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Do You Know the Velvet Acorn?

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velvet acorn designsIf you’ve ever looked at knitting or crochet patterns on Pinterest, you’ve probably seen patterns from the Velvet Acorn.

Designer Heidi May has hundreds of patterns she sells on etsy, which are inspired by nature and styled beautifully and usually pictured on super adorable kids (though her patterns are sized from littles through adults). You can also check them out at a glance on Pinterest.

She does a lot of hats and scarves, but also totally cute pullovers like the Azel Pullover, which uses super bulky yarn and is a super simple knit no matter what size you make. She’s also the designer behind adorable head gear like the Burton Bear Cowl and the Failynn Fox Cowl, both of which I would totally make for my daughter and me.

Her patterns are priced at $5.50 each, and most of them use bulky yarn and simple stitches for quick work that you’ll love to make and wear or gift to a little one in your life.

Have you ever knit (or pinned) any of these patterns? I’d love to hear about it! And if you are or know a great knitwear designer you’d like to see featured, let me know!

[Photos via the Velvet Acorn on etsy.]

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  2. Her patterns are great! I have knit one before and the directions are very good and her designs awesome!

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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]