One thing about making cord out of yarn is there is a lot of scrap. When I get to the end of a skein sometimes a run isn’t long enough to string the 28 feet across my living room so I have all these short bits of yarn. I brought a bunch to work with me to play with on my breaks and lunch and here is what I came up with. Boring squares.
The white/brown square is made out of organic cotton and the tri colored square is made out of alpaca. I figure I could use them as hot pads or mabe even a wash cloth. Any other ideas?
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I think if you sewed them together so it was double thick they’d make a very nice hot pad.
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Oh, yes, Granny squares! make a few at a time when you can and then join them all for an afghan or whatever.
Teresa
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I plan to use my scrap yarns and sample yarns from the Phatfiber boxes to make one of those mitered square sock yarn blankets.
Jess
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or a patchwork quilt.
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They’re not boring! Make larger squares by sewing four of your small squares together. Sew two of these larger squares together to make funky granny square cushion covers.
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I am making “squares” to let people see how my roving looks knitted up. I plan to make a Quilt of Wonder using all the squares. You could do that for yours or make a scarf attaching all the squares, I’ve seen that done too.
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