CROCHET IDEAS FOR USING UP SCRAPS (includes links to scrap projects) // Ophelia Talks Crochet
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- In this video, I would like to share with you some crochet ideas for using up scraps. We all have leftover yarn from past crochet projects and sometimes we do not know what to do with them. We bought that yarn so we might as well use it. I hope you will find this video useful. Anja xx
Check out some of these links below for more ideas on what to do with your scraps:
granny row blanket: • Ophelia Talks about he...
granny square scarf: • THE EASIEST SCARF YOU ...
crochet buddy: • HOW TO MAKE A CROCHET ...
or latest crochet buddy: • THIS IS MY NEW CROCHET...
hairband: • EASY CROCHET HEADBAND ...
rainbow hairband: • CROCHET HEADBAND | Thi...
hair scrunchie: • EASY CROCHET HAIR SCRU...
mandala shakras: • CROCHET DREAM CATCHER ...
tassel garland: • Tassel Garland DIY Tut...
open flower garland: • CROCHET FLOWER GARLAND...
gift wrapping ideas: • Gift Wrapping Ideas Wi...
yarn ball wreath: • DIY YARN BALL WREATH T...
Ophelia square : • I DESIGNED A NEW GRANN...
Windspinner : • Ideal Scrap Yarn Proje...
BLANKETS
KISS blanket : • Keep It Super Simple B...
v-Stitch blanket : • Ophelia Talks CROCHET ...
Entrelac Blanket : • ENTRELAC CROCHET BLANK...
Here are the links to use if you want to purchase this yarn winder:
from the US amzn.to/2W4OIhO
from the UK amzn.to/2V1HjiE
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Remember some of the things i talk about are going to be published in the next few weeks, I had soo many new ideas I wanted to do them justice! in the meantime follow the links in the description box and in the video! See you Sunday! Anja x
You have a talent for picking out colors. TIP: have the color wheel with you also to show complementary colors. For instance opposite color on the color wheel can be your complementary color. Thanks for video. 💜
Magic cakes!! Genius. Thank you for sharing 😊
Fabulous ideas! I crocheted a ribbon to dress up my Dad’s Christmas present and I think he liked it more than the actual gift! He kept fiddling with it all evening. ❤️
That's a great idea! Anja x
I’m actually using my scrap yarn for blankets for our local vets who are moving into tiny homes from being homeless
I would love to contribute, where do you live?
I love the idea of caking colors together ❤. I will be doing that!
Exciting developments!
Thank you so much to add more ideas to my leftovers project
I always find it difficult putting colours together and I found this very useful especially the suggestion of not having large blocks of colour. Lots of ideas and more to follow, thank you Anja x
Glad it was helpful Penny! Anja x
Same me, I don't know how to choose the correct color with another one 😓
I enjoyed your helpful and thoughtful commentary so much!❤❤❤❤
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Ophelia. I am 73 years old and this is the first video of yours I have watched. I have been knitting and crocheting for over 60 years, off and on, because I raised 4 children. I absolutely love the look of the blankets, using lots of colours, one row each. I buy yarn, make something for someone, then give it away. Know, in my older years, I am thinking of using my stash (my favourite thing to do is buy more yarn) and creating blankets. I will look for a video showing the decision and choosing process. Then, watch me go! I am also considering crocheting bath mats with my colourful cotton containing lots of bright colours. My bathroom is white and pale grey with lovely pics of flowers for colour, so cheery, and washable, mats might be lovely too, as long as they are not slippy. Gotta get back to a surprise snood, crocheted with a Caron Latte cake. Love, Audrey. ❤🇨🇦🧶🐈👍
Well Audrey you certainly have a lot on your list to do, enjoy your time, have a look at my previous videos, l'm sure there will be some stash busters there you can use!!! Enjoy, and thank you, Anja x
I use my scraps to practice a pattern I've never done; my grandmother explained the ripple stitch she was working on so I went home made a foundation row and started when I had an even row I took at any extra chains and started the first few rows were awkward but after 3 inches it worked out so I used all my scraps on it and worked to end of scrap yarn, added next wherever and my dad claimed it when it was done
Thank you for all the amazing suggestions!! Heaven knows we all are guilty of having quite the scrap stash! I use a lot of mine to make small-ish draw string bags. We call them weasel sacks and keep our change in it for playing cards. My great grandmother started making them and I’m the only one in the huge family who carries on the tradition :)
Thank you for sharing your creating ideas and projects! Love them!
Thank you love the tip of using one row and changing colours. I wondered why some of my leftover projects were ugly!
