The previous post was "bits and bobs," this one is "odds and ends" -- in a flutter of spring(-ish) cleaning and reorganization, I started consolidating the yarn in the chest of drawers next to my sewing machine, in order to be able to put sewing things in some of the drawers. This meant, of course, that I came across dozens of leftover balls of yarn, sometimes two of three of a kind but often just a partial one, so not enough to make much of anything by themselves.
And so in the afternoon I sat down at the computer with a cup of tea and found a number of "leftover yarn" projects that I like, and will include at least one, I hope two or three, in this year's knitting. I've long wanted to make a mitered-square scarf with the ends of sock yarn, but I might even have enough for a mitered-square blanket like this one by Nicolette of Knitting Squirrel!
For just a tiny bit of yarn, there is always something like the little sachet in the photo, which I came across in one of the drawers -- it was included with some yarn I bought, I'm sorry I can't remember now from where as it was a nice little touch. This one has a ribbon drawstring and is filled with lavender. The Treasure Pouch by Resilient Knitter (the pattern is available free with subscription to her newsletter) is very similar.
The Traveler's Life afghan by the Yarn Harlot is similar to the perennial favorite linen-stitch scarf in that you use one length of yarn per row and then tie the ends into a fringe -- easy-peasy as well as satisfying. There are numerous versions of the linen-stitch scarf, I'm sure, but here is one, and here is another that doesn't even require turning your work! and here is one for crochet. (This post at Look What I Made gives not only a tutorial for linen-stitch in crochet but also shows examples of how altering the number of rows per color will change the effects of the linen stitch.)
The Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota or her Excavation blanket are a little more complex structurally but still very simple knits that would use up a lot of leftover yarns while producing a handsome and useful accessory.
Or how about a sock-yarn rug?! -- a gloriously wild idea --
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