When I decided to reduce my stash, I lucked up. We are a small community and we have a free paper called The Shopper. Someone put a want ad for any left over yarn, I contacted her immediately. Meet up with her that afternoon, took her 7 black garbage bags of yarn, she cried (literally). I asked her what she did with it, I live in southern Florida, she came here during the winter, she made winter hats while she was here and when she would go home, she donated them to homeless shelters. What a great cause.
I just wanted to say thank you, as a fellow crocheter, and someone who ended up in a homeless shelter while pregnant. I literally cried when friends of my family donated yarn for me to crochet baby items for my little one. It was about all I had, and it gave me hope. Now when I get yarn donations, I crochet and donate back to the shelter that saved our lives. You never know how much a little yarn can impact someone.
@@sedalien7937I’m so sorry you ended up there but am happy you did as that means you were getting help. That’s big and I’m proud of you. The fact that you now crochet and give back to the shelter that helped you is what it’s all about! That just warms my heart. I’m the same way. I had to get food from the church near me a couple times. I didn’t have any money but I had yarn and craft shit and some love and creativity. I made the ladies each up a little thank you gift bag and omg they all cried happy tears. I leave crocheted fidget buddies with stickers and motivational cards and a you found me keep me note in them and leave a couple at the pharmacy I go to every month (there’s a lot of methadone patients and people that need love) now if everyone acted this way, what a wonderful place it would be ❤ any small act of kindness can go such a long way, it’s pretty amazing. I hope you’re doing well now ❤
THANK YOU! I only learned to crochet this past fall, but I've been knitting for 20 years. When I first started out, I'd buy a skein here and there as inspiration (I'm sure you understand), but I had no idea what quantities I'd need for actual projects until a few years in. It's just nice to hear someone acknowledge the benefits of having a stash for once!
FANTASTIC!!! I’m sitting in my laundry/ craft room, hanging out with the dogs, getting laundry done, watching TH-cam videos and working on a crochet afghan for my daughter and son in law… trying to distract myself from my cow who is going to calf but is taking forever….. I’ve been trying to use up my stash and I have a TON of cotton! I love all the patterns you showed us and man! I’m going back to watch again and make a list!!! I really needed this fun and inspirational video!!❤
A stash buster that I love is the sunburst granny square. You can use up to 4 colours per square, and it's a quick, simple design. I like it because I can make some whenever I have random yarn lying around and, once I have enough squares, turn them into whatever I feel like.
Thank you! I saved this video to my crochet videos as there are definitely projects I want to make. I appreciate the time and effort you put in to make this for us all. You are FANTASTIC! 😀
Right now I'm stashbusting by making prayer squares for our church prayer shawl ministry to distribute during the Easter season. Easy, quick, but make a thoughtful reminder of God's grace. Thanks for all the nifty ideas. Love the jar covers.
I love this!! Today I was gifted literally a trash bag full of yarn that a family friend was going to throw out. I hate things going to waste so I went and picked it up and what looked like a small bag was actually HUGE!!! I wont need to buy yarn for months and its all unused but I really needed something like this to begin to work through it especially as someone who likes making functional things.
Love your videos I'm supposed to be reducing my yarn stash too ...but...today I went online to buy t-shirts and ended up somehow ordering 16skeins of yarn and a mystery box full too🤭
I definitely have the same issue. Lol I love that you called it a collection. I love having some what of a stash because I may not have much money some times but I'll still have yarn to crochet with.
I love watching all of those incredible ideas, though I definitely know how I'm busting my yarn stash this year. My oldest cousin is pregnant, our grandma's first great grandchild and my uncle's first grandchild, and I'm going ham with making lots of plushies (add that the ones my cousin, who also crochets, is making for her baby). I've finished a teddy bear, I'm currently making a sheep with some chenille yarn I bought for the project (in my defense, I've been wanting to try this yarn for ages and they now sell it here) and I have plans to make a Mushu plushie next since the baby's Chinese zodiac is dragon; so of course I need to make her the best dragon. I've crocheted more on the past few weeks than the entirety of 2023... Let's just say that's going to be one spoiled baby.
I grabbed my scrap yarn box and started to freehand an amigurumi while watching. One of these days, I'm going to do a similar video with amigurumi patterns that take an ounce or less.
