Crocheting a Basket From Scrap Yarn - A Fun and Useful Way to Use Leftover Yarn Balls!
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2022
- If you do any sort of yarn crafting, you typically have little balls of leftover yarn. I absolutely love to use them to make baskets!
This project is perfect for those who like to view television or hold conversations while crocheting as once you get past the rounds with increases, it's really easy to work up.
The pattern I used to make this basket can be found at:
mypoppet.com.au/makes/crochet...
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I made granny squares up to 4 rounds whenever I had leftovers from a project and threw them in a basket. When I needed a wedding or baby gift- I pull out my grannies and design ann afghan- adding more rounds then using a neutral to edge each square and join and border. Because I already had started squares, it worked up quickly. 😊
I love doing things like this!
That's a smart idea 🙂 You can always crochet a little here and there, and it's not too much work when you finish the project, love it!
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Could you share with me how you join your squares? I'm making my sunburst granny squares now but will need to learn to join them!
@@marytrisler576 I do several types of joins:1. Using a yarn needle I sew the squares into vertical rows- then sew the strips of grannies to creat the afghan. then I add a border.
2. Using a slip stitch to join , or 3. Using single crochet which creates pretty ridges between the rows. These are the easiest joins.
I made a bunch of throw rugs a couple years ago doing the same thing. Its so muddy here and they are easy to throw in the wash. Good way to keep from wasting yarn. Thank you
What a great idea!!
I was thinking the same thing as I watched
i'm such a newbie to crocheting it never occurred to me that you can twist up multiple strands of yarn like that! it makes sense but i surely did learn something today! great video
Thank so much! Happy crocheting!
Thank you so much - I’m definitely inspired to make a basket like this, for laundry as well as one for leftover balls of wool and one for leftover fabrics. Great idea.
Please remember to get up every twenty minutes and run upstairs and down twice, or jog on the spot for two minutes so you don’t get problems with veins when you’re old 😅.
I once did a project that was so absorbing, I didn’t move my legs for hours at a time and it was very damaging. Just a helpful hint, sent with love x
I appreciate the suggestion! I do make it a point to take movement breaks when I am crafting for long periods of time.
These little scrap balls are perfect for either Navajo or Apache Tears patterns! I’ve done 7 including one in all white!
It looks like it will be a beautiful basket. Great idea.
Thanks! It's a lot of fun to make!
Love it! A beautiful basket! Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much!
Great idea and beautiful basket!
Thank you!
Looks really nice. I love all the colors.
Thank you!
I love this idea! I've got lots of little balls around! Time to start crocheting! Thank you for the idea
What a fantastic Idea, infact I'm going to make one so that I can put MORE of my scrap yarn in it and do more as gifts 🎁.
Thank you 👍
It could even go as a small shopping bag 🛍️
Excellent idea!
I love your idea of a small shopping bag. I think if using several colours of cotton for a bag (as it doesn’t stretch out of shape), you could even make decent sized bags for your weekly shop.
I had tons of scrap yarn and made a decent sized basket, I had planned on storing my bigger left over balls, or to keep my WIPs in. However I left it sitting on the couch when I suddenly got sleepy (I am an insomniac and when sleepiness hits, I stop everything and get to bed hoping for a bit of sleep lol). When I got up, intending to carry on, my cat, Apache, had decided it made quite a comfy new bed lol. So when I finally persuaded her to get out of it, I finished making it and gave it to her. I added a nice soft squishy pillow using my excess plushie yarn and am currently working on a dome with a kitty entrance to fit to the top of the bed as she is 17 and gets cold a little more easily. With the dome over the top, it keeps the warmth in better. But I have made a note to myself, no matter how sleepy I get, put the basket away or the cat will steal it…if she fits, she sits, doesn’t matter if it is boxes, crochet or knitted bags, or crocheted baskets. 🤣
Love that basket!!!
Thank you! Glad you love it!
I made a rectangular basket with a handle for my great nieces baby dolls. She loves carrying it around☺️
I crocheted small blankets for it too😁 I will be making your pattern for Christmas gifts this year- I have tons of scrap yarns 😂
Thank you for sharing ❤
I love this basket you made from your scrap yarn. ❤
Thank you!
