Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts

Sunday, January 30, 2011

5 Ways to Use Up Leftover Yarn

What is there to do with those random ends of skeins? Lots!

  • Of course, the time honored Granny Square is an excellent way to use up a stash. The Purl Bee has an excellent tutorial, jam packed with lovely photos:


Granny Squares


  • Of course, you could just skip all that hooking and knitting, and skip right to decoration. Apartment Therapy has some cute ideas:


Yarn as decoration(Of course, they're billing the above as "storage" as well. Um...sure. That's one way to store things, I guess...)

Knit PincushionAND you can even use different weights and textiles together. Score!

Yarn Wrapped Branches by Leethal

Great tutorial with lots and lots of yummy photos. Plus, she links to several other really neat projects!

I feel like we've barely scratched the surface of what's possible with leftover yarn. What do you like to do with yours?

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