Travel knitting

My DH Max and I took a road trip down to Florida for my nephew's wedding. There were lots of festivities at beautiful Florida houses as friends of my brother and his wife hosted some fun parties. Here are pictures I took at the "Cocktails on the Beach" party at a lovely home right on the ocean and the fun "Bluegrass and BBQ on the Banks" at a wonderful home on the Intercostal Waterway.
I especially love car trips because my DH really likes to drive which leaves me free to "knit my way" to where we're going! On this trip one of things I worked on (and finished!) was this:


A little crocheted purse for a specific purpose: I like to walk around the house listening to music on my much loved Ipod Touch but I'm not always wearing something with pockets to stick my Ipod in while I'm listening. So....the little Ipod Neck Pocket was born! I started out writing down what I did as I did it, but kept adding little finishing touches that I didn't write down so unfortunately don't have a finished pattern to share. The cord starts out as a chain but I added stitches and several inches of single crochet where it lays against my neck which makes it very comfortable. I put the Ipod in upside down so I can reach the on and off buttons easily. Here are some more photos:


Here it is being worn around my neck:

















And, here is a close-up with Ipod in it. The X is to safeguard the Ipod from falling through the opening!











All in all, I'm a happy little camper wearing it, as strange as it may look!!

Oh, also on the trip we listened to the Audio CD of "The Number One Ladies Detective Agency". We loved it and we're looking forward to our next long car trip to listen to the next book in the series: "Tears of the Giraffe".

Let me know what you are reading, listening to, knitting and crocheting this summer...
Mary