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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]
hi this might sound like a silly question but i am teaching my granddaughter how to knit but she just cant get it she is LEFT HANDED and wondered if that had any thing to do with it. cheers susan
Susan, don’t give up! My grandmother didn’t teach me to knit when I was a kid because I’m left handed and she feared just that. But I took a class last year and learned how to knit the “normal” way (throwing with my right hand) with no problem. And children learn much easier than adults do. I think it’s just what/however you learn, like how I don’t like Mac/Apple computers because I learned on a PC. ?
Are you trying to teach her throwing? Maybe she’d do better with continental since the yarn is in the left hand? There are DVDs that teach kids how to knit too; maybe one of those would click?
Good luck!