I love your basket.
Thanks for sharing.😀
Thanks! Glad you love it!
This is SUCH a GREAT idea! Thanks so much! I've got tons of scrap yarn. 🙂
Glad you like it! I can't take credit for the idea as I stumbled upon the blog post that has the instructions, but as soon as I found it, I knew I had to share it!
That is a great idea for the usage of scrap yarns, thank you kindly for sharing!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
I've made afgans for my best friend, my mom and my 2 daughters. One of them was a scrapbuster afgan from a huge pile of different yarns. It was my favorite.
Loved your basket!!! When we moved I found that none of my living room pillows were the right color scheme for the rental apartment. So, I took all my scrap yarn plus yarn from some crochet items I no longer wanted, frogged them, and covered the pillows with this method. Now they match any color scheme one could have. It was perfect. If you have crochet items that you no longer want or use, frog them and recycle the yarn. It’s a great way to save $$$ and still enjoy crocheting. There's no limit to the ways you can recycle yarn!
Great idea! I love frogging items I made and repurposing the yarn!
I love this! Gotta make one!
Glad you love it! Happy crocheting!
THAT IS SO CUTE. I LOVE IT
Thank you!
Beautiful colors. Nicely done. Enjoyed watching.
Thank you!
Beautiful basket
Thank you so much!
Love this idea. I see this in my future
So beautiful ❤️
Thank you!
Very cool design!
Thanks! I can't take credit for the pattern, though.
Thank you so much for this wonderful idea - going to start on mine today.
So glad I could inspire you! Happy crocheting!
Beautiful😊
Thank you! Glad you like it!
I have plenty of left over yarns thank you for sharing this lovely idea keep smiling and keep up the good work ..🇬🇧
You're very welcome! Thank you for the kind words!
Loved the basket Thank you.
You're welcome!
I love this scrap yarn 🧶 Idea!, thanks for this great tip👌🏾
That is so stinking cute!❤I love this idea! Thank you so much for doing this video. You’ve given me another “I gotta try this idea”! ❤
Glad I could inspire you!
Great idea! Thank you!
You're welcome!
I love it and i af made a turtel and a big masroom thanks anna
Great idea! I have tons of scrap yarn.
Picking the colored wool. at random, makes a lovely colored basket or rug. 👍👏👏👏❤
Thanks A Million for sharing! I just love it
You're welcome! Glad you love it!
Great idea, I do have a lot of letover yarn balls !!!!
Love it. I do that myself.
It's so fun! And a great use of leftover yarn!
Looks good 🦄
Thank so much!
Cool basket I really like it
Thank you!
Great idea!!!
Glad you like it!
I love it! Thank you!
You're welcome! Glad you love it!
This is beautiful! Thank you for the idea. I made a couple and they turned out great. I will be making many more :) I don't know about a couple hours though, took me much longer.... Very simple and relaxing to make. Thank again!
AMAZING!
Thank you!
I really enjoyed the video and the finished project.🎉
Thank you!
Thanks. I needed a use for all of my "weird" bits. I am putting off starting a new project.
Love love love!!!
Thank you!
Nice sharing 💜
Thank you!
Thank you! ❤
Wow, super interesting 👏
Thank you!
I think I would sort the colours first, so that the base is darker and the colours get lighter as you go up, finishing perhaps with a couple of black or brown rows on the top edge. Alternatively sort in rainbow order. I realise that the whole point of this is its randomness, but it does make it rather homogeneous and "muddy", as if you've just mixed all the paints in the paintbox.
You have some great ideas!
Are you going to leave a link for the basket, so we know where to start upward with forming the basket?
@@juliapeak893 I posted the link in the video's description, but here it is again: mypoppet.com.au/makes/crochet-basket-scrap-yarn-projects/
You can start forming the sides of the basket whenever you feel the base of the basket is big enough to do so.
That's brilliant for shopping . I git loads of scrap wool will make these for Xmas presents for friends. Thanks a million for the tips. Your inspirational.by the way💯. 💕🙏💝xxx
Aww! Thank so much! Glad you like the video!
