Knit a Great Cropped Tee for Transition Time

I find myself oddly drawn to cropped sweater knitting patterns for someone who doesn’t love the look of a cropped sweater on my body. I knit a My Boy Lollipop last year and ended up giving it to my daughter, who it is not cropped on, because I just don’t have the clothes to go with it that make me feel comfortable wearing it.

The truth is I don’t need new clothes (at least not knit ones, lol) but a different attitude about showing skin in places I haven’t traditionally felt comfortable showing it (or, you know, wearing layers).

All this to say the Me Oh My Tee pattern from Park Williams has me thinking about trying a crop again. This one is so cute! It uses DK weight yarn and is worked in the round from the bottom up.

It’s designed to be worn with zero to negative ease, and comes in nine sizes, from 28 to 60 inches.

The pattern is available on Ravelry for $9.

[Photo: Park Williams.]

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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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