Can’t Manage a Big Sweater? Try These Tiny Ones from Vogue Knitting

I’ve gotten a bit off track with talking about sweater knitting this month, but I thought it would be cute to share these little bitty sweaters I saw on Facebook the other day.

The pattern is from Vogue Knitting, and it’s a free download but you have to register first. These are actually done as a little garland, which would be adorable, say, hanging in front of my office window (or, longer, on a little holiday tree) but you could absolutely knit each one and keep them separate to use as ornaments or gift tags (especially if you’re kind of enough to be knitting someone a sweater as a holiday gift).

These are great little projects to use up your odd balls, and they’re rated easy but will give you some practice with skills like stripes and teensy cables.

Looking for more wee clothes for the tree? I have a wee striped vest over at About that you could easily add sleeves to if you like. (The tiny stocking is pretty darn cute, too, though not technically clothing.)

Have you knit any tiny clothes to use for holiday decorations? I’d love to hear about them.

[Photo via Vogue Knitting.]

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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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