Combine Knitting and Coloring with Fiber Arts Coloring Books

Knitting and coloring are both hobbies that are touted as being super relaxing and good for the brain, so why not combine them with knitting and crochet themed coloring books?

Love Knitting has a little free printable coloring book on its blog that features knitting and crochet in its pages. I actually like the crochet pages more, I think, but they’re all fun and I intend to color some this weekend!

I know that Mason-Dixon Knitting also has a coloring book for knitters for sale on Amazon. It features 30 drawings and costs $10.52. I haven’t seen it in person yet but it looks like a lot of fun. If any of you have it I’d love to know what you think of it.

Do you like to color? I’d love to hear how you think relaxing hobbies like knitting and coloring help you.

[Photo via Love Knitting.]

Coloring in sheets are a great way to calm the busy mind, as you focus on the coloring techniques your brain is actually able to calm itself and focus on less. Coloring is used to help relax and calm anxiety and stress. Coloring keeps out mental health in check and allows us to develop of creative brain. We highly recommend Copic markers or Faber castell coloring pencils .

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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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