Crochet Flower Bouquet 2018

One problem commonly faced by those

Crochet Flower Bouquet

One problem commonly faced by those who do a lot of knitting and crocheting is the question of what to do with their leftover yarn. These are the bits and pieces -- sometimes a few yards -- of yarn that are left over from the hats, scarves, mittens etc. that you have knitted or crocheted. What do you do with all of this yarn? Just throw it away? Not if you have a lot of it -- that's like throwing money away!

Crochet Flower tutorial

One possible alternative would be to try and group the leftover yarn together by color, matching similar colors together in order to have enough yarn for another complete project. The difficulty here in lies in the fact that yarns purchased at different times, from different dye lots, will not match exactly. But there is another option -- one that I thought I would share with you.

Diy crochet flower step by step

Recently, I came across some old patterns for making crochet flowers. Yarn required for making these flowers can be pulled from your leftover yarn basket, as crochet flowers are typically rather small. Making crochet flowers does not take very long, so this is the perfect project to work on when your time is limited, or when you are in between other, more involved projects.

Crochet flower designs

Here's what I do: After completing a number of more extensive projects, I usually find I have a fair amount of scrap yarn left over. These I turn into a half dozen or so different crochet flowers. It doesn't matter that I may not have an immediate use for these -- I simply save them up in a small box that I keep in my sewing room just for this purpose. These little flowers are excellent projects to work on while I think about (and plan for) my next full-fledged knitting or crocheting project.