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

Sat Jan 5 19:19:20 UTC 2019

Hi Maria, I'll try to have enough yarn to go all the way across the piece of 
fabric.

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HI Henry.

How do you manage the knots?

Maria

> On 5 Jan 2019, at 12:52 am, Henry Osborne via NFB-Krafters-Korner 
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> Good Morning Terry P and everyone, Terry, I don't see why you couldn't use 
> varigated yarns along with solid colors of worsteds.
> It sounds like the crazier the mix, the better.
> I'm already thinking of a full sized blanket for my bed made on the S 
> shaped loom, or on the 60 peg loom for panels that will be sewn or 
> crocheted together.
> This is a new addition to my to do list of future projects, smile.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E] via 
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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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> 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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> 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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