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Scrap Solution

With all the crochet projects I've been doing this year my scrap yarn ball basket is full to overflowing. I wanted to try a project I could make out of scraps and that I could add to in the future, so I found Jayda in Stitches' Scrapgahn tutorial and decided to give it a whirl Basically you make rows of half double crochet out of two strands of light and dark yarn held together. Simple, right? Other than knotting in more yarn as I used up each scrap ball I wouldn't even have to pay attention to it.

Yes, well. When my first attempt started to slant in at the sides I realized I was being a bit too cocky and assuming I knew everything about crochet again. I ripped out two days of work to fix that.

Here's the second attempt. This pattern does make a pretty thick blanket, but it's not quite as sturdy as Jayda's three-strand big beautiful basket. I like the stripy effect that comes from knotting in new colors, too.

I could keep going and use up all the balls in my basket, but I want to use acrylic yarns only rather than mix fibers; that way I can toss it in the washer and drier after I've blocked it. So I'll just add to it when I have acrylic yarn scraps in the future.

I like the idea of an ongoing crochet project that I can work on whenever I like.

I also was able to use about half of my yarn balls, too, so it's a great scrap buster project, too.

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