[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Scrap yarn what to do first...

[SHELLEY SCHUETT]

Yes I used worsted weight yarn and mixed up the variegated yarn in as well.
I used size 6mm knitting needles and 180 stitches and just kept knitting. It
gets pretty big and bulky by the time I'm finiched. My blankets were adult
size about 48 inches by 64 inches.

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Did you use worsted weight yarn?  If so, what size needles and how many
stitches for what size blanket?
I have a lot of worsted weight yarn!
Can I put verigated in with solids?
I do not see why not!

Any ideas for baby colors of verigated worsted weight yarn.  Not sure if I
have enough for cleanex boxes.  I might try hat and booties and see how much
it takes, but is this alright to put in a blanket?

Terry


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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Scrap yarn what to do first...

I do that with my scrap yarn. I've kept rolling it and have had a ball of
yarn larger then a large watermelon. I've then started working it up into
blankets of many colors for the homeless. I think I almost got 3 full size
blanket out of one of my scrap balls.

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Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Scrap yarn what to do first...

If you have clean scrap yarn, before you pack it away, take and create a
ball out of it, but now what you need to do is take more of scrap yarn and
tie another left over to it and whined it onto that ball, but tie the ends
together and keep whining all one after the other until you have a nice size
ball of yarn and then you are ready to knit or crochet and just work the
ends into the work.  

I had told Terry K. about this going back in time and she reported back to
me that she was doing that.  It is an easy way of keeping track of those
scraps and I learned this trick from a gentleman, who taught himself how to
crochet and was using up his wife's scraps making scarves out of it.

He was selling the scarves at a craft show and his wife was selling her
shawls and other items.  There was a lot of conversation going on regarding
how unique they were.

Joyce


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