If you’re always setting your eyeglasses down and then searching for them five minutes later, a crochet eyeglass holder is a simple solution you’ll actually use. This quick crochet project creates a soft, lightweight necklace that keeps your glasses close at hand.

When I craft, I find I have to remove my glasses to see up close – even though I have bifocals now! So this upcycled is perfect for everyday wear around the house or while crafting. It’s a great stash-busting project, works up fast, and even makes a thoughtful handmade gift.

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Materials

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• 5 pull tabs from a drink can
• Cotton yarn in two contrasting colours (I’m using white and blue)
• Thread scissors
• Crochet hook (I’m using a vintage 3.5 mm, but these ergonomic ones are highly rated)
• Thinner contrasting yarn (optional for trim)
• Jump ring
• Ball chain and connectors
• 2 chain nose pliers (to open and close jump ring)

Raid Your Blue Bin

Pull Tab Jewelry

You’ll need 5 pull tabs. Create a magic circle.

Single crochet 3 times into the tab.

Then attach another pull tab by single crocheting into it 3 times.

Continue in that manner until all 5 tabs are attached.

Pull the circle closed.

Attach New Colour

Now, using a contrasting colour, single crochet around each tab, place 2 sc in the bottom loop on each side and the rest around the top loop with 2 chains in between.

Here’s how it looks after two ‘petals’.

And all five.

Change again to white. In a ch 2 space, 4 dc, ch 3, 4 dc. Sc . Repeat for the remaining 4 tabs.

Switch to blue.

You could finish here and call it a day.

Block Crochet Eyeglass Holder

But I’d like to embellish further with a contrasting colour to hide the pull tabs and outline the edges to finish them off. I also go ahead and spray the piece with some distilled water using a fine mist sprayer so I can pin it onto a piece of foam to block it.

In my sample piece, I contrasted using yellow yarn.

Add a jump ring so you can can put it onto a ball chain to wear as a necklace. You can either hook the tip of the temple through the miiddle…

… or hang them off the edge in between a space.

Watch the Video

Before reading the pattern, watch the video to see how it’s done!

Crochet Eyeglass Holder Pattern

You’ll need 5 pull tabs.

Glossary

• rnd = round
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet
• ch = chain
• y/o = yarn over
• bp = back post
• dc cluster: * (y/o, put the hook into the ch 1 space, pull up a loop, y/o and pull through two loops. Repeat from * until you have 4 partial dc clusters on the hook. y/o and pull through all 5 loops). Ch 5. Repeat what’s in the brackets.

Instructions

Rnd 1. White. With a long tail, create a magic circle. Ch 1 to secure.  Single crochet (sc) 3 times into the bottom of the first pull tab (right side up). * Add another pull tab and sc three times into the bottom of t,he pull tab. Repeat from * 3 more times with the remaining tabs. pull the magic circle closed and sl st to first st. Fasten off white and hide tail. 

Rnd 2. Blue. Create a slip knot. * 2 sc into the lower part of the pull tab. 4 sc into the upper hole in the pull tab, ch 2, 4 sc, 2 sc into lower part of pull tab. Repeat from * until all 5 tabs are crocheted. Sl st to begining and fasten off blue. 

Rnd 3. White. Attach white yarn into any ch 2 space. *4 dc, chain 3, 4 dc. Sc between next pull tab. Repeat from * in next ch 2 space. (45 sts)

Rnd 4. Blue. Starting in any ch 3 space, back post dc around the next st. Back post dc around next 2 sts.

(Now back post 2 together, skipping the slip stitch by making a partial back post dc, skip, partial bp dc through the next st and pull through 3 loops. Bp dc around each of the next three stitches. At tip of star, 3 dc, chain 3, 3 dc. Now dc around each of the next 3 stitches). Repeat from brackets.

Finishing

Rnd 5. If desired, single crochet around the edges 6 sc in each ch 3 space), and create a 5 petal flower in the centre to further hide the pull tabs.

For the 5 petal flower, create a slip knot and attach to one st. Ch 2. *Triple crochet onto next sp, ch 2, sc into next sp, sc into next sp, ch 2. Repeat from * until back to the beginning. Sl st into 1 st and fasten off. Hide any remaining ends.

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