Save that bad yarn!

[sonnets_and_stitches]

Have you ever had a pattern rescue or save an otherwise less-than-delightful yarn? You worked up that pattern, using "any old yarn" you had laying around, and lo, in that pattern, the yarn didn't seem so bad?

 

Just wondering ~ Joy

[Ellie 13]

There is no such thing as bad yarn! Even ugly yarn can be made into something (there is thread about that here somewhere). I got some yarn years ago (early 90's?), and I just started using it now (stash busting). I doubt they make it any more. It's very bright/neon colors so I made a smilie afghan, retro/60's looking thing. It turned out great. For every yarn there is a pattern, you just got to keep looking.

Ellie 13

[CrochettingMama]

I agree there is no such thing as bad yarn. I bought yarn by the pound--mill ends. They chose the colors for me and I just told them how many pounds I wanted. I got a very very bright orange color and a lot of it and I added white to it and it wasn't so bad.

[CLLinda]

You just have to find the right project for it. IT can be hard to find the right one, but once you do, that bad yarn isn't bad anymore. It's a great product.

 

You'll be surprised on what a hook, a pattern and some bad yarn can come up with!

 

[Empress Busy Bee]

Regarding ugly/bad yarn I disagree. I happen to believe that yarn and patterns are a personal thing and as such some may find a yarn or pattern that is ugly or hard for them to work with.

I know there are lots patterns and lots of yarn that I find ugly and will never use unless asked or needed for something specific.

 

[iamnichole]

I made this out of some yarn that was from the 70's. It came from my Nana's attic. It smelt kinda old and but the wrapper is still intact. I have about 10 50g skeins of this beautiful purple/blue blend. It's sock/fingering weight but I'm making a great tank top with it. I've also made premie blankets out of my nana's old yarn. I think all it needs is a wash and a good fabric softener and then another good wash. Yarn is yarn, baby.

 

[Kimblee]

I use all my ugly yarns to make pot scrubbies....

 

then I unload them on people.... the nice, cotton ones get sold or given to people I like.... the ucky acrylic yarn ones get sold for dirt cheap, or given to people I REALLY dislike.... like my uncle's druggie girlfriend.

 

She got six of them that i personally know probably could take skin off.

[pineknott]

my ugly yarn colors get mixed 2 strand and I do up small bird nests or squirrel nests for Virginia beach wildlife rehabers

Linda

[paperflowers]

When I started making my first sweater, I used some fuzzy dark green mill ends yarn. Toward the end of project, I realized that thing looked suspiciously like Stuart Stuart - St. Patrick's Day episode.

 

It's a UFO until I figure out what I can use that green for

[fmlcrochet]

Any yarn that I have which I consider "ugly" or unusable to me, I make into an afghan for charity or squares to donate to Warm Up America. As I once read, it doesn't have to be beautiful to keep someone warm. Never throw out yarn.

[papersmiles]

Pineknott, I've never heard of making nests with yarn for wildlife. How do you do that? Are there instructions or specific requirements? That is so cool.

[sonnets_and_stitches]

I think maybe my question got lost in translation.

 

Has anyone ever had a yarn they didn't like, but used it anyway, and the pattern that it was used in convinced you that the yarn isn't all that bad?

 

~ Joy

[sonnets_and_stitches]

Ugly yarn help here's that post. It's pretty funny. I remembered to search for it by Yugly

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showpost.php?p=808919&postcount=794

 

Ha! You could also search by paramecium. Check out the link and the posts following post 794.

[pineknott]

papersmiles

I don't know how to provide a link

I found out about it last year from another crochet board

If you yahoo search crochet wildlife rescue nests,it will bring you to a link

vbspca wildlife.hope that helps.Linda

[paperflowers]

Whoops, sorry about that. Actually, I had that happen recently. I'm learning to make summer tank tops and decided to buy the cheapest cotton I could find to start out. Wal-Mart only had Peaches'n Creme in pastel hombres. I don't normally care for cutesy things, but I made myself buy two and start with the one I liked least: peach, green, blue and white. As I worked, the colors formed clusters like little flowers. It's an interesting effect. I'm working the second one now in blue/white and it's even better. It looks like the sky.

 

And yes, I know it's dishcloth cotton . We go to the track all day during in the summer and the temperature often reaches 100. If it's comfortable, I won't worry about how it looks.