Lace Panel Adds Fun to the Ooh La La Sweater Knitting Pattern

Here’s a great pattern if you can’t quite decide what season you want to knit for. Isabell Kraemer’s Ooh La La sweater is plain Stockinette on the back and features a wide repeating lace panel on the front.

There are options for both long and short sleeves, and because of the lace front this pattern is ideal for layering no matter what kind of sleeves you add to it. Start knitting now and you can decide on the sleeves depending on how the weather is where you live when you get to them.

The pattern is worked in fingering weight yarn and is available in nine sizes ranging from a finished bust size of 42.75 inches to 72 inches (it’s meant to be worn with up to 12 inches of positive ease). It’s worked seamlessly from the top down.

It’s available on Ravelry for €5.90 or about $7.27, and is currently available in English, French and German.

[Photo: Isabell Kraemer.]

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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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