What wonderful ways to use up yarn. Thank you for all your ideas. Love the wreath 😃
Thank you for sharing you do make a lot of beautiful things
Thanks so much 😊 Anja x
I started a tunisian entrelac blanket using all my scraps and making the invisible knot. It was a w.i.p. for more than a year. One very unique, very special blanket. I use DK 90% of the time. So now I have started a new scrap blanket but this time I am making C2C blocks. We have 2 dogs, one adopted mix and a great dane. I lovingly made this for their bed. You gave me such great ideas now!! Thank you very much! 🤩
How wonderful, a great idea Anita, Anja x
What wonderful ideas and a beautiful, positive and fun presenting style. Thank you so much Anja ❤️
If you have a small scale, you can weigh the leftover skein. You compare that weight to a full skein and find out how many yards/meters are left. Write that on the label so you can add it to your next project and maybe save some money.
I normally use scraps for small amigurumi but _damn_ the custom cakes made me want to buy a ball winder and do something big and colourful and something I probably won't wear!
One of my personal favourite things to do with leftover yarn (usually fingering weight) are small flowers; the rose-ish kind you make in a long strap with the last row consisting of shells and roll into itself so the shells act as petals. They are great for decor, adorning a gift (instead of a bow) and I even use them as an accessory for amigurumi. I am planning to make a flower crown out of it.
Oh April, go for it, try a blanket instead of a wearable maybe! Anja x
Thank you for such good ideas!! All your crochet is beautiful!!!!!!
I really like the string of tassels as a decorative point, I could see changing up the colors to suit different occasions or seasons, so pretty and affordable, especially with using leftover bits!
Yes Sue, it's a very versatile decoration indeed, Anja x
I double strand worsted weight yarn & make rugs & afghans. I love your channel & ideas. Thanks
Thanks Anja! I needed the inspiration!
Thank you Anja for suggesting dividing yarns into manmade vs natural fibers for stash buster projects! It does make perfect sense.
You are so welcome! Anything to try and help, Anja x
I always use my scraps to make a small blanket to donate to the Humane Society for the kitties.
I started following you from beginning. The wall behind you was bare at the start.now look your beautiful wool is a art on going.its so lovely to see
Thank you so much Judith 😊 Anja x
I'm making a tassel chandelier after your tassel video.
Ooo, sounds wonderful, if you're a member of my Facebook group, I'd love to see a picture of the finished item!! Anja x
This really helps me because I have a whole box of leftovers! I needed project ideas or my cats would find something to do with it 😂
But jokes aside, this was really helpful!
Glad it was useful and gave you ideas! Anja x
You have a good eye or sense of putting colors together that look complementary. I so enjoy your videos.
I love all of your scrap yarn projects, and I want to do so many of them. I’m currently working on my granny stitch scarf using the left overs from the Lizzie cal, as I love those colours so much. You are full of inspirational ideas. Also, I’d like to congratulate you on reaching your latest milestone of subscribers. You are so deserving of this.
I do a scrap granny squares vest or sweater for sister and mom for extra warmth in winter
Thank you for all your marvelous ideas!!
Glad you like them, thank you for watching and enjoy your crochet! Anja x
I'm making your granny stitch blanket with my scraps now. It's turning out beautiful. Thanks for all your great ideas and tutorials Ophelia!
You're most welcome Shelly, I'm glad you're enjoying your crochet 'me' time, Anja x
I love when you start to laugh, thank you very much for all ideas, you are great!
Thank you Shari, glad I make you happy, laughter is good medicine, Anja x
I enjoy hearing your ideas. You are an inspiration to your subscribers and fans.
Thank you so much 😊 glad you're enjoying them, Anja x
thanks so much Anya I have stacks of scraps leftover so this is fantastic... I made a corner to corner granny blanket with some of the scraps.. Came out lovely very colourful... Thanks Anya for all you share.. Your the tops.. xxx
Hi Adrienne, yes it's on my website, it's called the Gold Hill Shawl, Anja x
Thank you for this video! It is great to have all the many ideas in one place! I just started a zigzag blanket to hopefully make a dent in my stash!
Glad it was helpful Sandra! Anja x
Oh my goodness
Found a yarn winder at my op shop today and your so right, can't stop making cakes now 😋 it's very addictive
Wonderful, great find! Anja x
I love your shawl!
Great ideas!!
Thank you for the inspiration. Have a wonderful day xxx
You're most welcome Linda, Anja x
I'm currently working on a pastel color gradient cardigan done in modified shell stitch that makes the shells little bumps similar to the candy stitch blanket but a different technique to her.
I hit the "you can't buy more yarn before you use most of it!"
to that I said "challenge accepted!" So I'm out to use all of my stash to make this cardigan!
