Friday 22 January 2016

Mini Balls of Yarn, Mini Sweaters and Mini Squares

Over the Advent period, my daughter Grace surprised me with random gifts of Opal mini balls of sock yarn.  It was a lovely treat.  I received five mini balls in total.


Aren't they just gorgeous and colourful.  Each ball is 10g each - just perfect for knitting up mini sweaters to add to the ones I've made previously.



With the leftovers I crocheted some mini squares.  I also raided my other sock yarn scraps and made them into squares.

Colours aren't showing up accurately -
but you get the idea.

I now have a total of 50 squares which I will add to as and when I have some leftovers.  Eventually I will sew them all together to make a colourful blanket.  It'll be a nice reminder of all the socks I've made over the coming years.  No rush for this though - it's definitely a long term project.

Now that I have enough mini sweaters, they are pegged up as bunting, and looking very jolly.





As with the squares, I will continue to make them, as they are a fun and quick project that is a useful way to use up and show off the leftover yarn.

I've written up the pattern for the mini sweaters and I'll publish it very shortly, once I've checked and finalised it.

I'm planning a weekend of Fair Isle knitting to try and get as much done as possible.  I hope you all have a good weekend and are able to find time to do something fun and relaxing.

11 comments:

  1. What a thoughtful advent gift, we do little surprise's for each usually on each Advent Sunday a nice family tradition. The mini sweaters are stunning and look wonderful as bunting and what a wonderful record of all your sock making with the min granny squares, a great project. Enjoy your weekend.

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    1. Thank you Lorraine. It was a totally unexpected gift and all the,better appreciated for being so.

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  2. What a brilliant idea to use these cute little sweaters as bunting! I might just have to copy this.
    Liz

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    1. Thank you Liz. The pattern will follow very shortly.

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  3. How wonderful, the yarns are lovely and you used them beautifully too. xx

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  4. The flower pot clips are somehow soo perfect with the sweaters! I really love the idea of making a blanket with the yarns you've made socks out of =)

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  5. Those tiny sweaters are just so wonderful and fun. Happy weekend and happy knitting!
    Meredith

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    1. Thank you Meredith. Have a relaxing weekend.

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  6. The little jumpers are such a cute idea - they look so nice strung up as bunting! It's also a great way to use up leftover yarn - you're really getting value for money and minimising waste. I love it!

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    1. Thank you Maria. I hate not to use every little scrap of yarn.

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