Frugal Knitting/Crocheting And The Magic Ball

This blog will be used to store useful knitting ideas that I come across so that I can use it for future reference and share it with fellow knitters and crocheters. Remember how I have this sudden craze for mixed colored yarns? Well I googled and found something exciting.

There is hope for leftover yarn! Yarn is expensive in our country and I hate to see it all wasted even when I am left with just a few inches of yarn. Now I know you don't have to throw it away. There is a way to join the yarn to form a mixed ball of yarn! Hooray! And this technique is called creating a magic ball! It can be used for both knitting and crocheting.

My concern now is how to join the yarn together without seeing a bumpy knot between your work. I found some interesting knots but I have yet to try it. It's a good thing that I haven't thrown my bits of yarn yet. I still have them in a knitted bag stashed somewhere. I haven't figured what I would knit with it though. I welcome ideas.

Oops I Did It Again!

I couldn't help it. I have this thing about mixed colored yarn and I went out to get some more. Now what would I knit with this? An afghan? More socks?

Here are more of it below. I need to stay away from the store to avoid anymore random buying.

Rainbow Across The Needle

I just did another few rows with my mixed colored yarn. I'm still fascinated by the change of colors.

Yarn Again

I have this terrible penchant for buying yarn whenever there is a sale. I already have a huge stockpile of yarn at home but I still added these mixed colored yarns to the collection. I got these at 30% off. It was too good to resist. I just had to buy it. I figure it will probably take years to finish knitting my whole collection of yarn. Our country is warm and humid. Knitting is not so popular here. I usually do small projects that I can use in an Aircon room or during the monsoon season.  I might consider doing some knitting for charity if I have the time. I might start a club or project but I need to find the time first.

Experimenting With Mixed colored Yarn

I love how the color changes across the needles. Check it out below. I have yet to see the finished results though.

My sock

I used a different colour for each part of the sock so that I can see how the pattern looks like. Interesting. Now I know the parts of a sock. Ha ha ha!

it wasn't easy changing colors because I have to be careful of the tension used. Holes can form if it's too loose.