I have a cover for my kindle but it has a zipper and I keep it by the couch, so that means my kindle is out of the case 95% of the time. I wanted to make something that was easy to access and cute. I didn't follow a pattern so I didn't really think a lot of it through, like, where to put my straps to hold the kindle and I wanted pockets. So I just nixed them. I made an elastic strap to hold the kindle inside and another strap to hold the case closed. I might make one for summer eventually, I'll try thinking it through better.