Top-Down Zipper Bag Knitting Pattern

I’m taking part in the Christmas in July Make Along, hosted by Underground Crafter, and though my pattern is over on my personal blog I wanted to share about it here so you all can take part in the fun as well.

My pattern is a top-down zippered pouch, which is fun because you work chain stitches on the zipper fabric, then pick up those stitches and knit the bag down from the zipper.

This way you can make the bag with any gauge yarn you have handy, using any stitch pattern you want. Mine uses worsted weight yarn and moss stitch, but you could do stockinette stitch in DK, bulky weight ribbing, whatever you like.

I thought this was a fun way to use a zipper that had been cut down to size for another purpose but then wasn’t actually used, but even if you know how long your zipper is you can use this method so you don’t have to figure our your gauge or how many stitches you need to cast on before you get started.

You can find the free pattern over at Our Daily Craft.

But if you’re looking for more gift projects to knit or crochet, definitely check out all the fun this month at Underground Crafter.

7 bloggers have teamed up to bring you a month full of free patterns to kick start the handmade holiday season — including crochet, knitting, and sewing projects. There’s something new to make every day in July. Each week will have a theme.

Week 1 (July 1-7): Babies, Kids, and Teens
Week 2 (July 8-14): Women
Week 3 (July 15-21): Gifts for Anyone
Week 4 (July 22-28): Home
Week 5 (July 29-31): Pets

You can also take part in the make along for a chance to win great prizes from ucalan, Fox & Pine Stitches, GlassEyesOnline, Hartiful, KennyClayCo, KnitPal, Knitter’s Relief Balm, Search Press North America, and seashellcrafter. You can learn all about it and find links to all the projects at the Underground Crafter’s website.

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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.

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