Thank you for reminding to pull out my whip. I need to finish mine.
Glad I could help!
Fabulous... I made a boho bag with my scraps. I need to do this. ❤❤❤
That sounds like an awesome project!
Pic please
Fabulous 👌
Thank you!
I think I would need a muuuuch bigger basket to get through any significant amount of my yarn stash. Lol I did love how it folds into a beach bag looking tote though! Very good idea for beach or farmer's market days!
You could make a big basket to store more of your stash in 😉
@@Mieke256 this seems counterintuitive to getting rid of my stash somehow! Lol
@@firegodessreiko well it wouldn’t be stash if it was used in a basket right? It would be a finished object 😛
You video mesmerized me. Love the idea of this basket! Chaining is the most secure method for me, tho. I refuse to risk any mishap with magic circles, even if I think I'm careful enough.
Thank you! Magic circles definitely make me a little wary, but so far so good. I make sure to weave the end back and forth a bunch of times and it hasn't failed me yet. I consider it a long term experiment. 😅
Love it
Glad you love it!
Omg I love ❤️
Glad you love it!
Really nice colours and bag . Even a good idea for stash busters. Thanks for showing us how it's done wow. It's Janice from Malta in the Mediterranean thanks
Glad you like it!
Pet beds brilliant.
Just because there leftover you can make a granny squares blanket. A pet basket to keep warm, I suppose with a lower front would be great.
I love making Granny squares with leftover yarn balls. A pet basket would be a great idea also! Maybe I'll have to make one in a future video. My cat can always use another bed. 😂
Love this project! I wish I knew how to crochet!!!!!
There are lots of free crochet tutorials out there! I love The Crochet Crowd's beginner videos.
Very nice🎉❤
Thanks so much!
Love it - mine are never scrappy enough.
Love basket 🧺so cute
Thank you!
Has anybody ever said anything to you about the way you hold your left hand with the tension I've had so many people ask me why I do that around my little finger That's the way I was taught by my grandmother and you're the only person that I have ever seen besides me did it that way. I like this idea of the basket for the scraps I may have to go digging for scraps
I've never had anyone mention the way I hold tension with my little left finger, but I have been told I crochet like a knitter. 😂
I hold it that way too. Was taught by a friend. We are in our 60s
Thanku good inspiration
Glad you were inspired!
Krásny koš 👍❤️🇨🇿😊
Thank you!
I just discovered your channel through Roamimg with Rover's channel!! I left you a ball of yarn, lol!! I also have a lot of scrap yarn, so your idea is a terrific one!!
How exciting! I'm glad you found me! Thanks so much!
Thank you for the video! I just found and subscribed to your channel.
I make not so “scrappy” scrap baskets when I crochet baby blankets and things for a new family member to colour coordinate a little basket or two for the baby’s bedroom. So I order an extra ball or two of the yarn I am making the baby things with so I can them make a “scrappy”, yet colour coordinated basket. I make a small catch all one and a larger one for keeping on the changing table to keep all the bits and pieces handy but so they do not fall iver onto the floor if knocked accidentally. They seem to go over well as each new expectant family member lets me know what colours they would like the baby blanket and if the room has other colours that can be added to the baskets lol. When you get requests, I take it as a sign that they like it ☺ I just wish my family would slow down a little on the baby making. 14 great nieces and great nephews born in 2023 so far and another 5 to go and each kniws I always make a baby blanket or two for each baby, so most of my crocheting this year has been baby orientated.
When I need a break from bigger projects, then I usually use up my scraps making keychains, wristlets, small amigurumi things, bookmarks, Barbie doll rugs, blankets and clothes for the kids, and so on. If there is only tiny amounts, I will use them to make small cone shapes and then use several different coloured cone shapes, sewing one cone’s end shut to use as a tail, and thread the cones together on top of each other to make little fish keychains, sewing on little eyes or adding tiny safety or google eyes. Barrettes, bracelets, reading glasses necklace to keep them close at hand, necklaces and chokers, earrings, wind spinners (great one for using different colours together), and so many more little things for small bits that are left over. I am currently using tiny amounts, of about 2 feet, to make mushroom caps, then use colours I have more lengths of left from ther projects to make the body/stem? Of the mushroom and stuff that (often with the left over snipped bits and pieces that cannot be used to crochet with mixed with my stuffing) before sewing on the mushroom caps.
