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From Pussy Hats to Evil Eye Gloves

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evil eye glove knitting patternFollowing the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., the March for Our Lives is being planned for Washington, D.C., on March 24.

The Women’s March in early 2017 was characterized by pink knit and crocheted hats, and the brainchild of that bit of fibery protest wants Congress and others to see all eyes on them at this upcoming march.

Krista Suh, who imagined what became the Pussyhat Project while driving in her car, notes on her website that even before that she had a dream of a peaceful protest where all the people had eyes on their upraised hands.

Once again Kat Coyle has come through with a pattern for what’s called the Evil Eye Gloves, fingerless mitts knit flat and with eyes embroidered on after the knitting is done.

You can grab the free pattern at Krista’s website, or check it out on Ravelry. Make them for yourself if you’re marching in D.C. or elsewhere, or make a bunch to mail to be distributed at the march.

[Photo via Krista Suh.]

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Easy Knit Baskets to Use All Your Stash

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts. 

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts. 

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects. 

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version. 

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want. 

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do. 

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like. 

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.