Get Your Knitting Life Organized with WEBS

I am not one of those knitters with a stash that’s neatly listed on Ravelry. I’d love to be, but I just don’t have the patience for it.

Also, I’d have to come face-to-face with every. single. one. of my skeins of yarn, and I’m not sure I’m ready to do that.

But I do perennially wish my knitting stuff were more organized. And I am working on it this year as I clean out my office (though right now there’s a considerable pile of knitting “stuff” hanging out, waiting for me to muster the courage to get in there).

If getting more organized is among your knitting resolutions, check out this great series on 31 days of organization from WEBS. It was published a few years ago but it’s full of great advice on evaluating UFOs and storing the ones you want to work on; destashing, identifying, using, organizing and getting rid of yarn; organizing books and patterns; using Ravelry as an organizational tool (I’ve written about that, too); storing tools; even taking pictures of finished projects.

There’s so much great stuff there to get you motivated and on track for cleaning things up and clearing things out this year.

Do you have any great yarn or knitting organization tips? We’d all love to hear them!

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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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