Thursday, February 2, 2012

Using up my leftover yarn.

From Readymade.com, see link above.
I started knitting a "patchwork" style blanket to use up some leftover yarn, using an idea from Readymade magazine (I actually have the print magazine, but here it is online!) However, I find the time estimate of "half a day" to be absurd! Maybe I am a really slow knitter, but it takes me about an hour to knit a square 20 stitches by 20 rows- and that is a LOT of squares! I expect this to a winter-long project, not a day-long project.

This is a great frugal project because I am using my leftover materials (and possibly some from friends!) that are just sitting around making clutter to make a functional item or even a cool gift. Furthermore, it makes good use of my time, because I can do this while I watch stuff on Netflix.

I'm hoping it will end up looking granny chic/modern vintage rather than random old knitted blanket.Wish me luck!


What projects have you done to "use up" leftover materials from other projects?
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5 comments:

  1. carolyn williamsFebruary 2, 2012 at 4:39 PM

    http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/2010/04/spiderweb-tutorial-for-selvages.html

    I plan to make this out of selveges

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  2. Jessica February 2, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    That is an awesome "leftovers" project! Thanks for sharing Carolyn. :)

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  3. Crack You WhipFebruary 6, 2012 at 12:17 AM

    It looks like it is going to be awesome, especially with the vintage look you are going after. I have several friends who knit and I sit there talentless and ashamed...can't wait to see the finished product! Hope you post it!
    Tracie
    crackyouwhip.com

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  4. Betsy @ Romance on a DimeFebruary 7, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    OOOoo - I'm excited to see what it will look like!! I've never knitted or crocheted before. I would like to try sometime. I have a quilt project I've never finished. I may end up working on that for the rest of winter.

    Thanks so much for linking up to the Take it on Tuesday blog hop!

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  5. Jessica February 7, 2012 at 12:20 PM

    I will absolutely post the finished project... when I finally finish it in a few months. So far I have finished the first "strip", and about 19 more to go!

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