Fun Ways to Find More Time to Knit

Now that fall is officially here in the northern part of the world, I know we’re all planning a lot of great knitting projects and hoping for more time to knit.

But knitting time doesn’t just happen; sometimes you have to make it happen.

I have a pretty good list of ways to find more time for knitting over at About, which includes the sage advice to never watch TV without knitting in your hands. That’s how I get a lot of my knitting done (even though we only watch about an hour a day).

But I also love this list of 28 ways to find extra knitting time from Elizabeth Bagwell over at LoveKnitting. I’ve only done a few of these, but they’re all pretty sound. I particularly like the idea of experiments in housekeeping.

What do you do to make more time to knit? I’d love to hear your tips!

[Photo via LoveKnitting.]

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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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