
A
reading pillow like this isn’t just ideal for using up lots of colorful leftover yarn—it’s also extremely practical and comfortable for reading in any position. You’ll need a total of about 220 g of acrylic yarn (110 g of colorful scraps and 110 g in a contrasting color, e.g., black). The reading pillow should be stuffed very tightly with craft batting.

You can crochet this
African Flowers makeup bag using smaller amounts of leftover yarn. It’s a good idea to choose a main color (here, red) to finish off each hexagon. You’ll need about 35 g of this color. For the African Flowers, you can use lots of colorful scraps. I limited myself to 3 additional colors, but you can use many more. You’ll need a total of 45 g of scraps.

And from even smaller scraps, you can crochet
fruit for the kids’ play kitchen: apples, pears, oranges, lemons, plums, cherries, peaches, bananas, pineapples, melons, grapes, and kiwis. You can achieve beautiful effects by using gradient yarn.