Use leftover wool: 8 creative DIY ideas for handicrafts

Use leftover wool
8 creative ideas

Anyone who loves handicrafts will sooner or later have a large mountain of wool scraps left over. But the material is far too good to throw in the bin! We’ll show you how to use leftover yarn.

Wool leftovers don’t have to end up in the trash: Even the smallest pieces can be turned into small works of art. Whether knitting, crocheting or embroidering, here we show you various ideas on how to use leftover wool and use it creatively. In this way you conserve resources and contribute to the recycling of materials.

Use leftover wool: 8 simple 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 use up leftover wool.

You need:

Instructions:

Pass the piece of yarn through the middle part of the fork and let it hang down. Then wrap the fork several times with the leftover wool. The pom pom looks best later when it is nice and tight. For this you need many wrappings (about 50). Then take the hanging piece of wool from the middle point and knot it around the middle of your bundle of wool. Finally, cut open 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 all over. The ball of wool is ready!

2. Crochet small accessories or amigurumis

Whether as a decoration, for the little ones to play with or as a key ring – wonderful small accessories and amigurumis can be crocheted from leftover wool. Here you can find e.g. B. simple instructions for accessories to crochet.

3. Crochet blanket

The colorful granny squares, which ultimately create a colorful and playful patchwork quilt, are ideal for using up 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 with knitting, you can of course simply knit small squares in different patterns and colors and sew them together with wool at the end.

4. Make your own tassels

Small tassels give knitted or crocheted textiles that certain something!

You need:

Instructions:

Take a piece of cardboard, hold the beginning of the wool tightly and wrap your wool around the cardboard about 20 to 25 times. Take a small piece of wool, thread it through the middle and tie it tightly. Strip the wool from the cardboard. Take the second piece of wool and knot it around the back quarter of the tassel. At the end you only have to cut open the loops and shorten the wool to a length, your tassel is done!

5. Knit headband

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

6. Hacky Sacks

If you are a real juggling artist, you can prove it with Hacks Sacks. The small balls are crocheted in rounds or spirals with leftover yarn. Rice is suitable as filling material. At the end, the end of the thread just has to be well hidden in the ball. And then all acrobats can show off their skills!

7. Embroider textiles

Ready-made textiles are too monotonous for you? Pimp them up with little colorful embroidery! This not only helps against the gray of everyday life, but also gives our wool leftovers a nice use.

8. Crochet potholders

If you have particularly thick wool leftovers, these can be processed into pot holders. The potholders are crocheted in as many colors as possible, making them absolutely unique. That makes cooking twice as much fun!

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

Bridget