Recycle leftover wool: 8 creative ideas

Recycle leftover wool
8 creative ideas

by Claudia Enders
September 20, 2021, 5:02 pm

Remnants of wool do not have to end up in the trash by a long way: even the smallest pieces can be used to make small works of art. Whether you are knitting, crocheting or embroidering, we will show you various ideas on how to recycle and creatively use leftover wool. In this way, you save resources and contribute to the recycling of materials.

Recycle Leftover Wool: 8 Easy DIY Projects

1. Make pom poms yourself

The small, colorful pom poms are perfect for decorating hats or garlands and are ideal if you want to recycle leftover wool.

You need:

Instructions:

Place the piece of wool through the middle part of the fork and let it hang down. Then wrap the fork several times with the remnants of wool. The pom pom looks best later when it’s nice and tight. For this you need a lot of wraps (approx. 50). Then take the hanging piece of wool out of the middle point and knot it once around the middle of your bundle of wool. At the end, cut the loops on both sides of the bundle and trim the wool a little if necessary so that the pom pom is nice and even everywhere. The wool ball is ready!

2. Crochet small accessories or amigurumis

Whether as decoration, to play with for the little ones or as a key ring – wonderfully small accessories and amigurumis can be crocheted from leftover wool. Here you can find z. B. simple instructions for accessories for re-crocheting.

3. Crochet the blanket

The colorful granny squares, which ultimately create a colorful, playful patchwork blanket, are predestined to recycle leftover wool. The small squares are crocheted in no time at all and then put together to form a blanket. If you have more fun knitting, you can of course simply knit small squares in different patterns and colors and then sew them together with wool.

4. Make tassels yourself

Small tassels give knitted or crocheted textiles that certain something!

You need:

Instructions:

Take a piece of cardboard, hold the beginning of the wool firmly and wrap your wool upright around the cardboard about 20 to 25 times. Take a small piece of wool, thread it through the middle and knot it well. Strips the wool from the cardboard. Take the second piece of wool and knot it around the back quarter of the tassel. At the end all you have to do is cut open the loops and shorten the wool to one length, and your tassel is ready!

5. Knit the headband

You don’t need a lot of wool to knit headbands either. If you want to freshen up your outfit with a few splashes of color, you can easily use different colored wool residues in the headband. Here you will find simple instructions for knitting headbands.

6. Hacky Sacks

Anyone who is a real juggler can prove this with Hacks Sacks. The small balls are crocheted in rounds or spirals with scraps of wool. Rice is suitable as a filling material. The end of the thread just needs to be well hidden in the ball at the end. And then all acrobats can show their skills inside!

7. Embroider textiles

Ready-made textiles are too monotonous for you? Pimp them with small, colorful embroidery! This not only helps against the gray of everyday life, but also allows our wool scraps to be recycled nicely.

8. Crochet pot holders

If you have particularly thick wool scraps left over, these can be easily processed into potholders. The pot holders are crocheted with as many colors as possible, making them absolutely unique. Cooking is twice as much fun!

Looking for more creative ideas? Here you can find out how to knit blankets or hats. And here are simple instructions on how to crochet a striped hat.

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