Snowflake Crafts to Knit

It’s probably all the snow around here lately (on day 6 of being snowed in — hoping to get out tomorrow!) but I’ve been thinking about knitting projects involving snowflakes. I’ll share some non-Christmas patterns here soon, but here are some great ornaments and doily-type snowflakes you still have time to knit to decorate for Christmas.

Norah Gaughan has a pretty snowflake pattern that would be great to decorate a large gift box or even (worked in cotton instead of wool) as a washcloth or dishcloth.

Sharon Winsauer has a stunner of a a snowflake that’s available as a free Ravelry download.

Judy Gibson’s Snowflake Star has the airy quality of a crocheted doily and would be great as an ornament or hanging from a gift bag.

Snowflaked is a pretty pattern from Follow the Star Studio that looks pretty in multiple gauges.

Katie Himmelberg’s snowflake ornament (available as a free download from Knitting Daily) is a pretty little hexagon with crocheted edging, perfect if you want to learn either of those techniques.

Kristin Nicholas has some cute little colorful ornaments with snowflakes stitched on them. These would be great as gift tags, too.

Lion Brand has a cute ball ornament with a snowflake motif, and Frankie Brown has a cute little button-adorned snowflake as part of a knit advent calendar on 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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