Protection just got a little more multifunctional and a lot more cozy.

When your mom told you to “Take a sweater!” she probably didn’t mean for your laptop. But now you can bundle your ’Book in style with Dinglab’s Multimodular Laptop Sock. The Sock is, for lack of a better term, a sock--a double-layered, reversible tube of knit cotton and acrylic, 27 inches long and about 9 inches wide, closed on the bottom.

The easiest way to use it is to simply slide your laptop into the Sock (the knit material stretches to fit around any Mac notebook), then fold the excess length back down over the laptop again. This creates a pocket on the outside, which you can use to hold a mouse, your iPod cable, or even this magazine. And your notebook is easy to slide right out the top.

Makes your 'Book look downright cozy, like a piping hot, expensive metal pillow.

Dinglab also includes a thick rubber band to use with the Sock to keep your notebook from sliding out quite so easily. Your ’Book goes in the bottom of the Sock, then you put the band around the outside of the Sock and position it around the short edge of your laptop (the one that’s closest to the top of the Sock). Then fold the excess length back over your laptop, which will also cover up the rubber band. Then just ease the rubber band off the top of the laptop. Now the fold you just made is the opening of the sleeve, but it’s a stretchy opening, thanks to the rubber band. This keeps your laptop a little more secure.

Dinglab’s “free-form” design is eye-catching, and the soft, knit Sock is pleasing to the touch as well. We didn’t mind that the Sock takes a little longer to put on our ’Book than a more standard zipped or Velcro-closed laptop sleeve does. Dinglab says you can use the Sock as a scarf or a hat, giving us visions of bundling up with it when the office AC gets a little too chilly. But in practice, its 27-inch length wasn’t really enough to wrap around our neck. Wearing it as a stocking cap was cozy enough, but having the square end hanging down behind our heads made us a little self-conscious. But if you ever wanted matching outfits for you and your MacBook, now’s your chance.