I have these great headphones. They still sound good after 6 years, and they have a really long cord so I can roll around my whole cubicle at work while still connected. They were very inexpensive, but about a year ago, the foam pads that protected my ears finally fell apart.
I have been using them “naked” since then, but they always were very uncomfortable that way, which made my ears hurt and made me listen to music less.
Then last week, at Stich n’ Bitch, I had a great idea – why not knit some covers for the things? I have a ball of some imitation Cascade Fixation that someone gave me a while back, it seemed like a great candidate with it’s stretchiness. I started thinking about how I was going to get started on double pointed needles on such a small and stretchy, fiddly thing when it hit me… Crochet!
I am quite rusty, but I figured, it’s just a granny square without the corners, right? How hard can it be? Well, they didn’t quite come out perfectly shaped, and they are a bit lumpy on the edges, but they get the job done. I was amazed at how — even though my mind didn’t know what to do — my hands knew what to do, and I ended up with some decent half-double crochet ear pad thingies. They are quite comfy too. I highly reccomend it if you find yourself with decent headphones and no foamy covers for them.
Thanks to whoever shared the yarn. Was it Sandra?