Most of my yarn comes from goodwill donations, so basically your scrap shelf, in taped up plastic bins would be a huge score for me! 😁
Also amigarumi is a great way to use tiny amounts of yarn as well!
And I absolutely love your yarn ball scrap wreath! 💖
Thank you for these great ideas! I especially liked the tip of making a cake with multi colors together. I had never even thought about that!!! I want to find out how to make the one strand, multi-colored cake.
Wonderful Sandra! It really is very easy, you just gather up your scraps, knot them together as you go, simple, so simple, Anja x
Love this ty 😻😘💗
Thank you for being such an inspiration and sharing with us what to do with our left over yarns!!! I love your channel!!!!!!
Here in South Africa we have a lot of dk yarn and that being why I also appreciate your channel- you using dk yarn for many and most of your projects 😊
Love all the ideas, I'm working on a ripple or wave stitch blanket and it is really scrappy, I join all my colors just grab blindly to pick next color and do a Russian join and keep on crocheting, some strands are short and some are long, but I think it is beautiful, of course I'm partial, lol. Thank you for sharing all your ideas, I will be giving them a more thorough look over for another project. Thank you again for sharing. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sounds great Linda, don't forget if you're a Facebook group member to post a picture so we can see your beautiful blanket, Anja x
Thank You for the great ideas :) Happy Friday...Happy Crocheting
Thank you, just what I’m looking for
This will be awesome
Thank you for the beautiful ideas ❤️❤️
You are so welcome! Anja x
I love the use for the scraps!! I hope to be a zero waste designer!!
I hope so too Marsha, I'm doing my best! Anja x
Loved your shawl in this video. Beautiful!
Thank you so much! It's the Gold Hill Shawl, I have a video on it if you'd like to watch it, Anja x
@@OpheliaTalks thank you!!!
Fun ideas for using up scrap yarn.
Thanks 🙏 your are an inspiration with all your ideas ☺️
You are so welcome Tricia! Anja x
I was gifted a whole bunch of yarns and most don't have tags and are very rough. I'm using those for my Amirugie adventures. So far so good!
That's a great idea! Anja x
Thank you for the suggestions!
You're so welcome! Anja x
Great leftover ideas I am going to try a few of them. God bless! 💗🧶😊
Please do! The main thing is you use up the scraps, and enjoy your crochet time, Anja x
Great ideas
Thank you! 😊 Anja x
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Brilliant, thank you. X
I very much recomend the Sumburst Granny Square Pullover from Rambutina here on youtube. The pattern eats up the leftovers, and matched with four hundred grams of a background color, it is just brilliant.
Sooooo many wonderful ideas for scrap yarn! Thanks!🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
You are so welcome! Glad you like them, I hope you find something you fancy making Kerryn, Anja x
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What a lovely video thank you x x
Glad you enjoyed it Deborah, Anja x
I hope you show us your basket when finished. The colors are beautiful!
Oh of course I will Joanne, Anja x
Recently I learned "Russian Join" and it is so useful for me to make big ball with small scraps. And my preferred project for different thickness scraps is Moebius Cawl because I think is the best way to use scraps in a small thing to donate. Thank you for sharing your ideas. Ciao from Como Italy 🇮🇹
I am not sure if has been mentioned here but I like to make bookmarkers with plastic canvas and left over yarn. Makes great gifts.
I have just found your channel, so glad I did thank you so much some great ideas 💜
You are so welcome! Thanks for subscribing!
We have a Facebook group also, if you haven't already, please consider joining us there too.....Anja x
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Just discovered you and love your excellent tutorials!! They are sooo helpful!! ❤❤ Just purchased two Greenwood mystery Cal yarn packs!! Thank you ❤!!!
Yay! Thank you Gotta_Knit! Welcome to the Ophelian community, I hope you enjoy the CAL when we get going, Anja x
Now I want get a ball winder.
Lots of wonderful ideas...any idea how much yarn is needed to make a scrap yarn play blanket size ???
Just subscribed! Inspirational for sure!
Awesome! Thank you! Welcome, Anja x
I can not wait.
I just ran across you/your video. Some pretty neat ideas. Thanks.
Awesome! Thank you! Anja x
Hi Anja just joined looking forward to watching all your videos.
Thank you so much Sharon, welcome, enjoy your crochet journey with me, Anja x
Hi, lovely video, loads of inspiration! Thank you very much. I am very intrigued with your yarn winder, I think I would love to have one of those. Can you give more details please? Love the Wreath idea . Xx🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶
I have added the details of where to get the yarn winder I have below the video, I hope this helps! Anja x
Thanks for the cute non crochet ideas
You’re welcome Elaine 😊 Anja x
i just weigh my ball before i start and after im done to see how much I needed
Thankyou. Greetings. Sue de Kock South Africa.