I love to crochet and my boyfriend loves the things I make. Only bump in the road we're hitting a stopping point on getting me yarn due to bills. I enjoy creating things at home and cant wait to learn from you and many others to create even more beautiful, fun, and useful projects further into the future!
Do you have clothes for donation? Cut into strips and Weave rugs until you can get yarn ✌🏼 Once I’m through the clothes I’m going to try weaving with plastic bags.
The tea bag bookmark is too cute! This video was perfect timing, I am committed to pulling all my yarn out and reorganizing it this weekend. Its such a happy mess! I almost gave up buying any new yarn for Lent but I gave up sugar instead. 😜
Hi Elise. To me, the best part of the video is that you have introduced me to creators I haven't met yet. I love that you take the time to research and share your favorite creators with us. I usually stick with the same few creators and I need to expand my crochet field. There are some fun patterns here, make ahead gifts for my "just in case gift box".
Love this video!! Definitely saving it! Love that this has smaller projects that can be made as gifts. I really needed some inspiration like this!! -Yana
What a great collection of little stash busting projects! Headed to my stash right now!!! Thanks so much for another well thought out video done to perfection 👏
Thanks so much for sharing these with us! I love them all. I live in a small apartment and it doesn't take long before I have too much yarn. Then there is a sale somewhere and I just HAVE to buy more. I have so much yarn stashed literally EVERYWHERE lol. Now with what you have shared today, you have given me some great things to use some of my stash so I can buy more lol!!!
This is so great! I'm currently in the middle of moving, so unpacking my yarn is a pain. BUT, I can unpack just a little to make a lot of projects with your suggestion. I'm looking for my hooks right now....
I just found your channel and just had to subscribe. My husband and I just bought our dream home in the Highlands of Scotland, to retire to in a couple years. I have been given cart blanche to decorate as ai see fit. And I am so excited to also finally have a craft room all to myself. I am a huge fan of the boho look, probably also having grown up in the US, in the 80’s. I love the “hippy” look, being echo friendly and not spending a fortune on things to look like everyone else. I have spent the last few months crocheting coasters, table runners, placemats, napkin rings, pot holders, oven mitts, hot pads, cushion covers, throws/afghans, baskets and plant pot covers, and even curtain toppers. I have made macramé wall hangings, more fancy napkin rings and matching placemats, plant hangers and even a hanging “swing” with a big round cushion for my elderly cat to hang in the south facing window to soak up all the sunshine. I have knit a dog bed with faux fur (never again lol, it did turn out beautiful, but it was a nightmare to work with) over a beanbag dog bed. She loves it thank goodness. I have made tree ornaments in crochet, knit, and macramé but am now working on metal work, clay, and wooden ornaments as we plan on our tree being mostly hand made ornaments, with a few extra special ornaments we collected through the years that have special meaning for us. I started the ornaments to use up scrap balls of yarn from other projects. I love the hand towel pattern link you shared. While I have also made a ton of dishwashing cloths and scrubbies, I never thought of crocheting towels! I have made a few towel toppers for holding my shop bought hand towels and even made my own rustic wooden buttons from the branches of trees from our current home that had to be cut down, to put on the towel topper to keep it secured to the oven bar. I am so excited and cannot wait to begin the towels. I love that the designer used hdc and that they have such texture. The drape is just beautiful and it makes me want to use it. The face scrubbies are wonderful things. I have been making them for a few years and either make a little mesh bag to use for washing them in the machine so they do not get lost or I make little “baskets” to keep them in. They make great gifts for teenage girls and ladies and if you sell at craft fairs, they fly off the table as they make great stocking stuffers, teachers “thank you” gifts, etc. I have even used small wide mouth jars as containers to hold the scrubbies in, that I have made a crochet cover over the jar, glued a big clay bead in a coordinating color to glue onto the painted lid and made the scrubbies slightly smaller than the jar opening to make them easy to get in and out of the jar. The bags are absolutely adorable. I have been making mosaic crochet coin bags, credit card/cash bags and even much bigger ones for carrying a current project with me to crochet while waiting at the Dr’s, school, dentist, wherever I have at least 5 minutes to do a few