Panda Bear Eyeglass Holder

Panda Bear Eyeglass Holder Crochet Pattern

Project Overview

This downloadable crochet pattern by designer Lisa Ferrel creates a charming panda bear eyeglass holder, perfect for keeping your eyeglasses organized and within reach. The finished piece combines a white crocheted head with a black snout, accented with plastic googly eyes and a safety nose to bring the panda character to life. This beginner-friendly project is an ideal introduction to amigurumi-style crochet techniques.

What You Will Make

The panda eyeglass holder consists of two main crocheted components: a larger white head piece and a smaller black snout section. These pieces are stuffed with fiberfill to create dimension and structure, then assembled together with facial features added using plastic googly eyes and a plastic safety nose. The finished holder is designed to cradle and display eyeglasses while serving as a decorative desk or nightstand accessory.

Crochet Techniques Used

• Magic Circle or Chain Foundation: The pattern offers flexibility by allowing you to start with either a magic circle or a traditional chain-2 foundation method, both techniques for beginning rounds in the round.
• Continuous Rounds: Rather than joining at the end of each round, you work in continuous spiral rounds, which creates a seamless appearance and is characteristic of amigurumi construction.
• Single Crochet (sc): The primary stitch throughout the pattern, creating a tight, dense fabric ideal for stuffed projects.
• Increases: Strategic increases (2 sc in next st) are used to shape the head and snout pieces, expanding the circumference as you work upward through the rounds.
• Stuffing and Assembly: The pattern incorporates fiberfill stuffing to give the panda dimensional form, followed by assembly of the head and snout pieces and attachment of safety features.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

This pattern relies almost exclusively on single crochet (sc), the most fundamental crochet stitch. The construction method uses increases (created by working 2 single crochets in the same stitch) arranged in strategic repeating patterns to gradually expand the piece. For example, Round 3 follows an increase pattern of "sc in next st, 2 sc in next st" repeated around, while Round 4 expands this to "sc in each of next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st." These graduated increase sequences create smooth, evenly-shaped spherical forms essential for the head and snout components.

Materials and Tools

Yarn: The pattern calls for worsted weight yarn in two colors: 2 ounces of white yarn for the head and ½ ounce of black yarn for the snout. Worsted weight is a medium yarn thickness that works up quickly and provides good stitch definition for beginners.

Crochet Hook: A Size G (4.0 mm) crochet hook is specified, an appropriate size for worsted weight yarn that produces a fabric dense enough to hold fiberfill stuffing securely.

Additional Supplies: The project requires a yarn needle for weaving in ends and assembling pieces, plastic googly eyes measuring 15 mm for expressive eyes, a 20 mm plastic safety nose for the snout, and fiberfill stuffing material to fill the head and snout pieces and give them three-dimensional form.

Skill Level

Rated as a beginner project, this panda eyeglass holder is accessible to new crocheters. The pattern uses only single crochet stitches and basic increase techniques, making it an excellent practice project for learning amigurumi fundamentals and working in continuous rounds.