Getting Ornamental

I think everyone who's ever had a Christmas tree has a bunch of those basic round glass ornaments. Don't get me wrong, those ornaments are fine, but it's also nice to dress some of them up with a quick bit of knitting.

Here's a pattern for a little Cat's Eye Lace ornament that uses a plain glass ball as the base. This is a great way to jazz up ornaments for your own tree or to make a giftable ornament in no time. Each ball cover takes a couple of hours to knit (at least if you're watching TV while doing it, like I was), and you can make them in any color you've got a bit of laceweight yarn in. Then just sew up the sides, put the ball inside and cinch the top closed to make your glass ornament cozy and cute.