Pattern: Knit Sunglass Holder

This project was really simple. The hardest part was actually finding a lace pattern I liked that (a) had enough holes to host sunglasses, (b) wasn't boring, and (c) was simple enough that I could finish quickly. This one is the Checkerboard Lace Scarf from Purl Bee.


I measured the frame and checked gauge and turns out that I could make it happen with only 2 pattern repeats. (The pattern is a 10x + 8, meaning any increment of 10 stitches plus 8 stitches for edges. So I used 28 stitches.) I was using scrap yarn from a sweater project - because the color was perfect - but it was bulky, so I upped the needles to 10 (but they knit like 10.5 or 11 for some reason - metal needles).

I just eyeballed to get the length of the frame, and then did a quick steam block.

post blocking

pre-blocking

I already had a frame in mind - an old piece that I painted years ago that no long matches anything in our house. I ended up keeping it there, in case an intrepid observer looked closely, and because the color matches the yarn I used...and I still like it. :)

knit piece and frame - size match!

picture without the matting

After that, some easy sewing with more scrap yarn to get the piece to stay on the glass and such:

just enough stretching to keep the lace taut

Then, it was just about popping it in the frame. Due to the bulky yarn this was actually harder than I expected, and I cracked the glass in the process. Sewing the back to keep the piece tight and in place was definitely important - you can see in the final picture that there are two saggy points, on the top and bottom. That's where I got lazy and didn't sew because I ran out of yarn and didn't feel like getting something else out. Derp...I'll be fixing that soon.

Anyway - tada! I placed it by the front door so I never have to worry about "where the heck are my sunglasses?!?" again. And I can stop trying to smush them into my Plastic Bag Stash-o-matic.

P.S. Here is the link to the Ravely project page.