Meet the most cute and cozy way to store your glasses. This is a holder in the form of a koala, which is at the same time practical and charming, just look at these ears and little face.

The difficulty of this pattern is beginner-intermediate level, using basic techniques like crocheting in the round, increases and decreases, and a little bit of sewing to make the holder sturdy.

You will need a 3.5 mm hook, acrylic yarn in white, black and gray colors, 10 mm safety eyes, sewing needle and scissors.

The holder can make a wonderful gift for koala lovers or those who wear glasses, and will also find its place on your bedside table.

Materials

• 3.5 mm crochet hook
• Yarn medium (4):
• Loops & Threads Soft Classic Acrylic Dark Grey
• Loops & Threads Soft Classic Acrylic Black
• Loops & Threads Soft Classic Acrylic White
• Sewing needle
• Scissors
• 10 mm safety eyes

Abbreviations

sc – single crochet
mr – magic ring
inc – increase
dec – decrease
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
ch – chain

Tension and hook size matter since this is a functional crochet piece. After R5 of the base, measure your piece. It should measure approx: 5 cm by 15 cm.

• To make your case bigger: Increase hook size of use a bigger yarn.
• To make case smaller: decrease hook size or use a smaller yarn.

Ears x2

Inner Piece

Using white yarn Ch 4 (begin in 2nd chain from hook)

Rnd 1: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc (4) ch1 and turn
Rnd 2: 1 sc, inc x 2, 1 sc (6)

Fasten off (you don’t need a long tail)

Outer Piece

Using grey yarn CH4 (begin in 2nd chain from hook)

Rnd 1: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc (4) ch1 and turn
Rnd 2: 1 sc, inc x 2, 1 sc (6)
Rnd 3: you will crochet both the white and grey pieces together to combine them.

1 sc into the start of the chain 4 (in R1 of the white piece)

ch 1, turn, skip the ch 1 and 1 stitch continue with

1 sc, hdc inc, dc inc x 2, hdc inc, sc
1 sc both stitches together into gap where we began the chain

Stuff the tail ends in between the white and grey pieces we crocheted together.

Base x2

Using grey yarn.

Ch 17, begin in 2nd chain from hook.

Rnd 1: inc, 13 sc, inc, an the other side of the chain, inc, 14 sc, inc (36)
Rnd 2: inc x 2, 14 sc, inc x 4, 14 sc, inc x 2 (44)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 2, 15 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 3, inc, 15 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc (52)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 2, 16 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 3, inc, 16 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc (60)
Rnd 5: 1 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 2, 1 sc, inc, 18 sc, inc, 2 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 2, inc, 2 sc, inc, 20 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc (70)

Fasten off first piece, continue to next part with 2nd piece.

Measure your base. It should be apporx 5 cm by 15 cm.

Insert eyes into the first piece. They shoulld be placed in the 2nd row (1 row down from the center), about 10 stitches apart.

Crochet both pieces together in R6 (wrong side facing in).

Join 1st piece about 3 sc before the last stitch of where the 1st piece finished.

Rnd 6: 70 sc (70) (both pieces)

Do not stuff.

Rnd 7: 4 sc, dec, (10 sc, dec) x 2, 9 sc, dec, (10 sc, dec) x 2, 5 sc (64)
Rnd 8: 64 sc (64)

Attach the ears n the next round.

Rnd 9: 4 sc, (with ear and glasses case 5 sc), 15 sc, (with ear and glasses case 5 sc), 35 sc (64)

Base of the ear. Do not crochet into the white.

Slip stitch into the starting stitch. Fasten off and hide the ends.

Nose

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: (inc x 3, 3 sc) x 2 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 4 sc (22)
Rnd 5: dec x 11 (11)
Rnd 6: dec x 5, 1 sc (6)

Do not stuff.

Fasten off and sew onto the bottom center of the face, into round 9.

Sew a couple of stitches up through the nose and back down, to hold the nose flat.

Sewing

The purpose of this final step is to secure the base and the front of the lip.

Using the same color as your case, sew the pieces of the base together. Specifically sew around R2, as the this gave the most security to keep the eyes from moving.