stitches. They all zip shut to keep everything clean and tidy and if working in the round there are no ends to worry about other than starting and finishing ends. I have become addicted to mosaic crochet as I can use up lots of small leftover bits as well as other skeins. I am a vegan so tend to work with cotton or acrylic depending on what I am making and the various mosaic bags work great with either. But I love that zipped bobble bag and that is on my must make list now too. I discovered an Icelandic Crocheter here on YT, Tinna (I forget her surname, but it starts with a T) and she was making some small mosaic bags with zippers and showed an easy way to crochet from the zipper down, as like you, I had nightmares about sewing zippers lol. I cannot wait to set started, oh and that pot holder with the circles of colors, that is the project I will begin tomorrow for the new house. The colors in the kitchen are white, red, orange and yellow…and having been making the table runners and things I have leftover bits of cotton in those colors along with a stash of white cotton. I might even make a few dish cloths with the dots of colors too to go with the pot holders. Thank you for the videos and I cannot wait to get started and to see what else you share. 💚
i once inherited a large collection of yarn from my grandmother. i used to make a large corner to cornet blanket ( about queen-king size). and i still have over half the stash left 😂
On the topic of dish cloths, I made some but a little smaller when my daughter was a baby and starting on solid foods. I made 12 in the 6 diffent colors of the rainbow and I made matching bibs. I then at meal time I would match the bib and cloth to the color of her food so that stains wouldn't be too visible (I mean we all know hard blue berry stains are to wash out). When my cousin was expecting her first I made a set for her. She wasn't super thrilled at first, but politely accepted the gift. Half a year later later she called "and the hand cloths and bibs you made, oh my god they are amazing, they don't stain that badly and baby girl always look squicky clean when and after eating. The rest of my mommy group want a set too now." It has become one of my go-to gifts for baby showers. I also made a small basket full of washing cloths for my mother upon her request. She loved them. However, funny turn of events, when the pandemic hit and we all had to limit who we let into our homes and how many, and had to wash our hands all the time. The 30 washing cloths I had made got promoted to single use hand towels. My mom put the basket next to the sink, and a dedicated laundry basket on the floor next to it. It was so easy to just grap a clean little mini towel, dry hands and drop it in the laundry. When the little laundry basket was full my mom could just pick it up dump it into the washer without having to touch the dirty towels. It was hygienic, practical, looked good and it environmentally friendly because of the amount of "dried hands pr. laundry batch".
Your website is bugged as fuck. Every time I try to click it, the 'accept and continue' cookie patch doesn't work no matter what or how many times refreshed. Only this site isn't working and I've tried on more than one device recently :(
Thank you for letting me know! Can you email me at lepetitsaintcrochet@gmail.com and I can send you over anything you've been trying to get! So sorry about that! ❤️
I love all of your videos! I’m definitely trying to use what I have and stop hoarding it 😂 trying to remind myself I bought it to be used not looked at 🤦🏻♀️♥️
Hi Elise, you’re going to think I’m weird for watching your channel because I haven’t crocheted in 10 years but I love watching your channel and that colorful potholder is so cute. I don’t enjoy joining together projects that’s why I like making mitered square blankets but that one was so cute. I thought the border was an i-cord border but it’s not. I wanted to ask you you started any knitting projects this year? Take care Rosy
These are adorable patterns. 😊 Right now all of my yarn is locked in a pod until my son's can bring it up to CT. I'm going to loose my mind if I don't get to crochet soon! 😱 LOL!
Thank you for sharing all your wonderful craft connections. I always look forward to your videos. Love your passion...great new web site. Have a great weekend ❤️🧶🇨🇦
This video did the opposite of its purpose, because now I wanna go out and get me some cotton yarn to try some of these patterns after only having used cheap acrylic yarn before.
Hi Elise! I love when you create videos like this with so many cute ideas. I made so many gifts after watching your Christmas/Holiday gifts video! And I found some great designers to follow! Love you, Kathleen ❤
Thank you for putting together so many good ideas in one place. There were several that U particularly liked, but loved the toast/ egg potholder… don’t know why. However, the different stitches cloths were a great idea too.
