Fancy Up a Simple I-Cord Necklace

I love knitting I-cord because it’s just so simple. You don’t have to think about what you’re doing and you can see your little chain grow before your eyes.

It’s a great thing for newer knitters to make, too, or to create with a knitting spool. My daughter has made a little of it but she prefers knitting with needles (and I haven’t introduced knit I-cord yet).

But sometimes it can be hard to figure out what to do with those lengths of knitting.

This knitted tube necklace from Ravelry user ambahobrien is one great way to both use a little bit of gorgeous yarn and turn it into a great statement piece. She says she got her metal tube on etsy, but if you have a local craft shop that sells jewelry making supplies you might be able to find one there, too.

I’ve never done this, but I have used crochet chain as a necklace chain before, hanging a pendant on it. So pretty!

[Photo: ambahobrien via Ravelry.]

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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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