I have to say infinity scarves are a newly discovered favorite project.
When I first started working with yarn I didn't want to make the typical striped or single color scarf we all first learn. And let's not forget the endless variety of patterns! (Who could ever forget that? 😉) Now that we are midway through September it's not too long before we will have to break these out! A couple years ago I wanted to take some yarn I had and split the ply for a smaller weight yarn. But when I tried it took forever, made a terrible tangled mess, and I gave up thinking it wasn't worth the work. I took to the internet to see if someone else had any better ideas. Some would say "use your porch and gravity" or "hire your two kids to help". But at the time my kids were a baby and toddler age, not to mention trying to convince kids in general. So I gave up on the idea for a while. Then earlier this year I discovered Drop Spindles while on Youtube and had a stroke of genius. If you could use a drop spindle to spin threads to make yarn, why couldn't you use it to un-spin it?! So I stopped by a local yarn store and researched about drop spindles and ended up making my own at home. (I'll post a tutorial for that next month.) With the help of the Drop Spindle and my Ball Winder I can now split yarn in at least half the time it took to do it the old way. Supplies
Wrap your new split yarn around some cute Kitty Cards and you're ready to go!
Tip: If you're going to split a large amount of yarn it's a good idea to use the Ball Winder to wind it up instead of the Kitty Cards. What kind of projects are you going to try with this method? I'm currently working on a Lavender Bolero. See you next time! Figuring out color schemes can be difficult when working with yarn. You don't want to have to pull out all of your skeins just to pick colors. (Not to mention they might fall on you.) So when I found this idea from Makezine.com I just had to make one myself. There is one change I made for my collection though, instead of doing squares I did circles. As you can see with mine, other than the fact that I have a ton of colors, is that I added a piece of laminated paper to the back of each one with the name and code number of the color. This way whenever I need to buy more I can easily find it. What are some of the ways you organize your yarn colors? I'd love to hear about them. See you next week!
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AuthorI've been crafting since early 2010 and have become "hooked" on crochet ever since. My inspiration often comes from my family and anything adorable. Latest from InstagramCategories
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