Then, sew the front lip of the case down onto the base. This will help strenghten the base from falling forward with the weight of the nose.

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All you need to make this cute koala is to know some basic crochet stitches like single crochet stitches, half double crochet stitches, double crochet stitches, some crochet techniques like increase, decrease, front loop only, back loop only, and how to change colors.

You can customize this pattern by changing the colors of the body or by adding some details to the face, body to give it different looks.

Let’s get started!

Designer: Danidiro Handmade

Materials & Tools

• 1.5 mm crochet hook
• Yarn in colors: Lead, yellow, brown, garnet, pink, black
• Cotton thread
• 5 mm safety eyes
• Stitch marker
• Fiberfilling
• Emboidery thread
• Scissors

Abbreviations

rnd – round
R – row
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
ch – chain
inc – increase
dec – decrease
BLO – back loops only
FLO – front loops only

Head

Start working with lead:

Rnd 1: start 8 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3: (2 inc, 2 sc) x 4 (24)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, 2 inc, (4 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 3 sc (32)
Rnd 5: 2 sc, 2 inc, (6 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 4 sc (40)
Rnd 6: 3 sc, 2 inc, (8 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 5 sc (48)
Rnd 7: 4 sc, 2 inc, (10 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 6 sc (56)
Rnd 8: 5 sc, 2 inc, (12 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 7 sc (64)
Rnd 9: 6 sc, 2 inc, (14 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 8 sc (72)
Rnd 10-24: (72 sc) 15 rounds

Place the safety eyes between rounds 15 and 16 with a separation of 9 sc.

Rnd 25: 8 sc, 2 dec, (14 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 6 sc (64)
Rnd 26: 7 sc, 2 dec, (12 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 5 sc (56)
Rnd 27: 6 sc, 2 dec, (10 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 4 sc (48)
Rnd 28: 5 sc, 2 dec, (8 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 3 sc (40)
Rnd 29: 4 sc, 2 dec, (6 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 2 sc (32)
Rnd 30: 3 sc, 2 dec, (4 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 1 sc (24)

Legs & Body

Start working with the color brown:

Make 6 chain.

Rnd 1: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, on the other side of the chain we will 3 sc, 3 sc together in the last chain (13)
Rnd 2: 4 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc (19)
Rnd 3: 6 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 3 inc (25)
Rnd 4: BLO: 25 sc
Rnd 5-6: 25 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 7: 4 sc, 6 dec, 9 sc (19)
Rnd 8: 3 sc, 4 dec, 8 sc (15)

Change to maroon color.

Rnd 9-15: 15 sc (7 rounds)

We will do the second leg and work until round 15 and do 2 sc.

Rnd 16: 15 sc, 2 sc, 15 sc, 2 sc (34)
Rnd 17: 15 sc, 2 inc, 15 sc, 2 inc (38)
Rnd 18: 13 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2, 19 sc (40)
Rnd 19: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (48)
Rnd 20-21: 48 sc (2 rounds)

Change to yellow color.

Rnd 22-23: 48 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 24: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (40)
Rnd 25-28: 40 sc (4 rounds)
Rnd 29: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (32)
Rnd 30-33: 32 sc (4 rounds)
Rnd 34: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
Rnd 35: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)

Close and finish yarn and leave yarn long to sew,

Arms x2

Start working with the lead color.

Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-5: 12 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 6: 1 dec, 10 sc (11)
Rnd 7-9: 11 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 10: 1 dec, 9 sc (10)
Rnd 11-12: 10 sc (2 rounds)

Change to yellow color.

Rnd 13-15: 10 sc (3 rounds)

Close with 5 sc, fasten off and leave thread to sew.

Nose

Start working with the color black.

Make 5 chain.

Rnd 1: 1 inc, 2 sc, 4 sc in the last chain, on the other side do 2 sc, 1 inc (12)
Rnd 2: 2 inc, 2 sc, 4 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (20)

Ears x2

Working with lead color.

Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 8: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (48)

Ear Circles

Work with the color pink.

Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)

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