Upcycling Headphones with Hand-Knitted Covers: A Creative Gym Hack

No Excuses

So I remembered an old pair of headphones that I got for free from Bolt.com back in the day. I gave them to the kid a long time ago because I wasn't using them but she doesn't like how they fit. I wanted something to use in the gym so she just gave them back. They lost the foam thingers a long time ago so I decided to try knitting my own covers. The speakers are about $2"$ across so my first thought was to knit the pasties from Naughty Needles and make them slightly larger than 2". I was going to use elastic or make a drawstring to tighten them up. But then it occurred to me to use elastic yarn and make teeny tiny berets instead. So I did! :D And it worked! I started out with a small number of stitches and ribbing to keep them in place, then did an increase row and some straight stockinette. I put some eyelets in the middle where the holes are on the speakers to let the sound through a little better.

Here's my teeny tiny hat. :D

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