Wool "mini-skeins"

Hi everyone!
Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm
country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained
about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have
wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in
size.

Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this
miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there
isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored,
all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions!
Thanks!

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in CT
mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net

Oh I bet they are cuteG
I would make hats and or mittens.


myswendy wrote:
Hi everyone!
Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm
country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained
about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have
wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in
size.

Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this
miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there
isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored,
all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions!
Thanks!

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in CT
mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net

On Feb 5, 6:21*pm, "DAB" wrote:
Oh I bet they are cuteG
I would make hats and or mittens.



myswendy wrote:
Hi everyone!
Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm
country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained
about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have
wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in
size.

Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this
miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there
isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored,
all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions!
Thanks!

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in CT
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I once recieved a bag with different colored balls , which were also
different thickness , i satred knitting a round Yoke , and knitted
every colors as a triangle [short rows etc] ,, than i cast on stiches
all round for an open front + back and both sleeves ,,, all with out
seams ,,, i knitted the collors on a circular needle and used dps as
well to group or mix colors ,,, [= at times i worked on one place on a
SPOT of one color ,, mirjam
Ps you could knit stripes , Domino squares etc..
mirjam

On Feb 5, 11:51*am, wrote:
On Feb 5, 6:21*pm, "DAB" wrote:





Oh I bet they are cuteG
I would make hats and or mittens.

myswendy wrote:
Hi everyone!
Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm
country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained
about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have
wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in
size.

Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this
miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there
isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored,
all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions!
Thanks!

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in CT
mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net- Hide quoted text -

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I once recieved a bag with different colored balls , which were also
different thickness , i satred knitting a round Yoke , and knitted
every colors as a triangle [short rows etc] ,, than i cast on stiches
all round for an open front + back and both sleeves ,,, all with out
seams ,,, i knitted the collors on a circular needle and used dps as
well to group or mix colors ,,, [= at times i worked on one place on a
SPOT of one color ,, mirjam
Ps you could knit stripes , Domino squares etc..
mirjam- Hide quoted text -

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Yah, they are cute! and seem to be multicolored through their overall
dark tones with purples and blues. Great ideas! Thank you!

Wendy

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myswendy wrote:
Hi everyone!
Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm
country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained
about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have
wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in
size.

Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this
miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there
isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored,
all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions!

Besides all the good ideas posted already, here's an idea:

I was reading the collected book of Maine Mittens and she described
an almost-lost technique of thickening the inside of mittens by
twining pencil roving around the yarn on the inside between every
stitch. The roving is about the same thickness as the knitting yarn.
This isn't as fluffy as knitting in thrums that have two ends fluffing
inside the mitten for every stitch they're in, but it covers the openings
of the stitches more evenly. The twined roving shows through on the
outside just a little between stitches. They aren't stretchy but they
are very warm. The only part that contacts the hand is the roving;
the outside yarn is completely separate. One of the women she learned
it from always used acrylic for the outside yarn because it was very
strong and the wool lining was warm, combining abrasion resistance
with warmth.

I was thinking that it could be done with nice thick yarn instead of
roving, especially if the yarn was really leftovers and didn't lend
itself to making pretty patterns. The method does require short pieces
rather than a long strand. Another method carries the roving back and
forth, weaving between each of the stitches, which doesn't require
that the roving (or yarn) be broken, but the coverage pattern is
different.

=Tamar

How about some of these patterns from a contest to make something with 287
yds or less

http://simpleknits.blogspot.com:80/2...t-contest.html

Edna in Sydney


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Hi everyone!
Last year at a state "sheep to sweater" type of event up north in farm
country, I couldn't resist a bag or two of bargains. They contained
about a half dozen mini-skeins of thick wools, all different. I have
wound several of them into balls, each no bigger than an orange in
size.

Does anyone have any wonderful idea of how I can use this
miscellaneous yarn? It is so lovely and tempting, but I know there
isn't enough to complete anything of any size. Some are multi-colored,
all are basically dark, and all are thick. I'm open to suggestions!
Thanks!

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in CT
mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net

Thanks for the ideas! Tamar--I have so much roving in my stash (I
can't help myself-- I love the stuff!) that if my first like that MUST
be with my roving or I'll kick myself! LOL! I think I'll check out
those hundreds of mini-jobs and find something there to make.

Wendy