Hi Elise Thank you for sharing all these stash busting items - I’ll definitely be flagging this video as this is my year to finish all WIPs and NOT buy anymore yarn 🧶 until I finish majority of my stash! So thank you so much 🙏🏽 Take care and stay safe and well 💗🧶🥰😻
Elise, thank you for sharing all these wonderful projects!!! This makes working through your stash FUN!!!! Please keep bringing more love and joy into our world through the awesome works of art you create with yarn!!!!
When I got real serious about yarn crafts my friend would buy me yarn from Goodwill. You build up your stash really quickly. I have since gone hog wild crazy because of a deep affection for yarn and creating things out of it.
Great ideas and such cute, adorable items. I, like you, love the little things, always have. I like to cover tuna or cat food cans with crochet. Even taller cans are useful too. I prefer crocheting with cotton for these projects. I store hooks and needles, small scraps of cut off tails of yarn, stitch markers, and place darning needles through the yarn that is on the outside. Soooo many uses
Why would you want to reduce your yarn stash? You can always build another shed in the backyard! Lol! So...I was drawn by the sunflower pattern shown in the thumbnail.....watched the whole video...NO sunflower item.....why?
Love it!! 🤣🤣🤣 and I hope I didn't forget to mention my own pattern for floral book marks!!! Here's the link to the pattern: eliserosecrochet.com/2020/03/24/floral-granny-square-bookmark/ 🌻
I love this video and I love how excited u get about cute patterns, yarn colours and fun projects !!!😁💗 I am definately doing the scrunchies and rainbows 1st then properly the jar covers and ..... 😂 ta heaps Lovely.💗🙏
I love all of the patterns you shared, but the pencil chapstick holder!! That would make a FABULOUS gift for a teacher! I wish I’d had that when my kids were in school. (I do have some friends that are teachers , so…. Guess what they’re getting for Christmas!!)
Hi all, i have a brain medical injury an having confusion about the “free” patterns. Will You help me to go through steps? I don’t know how to do that in some sort of private manner.
I'm currently using up scraps and stash making a custom all-in-one knitting, crochet, notions tool kit and a custom stash tote. I just couldn't find anything purchasable that would fill all my needs in one simple item so i made it a stash buster project. I'm doing it fully custom to fit my interchangables, cr hooks, and main notions all in one double zip book. Same thing with the tote. I love the tall, sinch-top totes I've found on Amazon, but wanted some different configuration stuff re pockets etc, so i opted to save money AND use up stash by just making one myself.
I love these! I’ve made the breakfast trio potholders. Very easy and fun! I want to make the tea bag bookmarks! I’m a big tea drinker and so are some friends. Thank you!!!!
Yay Lawrence is watching the rugby and I'm stash busting a crochet hat with you 🎉 great recommendations I'll definitely check them out 👍 ps I LOVE your blouse 😍😍😍😍😍
Hi I love your videos, when you mentioned sewing in a zipper I got goosebumps I don't know if you have seen this but you can actually crochet in the zipper th-cam.com/video/QLhrFjMSnzg/w-d-xo.html personally I was over the moon when I found this. Hope you are doing well thank you for all the great videos
I have been looking for a video like this! Thank you so much. It seems like anyone else who makes these videos are all the same, but yours is so unique!
This doesn't help me use up my yarn at all. This just made me have new projects I need to plan more yarn for....to the yarn store! One day I'll have to go look up alot of these patterns n I'm already behind on crochet hmm
I think the jar covers could be used to cover those hot cups of coffee you buy at the coffee shops. Coffee Cozy. I am just learning to crochet. A good gift.
