch with divider to keep the cable and screen together but separated. My iPad has a knitted coat for going out in!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 11, 2016They sound lovely – and very practical 🙂
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Nice piece of work
/ December 11, 2016I guess hard drives also get cold in the winter months 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 11, 2016Living in Wales, I should really make them little umbrellas!
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Nice piece of work
/ December 13, 2016send some over, please. we’re dry as dust 😦
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coppicelearner
/ December 11, 2016Umbrellas! Now there’s a thought😉
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katechiconi
/ December 11, 2016Handy and elegant! And having different colour coats for each thing makes it easy to pick out the right one. We have lots of bits of small black tech which at first sight look rather similar. Perhaps I can persuade the Husband that little pouches are the way to go…
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The Snail of Happiness
/ December 11, 2016Especially ones that keep the right components together… or perhaps colour-coded so you know which ones use the same cables, now that’s a thought…
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katechiconi
/ December 12, 2016There you go, more food for thought and maybe an idea for your online shop!
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arlingwoman
/ December 12, 2016Wizard!!
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Born To Organize
/ December 12, 2016Charming! I love that you mix the old with the new, and I’m smitten with these lovely colors. Your stitches are beautiful.
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katythenightowl
/ December 25, 2016I love this idea, and am going to borrow it to keep my own external hard-drive warmer this winter! Lol
I don’t for the life of me know why I didn’t think to do this myself – but I defo love the idea of putting an in-built pocket in it, to keep the cable tidy – great idea! 🙂
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joeypetrick
/ February 7, 2017Well done on the case! Great choice on the colors as well. My portable battery feels naked now.
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