Hello Sue, Anja x
Hi there where do I get the yarn cake machine from? I love you videos. I also use up the tiny tiny bits or pieces from when I cut off after sewing in my ends by placing them in a ziplock bag and using them when I was stuffing little toys, pillows or animals.
Here are the links to use if you want to purchase this yarn winder:
from the US amzn.to/2W4OIhO
from the UK amzn.to/2V1HjiE
Hope this helps, Anja x
Is there a pattern for shawl you are wearing
Id love to know where you purchased or ordered your white closed glass cabinets? It looks like the perfect storage solution for anyone who has a lot of yarn.
Hi Celeste, they are from IKEA they are called Billy and you can buy the doors for it. Have a look at the IKEA website. Thank you for watching Celeste Duckworth ! Anja x
I use a scale to weigh up my cakes so I know how much I have in that cake. When I make some, I weigh it. Then next time I make it I know how much yarn I need.
A brilliant idea Janet, one for the tips book, Anja x
I love making projects with stash yarn...no two will ever be the same..as I love to buy my yarn from Op shops a lot of it will be less than full balls OR are full balls but only one of's...also I'm the one who'll put their hand up when friends have yarn they want to get rid off..bring it my way, I'll find a use for it...
I just found your video and I am so glad that I did. I have crocheted on and off for many many years, plus I do Crosstitch and surface embroidery. I would love to know what the name of the Afghan is that is behind you. It looks like something I would love to make. I am subscribing to your channel and over the next few days I will be going back and checking out all of your videos.
You are so welcome, thank you for watching Phyllis! Anja x
With the mixed up colors do you just hold one of the main color and one of the second color? So two strands of different colors….?
You can do it however you wish, just go with it! Anja x
I spent 31/2 hours today dealing with a massive mess of yarn from a project that my cat chewed up when she was a young kitten. At the time, I cried and couldn't deal with it. I am going to check out your ideas.
You were talking about caking? Your spare yarn? Where would I buy a machine that could make yarn cakes?
Your video is full of ideas and I've just about subscribed. Thank You 👍
I bought my yarn winder on Amazon, I have a link below the video in the description box, Anja x
Are you going to share the pattern for the shawl you are wearing…..love it
It is the Gold Hill Shawl Jacqueline, available in my web shop. Anja x
Wow beautiful jii 👍🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹
Rugs also
Another good idea Claire, Anja x
Could you do a video on how to “cake up “ yarn and explain a few different winders ? Please tell us about cakes. Thank you.
There is already one on the channel. You can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/rmg4ZstBjNQ/v-deo.html there is also a link it the description to get one.
I found out the name I was questioning in my last comment. It is called the multicolor blanket. I love it and I was wondering if you could tell me what stitch you used to make it. Thank you
The blankets in the video are listed in the description box below the video, you will find all the information you'll need there, hopefully. Anja x
What yarn winder did you use to make the cakes?!
There is a link below in the description box for the winder, I hope this helps, Anja x
@@OpheliaTalks Yes, I found it, thank you. I love the way you made that cake yarn..and everything else!
What is the make of your yarn spinner and where can I buy it ,,
Hello Tricia, if you watch this video, I explain how to use it properly and where you can get it from, hope this helps, Anja x
ua-cam.com/video/rmg4ZstBjNQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=OpheliaTalks
Crazy about what Your wearing (the yellow) where can i find the pattern please
Thank you very much, It's a top I bought in a local boutique here in Devon, Anja x
But if we have mixed yarn fibers, your ideas would be what? I love making cakes!
Hmmm, good question Barbara, I don't use much other than acrylic or cotton myself, but I would suggest you split your scraps into manmade and natural fibres, then go from there, unless it's pre-made it's not a good idea to mix them due to shrinkage etc, I hope this helps, Anja x
Which pattern is the shawl you are wearing, please?
Hello Angela, it is the Gold Hill Shawl, and the pattern is available on my website, detailed in the description box below the video, Anja x
@@OpheliaTalks Thank you.
How to crochet a plastic bag holder
What is the machine you used to wind up your yarn
Here are the links to use if you want to purchase this yarn winder: Anja x
from the US amzn.to/2W4OIhO
from the UK amzn.to/2V1HjiE
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Can you please tell me is there any yarn swap partners group thank you.
I suggest you go onto Facebook and type it into the search bar, I'm sure something will come up!! Anja x