So-called ‘blimp’ cases are designed to greatly reduce the sound of a camera’s shutter, making it safe to take record shots during filming for TV and movies. Typically, commercial blimp cases cost upwards of $ 1000, but pro photographer Dan Tabár made his own using a Pelican case, some ABS pipe fittings, a wireless shutter release, and other simple parts sourced at a hardware store, for around $ 80. Click through to see how well it works for both sound suppression and underwater shooting.
The perfect DSLR camera case can be hard to come by.
And more often than not, it doesn’t even resemble any of your fave animals. What gives?
That’s where the DIY Dog Camera Cozy swoops in to save the day. It’s a soft camera cozy for your DSLR, and our pal Sarah Goldschadt is the clever crafter behind it.
Here’s the story from Sarah:
“In 2009 I bought my first DSLR …I had recently learned how to crochet with the help of my friend Alicia Kachmar.
I ended up using the basic shape of slippers to create a lens cover and then kept crocheting around my camera to see what would happen.
When I finished, adding on buttons and ears seemed like a no-brainer. Since then, I’ve upgraded to a better camera and bought a new lens, so it’s always the perfect excuse to crochet a new cover.”
Inspired? Get your craft on, and make your best friend look like man’s best friend.
Make a Crochet Dog Camera Cozy
On Crocheting for Your Camera
The following are basic steps used to create your own camera cozy. Below each step, we included the crocheting techniques that will help you for that part of the DIY.
If you already know how to crochet, perfect! Follow along with the basic steps below or get more precise with the more detailed pattern that Sarah has available as a download.
If you’re new to crocheting, get started with some quickie video lessons at the Lion Brand Learning Center.
Since there are many camera and lens combinations, you’ll find it easier to test your work on your camera and lens to ensure the best fit.
The completed sample cozy that fits a Cannon 7D with 35 mm lens is available for sale, too!
Ingredients:
Worsted weight yarn color of your choice
Crochet hook to correspond with your yarn size
Yarn needle
Scissors
4 buttons (two for the eyes, one for the nose, one to attach the case at the bottom)
Sewing thread
Sewing needle
STEP 1: Make a Circle for the Nose
Single crochet a circle and increase until it matches the width of your lens cap.
For those just getting started, here are some helpful tutorials: Chain, Slip Stitch, Single Crochet, Crochet a Circle
STEP 2: Crochet a Snout
Single crochet around and around until it’s the length of your lens.
Helpful tutorial: Single Crochet
STEP 3: Do a Little Turn
Turn your work and use half of the stitches to single crochet back and forth. It should be long enough to go over the top of your camera and down to the bottom of your viewer.
You might want to lay it over your camera and eyeball how much more you need to crochet. The end result will fit over your lens, wrap over the top of your camera, around the back, and button on the bottom of the “snout.”
Helpful tutorials: Turning Chain, Turning your Work
STEP 4: Complete the Body
Decrease each round on both sides until 4 stitches remain. Chain 4 then join the chain to the 4th stitch in the last row with a slip stitch to form a loop for a button. Turn and crochet over the chain to reinforce it. Fasten off all ends and trim the excess yarn.
Helpful tutorials: Decreasing, Chain, Fastening Off
STEP 5: Make the Ears
To create a dog ear, chain 7, chain one and single crochet back and forth (with 7 stitches total in each row) until you’ve reached a desired length.
Decrease each row on both sides until 2 stitches remain. Single crochet around the entire shape and fasten off. Trim excess yarn. Repeat to make another ear.
STEP 6: Add Buttons for the Nose, Ears, Eyes
Attach the case to your camera and use your judgement to find the best places for the eyes, nose, ears, and button on the bottom of the case.
Take the case off and with extra yarn and a yarn needle, attach the ears with a whipstitch, then sew on the buttons and other features with sewing thread and sewing needle.
Helpful tutorial: Seaming
Taking It Further
The cozy can easily be modified to be a cat or bee or anything else you can dream of. Use embroidery thread to add whiskers or try making eyelashes.
