{"id":848,"date":"2009-10-23T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T20:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=848"},"modified":"2009-10-23T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T20:03:45","slug":"leftover-yarn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"Leftover Yarn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been working on any major crochet projects lately. The last thing I completed was a blue, gray, and white baby blanket for my sister’s friend, but I completely forgot to take a photo of it before I sent it off.<\/p>\n

Still, I haven’t stopped crocheting altogether. I just haven’t started anything big because I have so much leftover yarn from my earlier projects. So I’ve started practicing a few things with the leftovers.<\/p>\n

For instance, here’s a sampler I did in various crochet stitches with the yarn leftover from the hooded baby afghan project.<\/p>\n

\"crochet<\/p>\n

I also decided to try my hand at some Tunisian crochet and knitting. So here’s what I’ve done practicing that with more leftover yarn.<\/p>\n

\"various<\/p>\n

The yellow piece with the blue heart is done with the basic Tunisian crochet stitch and some basic cross-stitch embroidery. The pink is my first serious attempt at knitting, using the basic garter stitch. The blue — well, the blue is my attempt at knitting something a little more complex.<\/p>\n

\"diamond<\/p>\n

This is called the diamond seed stitch, created with a pattern of knit and purl stitches. It doesn’t look that great or complex, but remember, I’m new at knitting. This is just a practice piece for me. Heck, those aren’t even real knitting needles — they’re extremely cheap plastic ones that came in a starter kit, and I plan to buy some good ones eventually.<\/p>\n

Probably the biggest thing I’ve been doing with leftover yarn though is making dolls.<\/p>\n

\"two<\/p>\n

The one on the right is the first doll I ever made — done with basic single crochet stitches and filled with polyester fiberfill. Not knowing what I was doing, I ran out of the yarn mid-way through the project and used a similar color of yarn in a different weight to finish it off, so when I worked on the second doll, I planned a little bit better. I knew I didn’t have enough yarn to do the doll in one color, so I tried to make it look like it’s wearing a pink sweater and shoes and blue mittens and pants. Plus, I’d gotten myself a bag of safety eyes in various sampler sizes. And voila.<\/p>\n

Bunny rabbits.<\/p>\n

\"two<\/p>\n

I still have a big ball of leftover white yarn, so I’ll probably make more of these little guys…<\/p>\nShare this post:

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I haven’t been working on any major crochet projects lately. The last thing I completed was a blue, gray, and white baby blanket for my sister’s friend, but I completely forgot to take a photo of it before I sent it off. Still, I haven’t stopped crocheting altogether. I just haven’t started anything big because I have so much leftover yarn from my earlier projects. So I’ve started practicing a few things with the leftovers. For instance, here’s a sampler…<\/p>\n

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