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Need Alternatives to Ravelry for Buying Patterns?

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Since Ravelry changed its site design last month, making it unusable for some people (and it’s unknown when or if those issues will be fixed) many people are looking for alternatives to Ravelry for buying and selling patterns.

Promised Fibers has put together a list of some options, including knitwear designers who are selling direct on their own websites, as well as other places to buy patterns like Etsy and PayHip.

You’ll also find apps that help you use your Ravelry information without being on the site itself, and even a browser extension that changes the look of Ravelry to something that might be more usable for some viewers. (Note that more information about the extension is available on Ravelry, but you can also directly download it.)

Have you been using other sources since Ravelry changed its look? I’d love to hear about it.

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  1. I have. I’m using “Yarnbook” presentet on Facebook. A danish site where a lot of nordic knitters sell there patterns. It’s a lot easier, and you can save all your patterns online that you bought from the designers. Also share informations and details on there facebook-site, A great site 🙂

  2. I transferred my patterns to lovecrafts, though that site needs some work as it’s harder to organise ones library, or tell what’s in a collection and what’s not !
    I still keep rav, I think you need to, keepIng a rav account to access patterns on lovecrafts , though that could be wrong, plus it’s the easiest way to print off or download a pattern. Looking on rav even for a very short time gives me the most awful headache, and what’s more rav don’t give a darn

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Knit a Glasses Holder for Your Bedside Table

knit glasses holder

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]