Deep Fall Surprises from Knitty

The Deep Fall surprises from Knitty have been published, and they’re both pretty darn cute, so you’re going to want to add them to your knitting queues.

The Crosshatch Cowl by Karin Brummer uses a brioche netting stitch worked in two colors to make a reversible, double-layer cowl that doesn’t really look like knitting. It’s a really cool technique that isn’t as hard as it looks but will certainly turn heads.

And the Golden Delicious Cardigan from Mary Scott Huff has an allover pattern with little crossed stitches, a lacy border at the bottom, a collar that combines lace and cables and is much longer in the back than in the front. There’s a lot going on but it turns out to be quite harmonious and fun.

The new patterns came with an update on Knitty’s Patreon campaign, which now has more than 6,000 donors giving nearly $17,000 an issue. That’s enough to give designers a raise and to help upgrade the website. The next goal comes at $22,000, which will help fund an assistant to deal with administrative stuff and hiring a freelance graphic designer to make new Knitty shwag for their online store. If you haven’t donated and you love Knitty, I hope you’ll consider it.

In the meantime, if either of these patterns catches your eye I’d love to hear about it. I’m thinking hard about making some time for that cowl.

[Photos via Knitty.]

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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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