This week I'm hosting a CAL in the Our Happy CAL Place on Ravelry, and I was tickled to find this easy pattern for making a Candy House Coaster:
A super quick project that uses a very small amount of yarn per coaster. And I just want to note: What might look like red and white marled yarn above is actually just some size 3 white crochet thread held alongside worsted weight red as I crocheted rounds 3 & 4.
And I had a larger finish, too. On a quest to use as much yarn from my stash as I can, it occurred to me that in doubling yarn up I could create a bulky yarn and use twice the yardage of yarn than if I crocheted with a single strand of yarn. I didn't come up with this idea. I just remembered it from some other genius who was also trying to use up stash.
With my "bulky" yarn, I decided to make another of these knitted Ribbed Scarves:
The yarn is Knit Picks Brava Worsted. in the colors Black and Wine. I don't know if it's the yarn, or the thickness of this stitch done on large needles, but this scarf is so squishy soft. I love this stitch pattern.
Done on large needles and with bulky yarn, I can make one of these scarves in just 2 or 3 days. It's a great mindless knit - though I do find it necessary to check my stitches from time to time. Checking every row is ideal, but I typically found myself messing up and not discovering it for a row or two. I attribute it to falling asleep while knitting - the pattern is that simple.
I like it so much, I immediately started another using some dark purple yarn (a color I wasn't very fond of) and scraps of Boutique Unforgettable yarn (in various colors). Here's a peek:
I'd like to make another of these, but instead of using scraps of the Boutique Unforgettable, I'd like to use full skeins. There's just way too much end-weaving going on as I use up scraps. It's not that I mind end-weaving so much, but at the moment I'm all about using up yarn. Spending time weaving in ends, is slowing me down from that goal!
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2018 Yarn Stash-Down: 73.76/100 Skeins