Sarah Goldschadt, is a crafter, graphic designer, and author living in Brooklyn. Find her at her site, on Facebook, and Instagram.
Special note. Sarah is super awesome for putting this pattern and tutorial together for us (yaaay!) and has one special request:
This pattern is an original design by Sarah Goldschadt and is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Selling, recreating or distributing this pattern in part or whole is prohibited. Pattern is for personal use and finished product may not be sold without permission.
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Portaging in the wild is one thing, but try walking your canoe or kayak down the street (let alone through an airport) and you may smack someone right in the head – hence this city-friendly creation (25 pounds, 25 inches wide, and 12 feet long when deployed!).
Compact, portable and light-weight, the Oru kayak folds in on itself to form a shoulder-ready carrying case containing, well, itself. It then unfolds and assembles in just five minutes – perfect for those living in crowded urban environments with little storage space.
From its creators: “Stash it in a trunk. Check it on a plane. Stow it on a sailboat. Hike it in to remote waters. No garage, SUV or roof racks necessary. The Oru Kayak makes boating simple, easy, and accessible— so you can spend more time on the water.”
But it is not just about mobility and transit – how the Oru works as a water vehicle matters as well: “The Oru Kayak is fast, stable, and handles incredibly well. Its light weight makes it fast and easy to paddle. The hard chines offer excellent tracking. And the 25″ width makes balancing easy, even for beginners. Check our blog for upcoming demos near you!” The catch? You may need to find the perfect flat-pack paddle to match!
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These unlocked, unloaded and unmanned abandoned police stations suggest that when the long arm of the law is crippled, the end of society must be nigh.
Detroit Lock City
(images via: SCOTT’S WORLD, Thomas Hawk and Detroitmi97 Aka Mark The kid)
No collection of urban abandonments would be complete without something from America’s all-star urban apocalypse in the making, Detroit, so let’s get right to it. The old Highland Park Police Station just off Woodward Avenue was closed in 2007 when the re-formed police department moved to a new location. It didn’t take long before looters and vandals broke in to do that voodoo that they do so well.
(images via: Hudson Democracy and Zombie Squad)
The City of Highland Park‘s motto is “Return to Excellence” but when it comes to the old Highland Park Police headquarters, looking back is not an option. There’s nothing to look forward to either, as the building was put out of its misery (aka demolished) in January of 2012.
A Tree Grows In Brook, er, Venaria Reale
(images via: [im]possible living)
Or grows out as the case may be, and in this case the tree is growing inside a police station in Venaria Reale, Italy. In the absence of any restraining officers, the tree’s branches have escaped the undoubtedly dim and dank interior into the fresh air and warm sunlight.
Putin Jail
(images via: Xaxor)
This abandoned police station in Russia’s Tver region was active until 2006 if the moldering calendars on its peeling walls can be believed. The station’s decline parallels that of Tver, a thousand-year-old city whose population has dropped more than 10 percent since 1989.
(images via: Xaxor)
Is that a young Josef Stalin peeking out from the files, or does this person of interest simply reflect Uncle Joe’s legacy of Russian style and fashion? Regardless, Li’l Stalin gets off easy this time along with his fellow filemates in the moldering Tver police station. That’s some darned fine police work there, Lubyanka.
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The following are basic steps used to create your own camera cozy. Below each step, we included the crocheting techniques that will help you for that part of the DIY.
Single crochet a circle and increase until it matches the width of your lens cap.
Single crochet around and around until it’s the length of your lens.
Turn your work and use half of the stitches to single crochet back and forth. It should be long enough to go over the top of your camera and down to the bottom of your viewer. 
Decrease each round on both sides until 4 stitches remain. Chain 4 then join the chain to the 4th stitch in the last row with a slip stitch to form a loop for a button. Turn and crochet over the chain to reinforce it. Fasten off all ends and trim the excess yarn.
To create a dog ear, chain 7, chain one and single crochet back and forth (with 7 stitches total in each row) until you’ve reached a desired length. 
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