I made a giant sack for my yarn to bust my stash which was technically super effective except I just overfilled the thing again in the space of three weeks send help
I really like the teabag bookmark, they would be a great treat for my book club get togethers. I made your Mr. Pencil pattern for my grandkids two years ago and they were very fun to make ☺️, so the chapstick holders are appealing to me😎. Have a great weekend……Karen from Greenleaf Idaho 👍🏼
Wow 😍 I always enjoy watching your videos 😊🙌🏼🎉and your adorable little craft room is so darn cute I love it 🥰 every time I see it I can’t get enough of it 😂 thank you Elise for sharing these great ideas ❤️🙏
Thank you for all these great projects Elise. I love them and want to try to knit them all. I also have my own idea how to use left over yarn this year. I’m going to be a grandma this summer. I’m very excited and want to knit to my precious grand baby some clothes but I never done that. I remember you said that you knitted baby clothes in the past. I would really appreciate your advice on a pattern and where to get it, not to difficult but cute and beautiful. Maybe you can make a video how to knit baby clothes. Thank you very much💕
Love this video! So many great ideas, I especially love the teabagbookmarks! It has given me inspiration for other bookmarks as wel, now I see that every little amigurumi can be turned in to a bookmark. Last year I used most of my scraps/yarns that I didn't know what to do with for hats to donate. It was great, because I don't like wearing hats, I like headbands. But I do enjoy making hats, so this was a great way to make al those lovely hat patterns that where overflowing my pinterest page😂
I always use my scraps and stash for blankets. Before I made my huge granny square blanket, I had scraps which were over a decade old. And I used the hell outta it. 😂 Only a few itty bitties are left.
@@EliseRoseCrochet @@EliseRoseCrochet It came out pretty big 😂 About 1,40 meters(55 inches) by 2 meters (about 80 inches). Took me months (including my summer break) to finish it. Was my biggest finished project, yet. Now Im in the midst of another one made of 80 granny squares and a mitred pattern... and a few hundred loose ends to weave in. 🤣
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When I decided to reduce my stash, I lucked up. We are a small community and we have a free paper called The Shopper. Someone put a want ad for any left over yarn, I contacted her immediately. Meet up with her that afternoon, took her 7 black garbage bags of yarn, she cried (literally). I asked her what she did with it, I live in southern Florida, she came here during the winter, she made winter hats while she was here and when she would go home, she donated them to homeless shelters. What a great cause.
How wonderful! Sounds like it was meant to be! 🧶🧶🧶
I just wanted to say thank you, as a fellow crocheter, and someone who ended up in a homeless shelter while pregnant. I literally cried when friends of my family donated yarn for me to crochet baby items for my little one. It was about all I had, and it gave me hope. Now when I get yarn donations, I crochet and donate back to the shelter that saved our lives. You never know how much a little yarn can impact someone.
@@sedalien7937I’m so sorry you ended up there but am happy you did as that means you were getting help. That’s big and I’m proud of you. The fact that you now crochet and give back to the shelter that helped you is what it’s all about! That just warms my heart. I’m the same way. I had to get food from the church near me a couple times. I didn’t have any money but I had yarn and craft shit and some love and creativity. I made the ladies each up a little thank you gift bag and omg they all cried happy tears. I leave crocheted fidget buddies with stickers and motivational cards and a you found me keep me note in them and leave a couple at the pharmacy I go to every month (there’s a lot of methadone patients and people that need love) now if everyone acted this way, what a wonderful place it would be ❤ any small act of kindness can go such a long way, it’s pretty amazing. I hope you’re doing well now ❤
THANK YOU! I only learned to crochet this past fall, but I've been knitting for 20 years. When I first started out, I'd buy a skein here and there as inspiration (I'm sure you understand), but I had no idea what quantities I'd need for actual projects until a few years in. It's just nice to hear someone acknowledge the benefits of having a stash for once!
Yes! A stash is a good thing to have! Mine has just gotten a little too full, lol! 😂
FANTASTIC!!! I’m sitting in my laundry/ craft room, hanging out with the dogs, getting laundry done, watching TH-cam videos and working on a crochet afghan for my daughter and son in law… trying to distract myself from my cow who is going to calf but is taking forever….. I’ve been trying to use up my stash and I have a TON of cotton! I love all the patterns you showed us and man! I’m going back to watch again and make a list!!! I really needed this fun and inspirational video!!❤
Awwww! That's awesome, Nicole!! I've been checking your FB everyday to see if you all have a calf yet!! 🐮🐮🐮 Glad you enjoyed the projects!! 🧶🧶🧶
@@EliseRoseCrochet still no baby but I will definitely post when she calves. Every day is one day closer. I feel like an expectant grandma lol
A stash buster that I love is the sunburst granny square. You can use up to 4 colours per square, and it's a quick, simple design. I like it because I can make some whenever I have random yarn lying around and, once I have enough squares, turn them into whatever I feel like.
