Pin of the Week: Citadel Hat Pattern

I’ve from time to time shared a Pin of the Week, which usually has just been something interesting I came across on Pinterest the week before, but I thought it might be fun instead to share some of the more popular — in terms of repins that I’m seeing — pins on my knitting boards instead (by the way, you can find me at sewwriter on Pinterest and I have several knitting-related boards).

This week that favorite pin would have to be to the Citadel pattern by Beata Jezek from Hedgehog Fibers. This pretty hat uses a striking slip stitch pattern that looks like arrows on the surface of the hat.

It’s also double-layered, and the inside layer on the sample was worked in a bright contrasting color and a cashmere yarn for extra luxury and warmth (you could wear that side out, too, if you wanted).

This is a really lovely, fun pattern and it’s free, so if you’re in the market for a new hat pattern you ought to check it out. Keep it for next fall, or knit it now if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere.

[Photo from Beata Jezek bia Ravelry.]

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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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