Vogue Knitting Teams with Debbie Macomber to Knit for Charity

Vogue Knitting LIVE has announced a partnership with Debbie Macomber and World Vision’s Knit for Kids to encourage more knitters to knit for charity, particularly at the upcoming VK LIVE event in Chicago this October.

Macomber — the bestselling author of romance novels and knitting-themed fiction — is now serving as the international spokesperson for Knit for Kids, and she’ll be hosting a Knit for Kids Knitter’s Lounge at the event where knitters can take a break and knit a hat or scarf for charity (she’ll be in the lounge at announced times for knitting fun, too).

The VK Live website has a PDF of basic hat and scarf patterns (courtesy of Knit Simple) that can be used for the donations and they’re encouraging people to start knitting now (and of course you can contribute even if you aren’t going to the event).

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization that distributed more than 66,000 handknit and crocheted items last year to children living in poverty in the United States and around the world. Knit for Kids typically focuses on sweaters, and you can find patterns for those on the World Vision site linked above.

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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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