10 Things to Do With Yarn Scraps

What to do and not do with scrap yarn

This week’s tip is about the intersection of Earth Day and knitting leftovers. SPOILER ALERT stop giving yarn leftovers to birds and animals. If you read nothing else in this blog post, please read that sentence. Seriously, if you haven’t heard yet, the important part is that you quit putting yarn outside for birds and other animals.

Knitters and Crocheters have big hearts. We love to shower loved ones with handmade gifts. We love our yarn. Wool, acrylic, cotton, milk fibers, silk, whatever – we will kit and crochet with anything that we can get on those knitting needles and hooks. We get giddy over the latest yarn colors and colorwork techniques. Projects that require multiple skeins or balls of various colors are all the rage. However, all this crafting has one unintended consequence: Yarn Waste.