Or I make little flower or heart appliqué and then add a little pair of leaves for the flower, and a contrasting border for the heart, before making a chain (usually about 40-50 chains) ending with either a small leaf, heart or ball at the end of the long chain to make a quick and easy bookmark. They take minutes to make and use up those tiny left over bits of pretty much any colour. And if you sell at craft fairs and markets, they are great sellers that entice other sales, especially at the holidays. I sell them quite cheaply or give them as a freebie, thank you gift if someone has bout a couple of the bigger items.
I have lots of scraps. This is a great idea. I could make a really large basket for children to put toys in it
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It came out great!!
Thank you!
That would also make great purse.
Ooooh! I like the way you think!
I love this. Great idea
Glad you love it!
Hi there. A technique I first saw used to co-ordinate a quilt made from coloured fabrics that really could not have been seen together was to dye the finished quilt top 😢with tea or coffee or a combination of the two. Although I agree that your projects looked great others might like to try the tea or coffee. Just one hitch, non-natural fibers might need a mordent specifically for synthetics to make the dye stay and not wash out of the finished item.
Top!👏
Thank you!
wish and hope i can have yarns...for my crochets
Cool, maybe once I get enough scrap yarn , I’ll be experienced enough to follow along with this video
You got this!
Bellissimo👏
Thank you!
What a great idea as I have lots and lots of little balls of yarn. ❤
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Love the idea s.
You don’t have to cut anything off but you have to do is extend the yarn and just crochet right over it. That’ll support the basket even more you can even use strips that are a foot long. All you do is crochet over it I think that’s what I did I used a secondary yarn and I crocheted over everything. I should post when I did quite interesting.
Thank you!!! This is the perfect way of using up skraps. When you run out of one color how do you tie a new one?
Here is a tutorial of the knot I use: ua-cam.com/video/ykmL2AsWzIE/v-deo.html
Hope that helps!
I made a king size blanket with my leftovers!
Awesome! I could probably do the same. I recently made a lap blanket with leftover yarn and barely made a dent in my yarn stash! 😂
Too cool.......
Thank you!
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Hi if you learn to join the yarn the Russian way no ends to get rid of, enjoyed the video thank you.
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You can make a circular rug from scrap.leftovers of wool.
How often are you increasing on the base? Very nice basket, thank you for sharing.
I increase every few stitches, depending on which round I'm on. I included the link to the pattern in the video's description if you'd like to check it out. Thanks for your kind words!
I would love to buy one of these from you!!
I have a few made up. We'll have to get together soon and make that happen!
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I love this!
I have crocheted baskets before, but they were very flimsy. Does the three strands of yarn make it stand better? Or do you do something to make it more sturdy?
It's fairly sturdy with the three strands. I also crochet very tightly, so that probably helps it stand straight.
Do you put two SC in every stitch until it’s completed or just for round 2
Two sc per stitch for just the second round. Here's the link to the full instructions: mypoppet.com.au/makes/crochet-basket-scrap-yarn-projects/
now i gotta google what a magic circle is
Es una buena idea tejer asi ocupando los pocos de lana pero esta muy rapido que no veo que punto es y que es lo que ud. Jeje. Gracias bendiciones.❤❤❤
I was given a HUGE bag of new scrap yarn. And I mean scrap yarn, a yard to about four or five yards in length tops. My yarny heart couldn't bare to throw the scraps away so I laboriously tied the lengths together (a different colour each time) with an over hand knot, then using a ball contrast yarn I crocheted the two balls together, using a 8mm hook, to make a wrap/hooded cowl/lap blanket. I then crocheted a border and it measures about 18 inches by 60 inches. Yes all the knots show but that adds to the fun of it and my yarny heart is happy. Now to back to tying more yarn into large ball.
That sounds so dreamy!!