Categories
Quick to Target
Community & Help
Busy little helpers: do you have lots of scraps right now?
23122 Posts
Recent
Started
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dear community,
do you currently have lots of scraps / leftover yarn / fabric scraps, or were you able to use everything up?
do you currently have lots of scraps / leftover yarn / fabric scraps, or were you able to use everything up?
3961 Posts
Recent
Started
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I guess I’ll never use up everything, but the leftover yarn is manageable. I still have quite a few fabric scraps, too, but I don’t sew very often. As long as nothing is lying around and everything still fits in the closet, I’m happy.
1050 Posts
Recent
Started
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m in a similar situation to Veronika… I don’t have a huge stash, but always enough to keep me busy.
My storage space is limited, so I prefer to buy materials on a project-by-project basis.
Just the other day, a friend gave me a bag of yarn scraps that she would otherwise have thrown away.
I’ve already used up the first yarn from it as a top-down raglan for this bolero.
I have no idea what kind of yarn it was—it was really thick and didn’t come with a label—but I crocheted with a size 10 hook until I used it all up.
My storage space is limited, so I prefer to buy materials on a project-by-project basis.
Just the other day, a friend gave me a bag of yarn scraps that she would otherwise have thrown away.
I’ve already used up the first yarn from it as a top-down raglan for this bolero.
I have no idea what kind of yarn it was—it was really thick and didn’t come with a label—but I crocheted with a size 10 hook until I used it all up.
5110 Posts
Recent
Started
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Those aren’t scraps, :-) they’re materials that will be used up eventually :-) Even if they’re piling up by the boxful, for me it’s mostly fabric :-) With yarn, there’s rarely anything left over—it gets used up in hats and such.
Love, Inge
Love, Inge
1050 Posts
Recent
Started
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Inge, exactly.
You can always make something out of it, even if it ends up as stuffing.
I had an old Christmas tablecloth with a hole in it, which I used to sew two fir trees.
While stuffing them, the fabric tore several times—it was just too old.
So I brushed the fir trees with liquid concrete and hung them up.
That could still turn into something pretty… we’ll see.
You can always make something out of it, even if it ends up as stuffing.
I had an old Christmas tablecloth with a hole in it, which I used to sew two fir trees.
While stuffing them, the fabric tore several times—it was just too old.
So I brushed the fir trees with liquid concrete and hung them up.
That could still turn into something pretty… we’ll see.
9257 Posts
Recent
Started
Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Claudia—sleeveless little jackets like that are really in style right now—I was in the big city this week and saw lots of sleeveless styles there in different materials.
Your little trees turned out beautifully; too bad the fabric tore. But your rescue mission looks exciting.
I’m so busy with Christmas baking right now that my crafting has been completely neglected.
Your little trees turned out beautifully; too bad the fabric tore. But your rescue mission looks exciting.
I’m so busy with Christmas baking right now that my crafting has been completely neglected.
1050 Posts
Recent
Started
Friday, November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Petra, I haven’t gotten around to baking cookies yet—you’re ahead of me there.
The trees now have stems and a second layer of concrete, but with these temperatures, it’s taking a very long time for them to set.
I’d like to apply one more layer so they’ll be nice and sturdy.
I’ll post more pictures then.
The trees now have stems and a second layer of concrete, but with these temperatures, it’s taking a very long time for them to set.
I’d like to apply one more layer so they’ll be nice and sturdy.
I’ll post more pictures then.
9257 Posts
Recent
Started
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My stash has shrunk
just a tiny bit. The first star is finished, and I think it turned out great.
just a tiny bit. The first star is finished, and I think it turned out great.
23122 Posts
Recent
Started
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How are your scraps coming along?
9257 Posts
Recent
Started
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Knitted 3 more stars, so 21 grams less leftover yarn
112 Posts
Recent
Started
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I actually don’t have that many leftover yarn scraps either—there’s always something I can incorporate them into 😄
4492 Posts
Recent
Started
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
As long as the leftover yarn fits in my big drawer, everything’s fine.
899 Posts
Recent
Started
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Yes...TONS...but it’s a fun challenge to work through it all!
23122 Posts
Recent
Started
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Do you still have any scraps left?
9257 Posts
Recent
Started
Friday, February 6, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I sewed up a few centimeters of fabric
Halfway through making my oven cover for fall
Halfway through making my oven cover for fall
23122 Posts
Recent
Started
Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
What are you doing with your scraps this week?
Latest comments
11 actual comments last by ursulapetra
2 actual comments last by susanna-graewe
36 actual comments last by Brigitte57
58 actual comments last by Bastelfan
1 actual comment last by Moderator
5 actual comments last by WollwunderPetra
15 actual comments last by stricken-im-trend
3 actual comments last by veronika-t15
90 actual comments last by Bastelfan
5 actual comments last by Akela
3 actual comments last by SabinesFadenspiel
52 actual comments last by WollwunderPetra
4 actual comments last by SabinesFadenspiel
36 actual comments last by Schnuckelina
25 actual comments last by anouschka_beckmann
Currently popular
36 actual comments last by Schnuckelina
52 actual comments last by WollwunderPetra
36 actual comments last by Brigitte57
Popular patterns
Top patterns from Natalija from the Crochet category!
Top patterns from stricken-im-trend from the Crochet category!
Top patterns from elke-eder from the Crochet category!
Top patterns from Kuestenmasche_2021 from the Crochet category!
Top patterns from made-by-anja from the Crochet category!
Top patterns from cuttehappytoys from the Crochet category!
Top patterns from stricken-im-trend from the Knitting category!
Top patterns from elke-eder from the Crochet category!
Free patterns
Top patterns from jennysideenreich from the category!
Top patterns from NataliSkill from the category!
Top patterns from Dianas-kleiner-Haekelshop from the category!
Top patterns from DIY-4U from the category!
