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A Bunch of Little Booklets

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This week the closet-cleaning giveaways continue with four little Leisure Arts booklets:

Two-Hour Neckwear by Marly Bird: 12 projects for scarves and cowls to knit in a jiffy

Chunky Winter Knits: a Lion Brand book with 13 projects using Wool-Ease Thick & Quick

Quick and Easy Mittens by Mary Lamb Becker: has a basic pattern with 9 sizing options and color variations to knit or Knook

Cool-Weather Family Fashions: this booklet is full of projects using Bernat Softee Chunky and has nine accessory patterns

If you’d like me to send these to you, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, July 9. I’d love to know what you’re knitting right now. (Me: a sock and a blanket.)

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  1. I would love these! I am working on my husbands sweater, a cabled cape for myself and I am starting a class for a fisherman’s knit scarf.????

  2. I am between projects but am about to start on toddler jackets for autumn. Thanks for the giveaway chance

  6. I’m currently knitting baby clothes to sell on behalf of my local hospice.

  7. Yes, is like these booklets. My knitting guild is making mittens for a public Christmas tree. When the tree comes down, they will be donated to charity.

  8. I’ve been in baby gift overload. Finally a girl. I was getting a little frustrated with every single friend having boys. Bring on the frills

  9. I have a lot of yarn and I love to have new ideas to make with it! These books would help me to have more gift ready for all occasions. Thank you

  10. Hi, I would love to receive those booklets! Right now, I have started a summery Cowl in a light pink silk I got on sale.

  11. Thank you for the chance to win these little books! I am currently working on a pair of throw pillows with deer designs on them for a housewarming gift.

  12. Right now I am making little hats for the NICU. This is always a fun project to work on. Our little group makes scares, hats and mittens for charity. We could use some fast and easy patterns.

  14. Right now I am getting ready to make a hope chest full of kitchen things for my four grandkids

  15. My sister is the knitter in the family, though I’ve been playing with my Knook a little. These would be lovely as a gift for her for her birthday and/or Giftmas.

  17. Ohh, awesome!
    I’m finishing a shrug today (finally!), and I’m still working on a sleeping bag for a friend’s baby and a couple of Mario and Luigi hats for a gamer friend 😉

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Knit a Glasses Holder for Your Bedside Table

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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]