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Check Out Craft Daily for Tons of Crafty Videos

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craft dailyInterweave has just launched a new subscription video site called Craft Daily, where you can access hundreds of videos with instruction on knitting, crochet, beading, mixed media, sewing and more.

An unlimited number of videos can be viewed for $19.99 a month, or $199.99 for a 12-month subscription. You can also subscribe to just the knitting and crochet videos for $11.99 a month or $119.99 for 12 months.

In the knitting category there are currently 25 videos, though the sales information says new videos will be added weekly. So far there are a lot of videos from season 7 of Knitting Daily, as well as some of the individually published DVDs on knitting that Interweve has produced, including sideways knitting, reversible cables and top-down knitting.

This site is clearly an attempt to compete with Craftsy or Creative Bug, and I’m not sure how it will work. What do you think?

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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]