Strawberry Socks Knitting Pattern

There are few food items that, when they are in season, I will buy with reckless abandon, regardless of the quantity of said item we already have in the house. Local tomatoes are one, but earlier in the season it’s strawberries. The local ones are best, and I have been known to go to the farmer’s market a couple of times a week to stock up on them while I can.

The Itty Bitty Berry Socks from Stone Knits celebrate the smaller wild strawberries that grow everywhere in the summer where she lives (in Switzerland).

They’re worked from the top down, starting with a little picot hem and covered with an allover pattern of little wild strawberries and colored dots. They have a short row heel and a grafted toe, and instructions are included for working the socks short or a standard longer length if you prefer. (Learn more about grafting knitting if you don’t know how to do it.)

The pattern calls for using the magic loop method to knit the socks but you can convert it to work with DPNs or two circulars if that’s the way you like to do it. (But if you’ve never done magic loop for socks before, it is a nice way to do it!)

The socks are available in three sizes, from a foot circumference of 8 to 10.5 inches (or 22.5-27 cm) and like most socks should be worked with an inch or so of negative ease to achieve a good fit. You’ll need a main color and two contrasting colors (red and green) for the socks. You might already have something in your stash that would work if you’ve ever knit holiday socks before!

You can grab the pattern from Stone Knits on Etsy. While you’re there check out all their other super colorful and fun sock knitting patterns!

[Photo: Stone Knits]

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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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