Yes!!! I love that granny square!! 🧶🧶🧶
Thank you! I saved this video to my crochet videos as there are definitely projects I want to make. I appreciate the time and effort you put in to make this for us all. You are FANTASTIC! 😀
Thank you so much!! 🧶🧶🧶
Right now I'm stashbusting by making prayer squares for our church prayer shawl ministry to distribute during the Easter season. Easy, quick, but make a thoughtful reminder of God's grace. Thanks for all the nifty ideas. Love the jar covers.
Awww, that's such a beautiful thing to do, Jim! I'm sure folks who receive them will be blessed indeed. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
What a great collection of stash busting projects! Thank you so much for mentioning my Face Scrubbie + Mesh Bag pattern.
You're so welcome!! Love your pattern!! 🧶🧶🧶
I love this!! Today I was gifted literally a trash bag full of yarn that a family friend was going to throw out. I hate things going to waste so I went and picked it up and what looked like a small bag was actually HUGE!!! I wont need to buy yarn for months and its all unused but I really needed something like this to begin to work through it especially as someone who likes making functional things.
That is amazing!!! Happy Stitching!! 🧶🧶🧶
Love your videos I'm supposed to be reducing my yarn stash too ...but...today I went online to buy t-shirts and ended up somehow ordering 16skeins of yarn and a mystery box full too🤭
😂😂😂 love it!!! 🧶🧶🧶
I definitely have the same issue. Lol I love that you called it a collection. I love having some what of a stash because I may not have much money some times but I'll still have yarn to crochet with.
I love my "collection" but it does need a slight reduction (to make room for more)! 😂
I love watching all of those incredible ideas, though I definitely know how I'm busting my yarn stash this year.
My oldest cousin is pregnant, our grandma's first great grandchild and my uncle's first grandchild, and I'm going ham with making lots of plushies (add that the ones my cousin, who also crochets, is making for her baby). I've finished a teddy bear, I'm currently making a sheep with some chenille yarn I bought for the project (in my defense, I've been wanting to try this yarn for ages and they now sell it here) and I have plans to make a Mushu plushie next since the baby's Chinese zodiac is dragon; so of course I need to make her the best dragon.
I've crocheted more on the past few weeks than the entirety of 2023... Let's just say that's going to be one spoiled baby.
Awww! How wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing! 🐉🧶❤️
I grabbed my scrap yarn box and started to freehand an amigurumi while watching. One of these days, I'm going to do a similar video with amigurumi patterns that take an ounce or less.
That's such a wonderful idea!! 🧶🧶🧶
I love to crochet and my boyfriend loves the things I make. Only bump in the road we're hitting a stopping point on getting me yarn due to bills. I enjoy creating things at home and cant wait to learn from you and many others to create even more beautiful, fun, and useful projects further into the future!
I totally understand! I hope you're able to get some yarn soon!! ❤
Do you have clothes for donation?
Cut into strips and Weave rugs until you can get yarn ✌🏼
Once I’m through the clothes I’m going to try weaving with plastic bags.
I was so good the past few years not buying any yarn! Not as fun, but definitely has helped my crazy yarn stash! 😂
You have a lot of discipline!!! 🧶🧶🧶😂
The tea bag bookmark is too cute! This video was perfect timing, I am committed to pulling all my yarn out and reorganizing it this weekend. Its such a happy mess! I almost gave up buying any new yarn for Lent but I gave up sugar instead. 😜
Lol!!! No sugar is easier than no new yarn!!! 😂😂😂
Hi Elise. To me, the best part of the video is that you have introduced me to creators I haven't met yet. I love that you take the time to research and share your favorite creators with us. I usually stick with the same few creators and I need to expand my crochet field. There are some fun patterns here, make ahead gifts for my "just in case gift box".
Thank you!! It really is fun to explore different designers!! 🧶🧶🧶
I really need to have a 'just in case' box!!
Love this video!! Definitely saving it! Love that this has smaller projects that can be made as gifts. I really needed some inspiration like this!! -Yana
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🧶🧶🧶
What a great collection of little stash busting projects! Headed to my stash right now!!! Thanks so much for another well thought out video done to perfection 👏
Thank you so much!! Happy Stitching! 🧶🧶🧶
Thanks so much for sharing these with us! I love them all. I live in a small apartment and it doesn't take long before I have too much yarn. Then there is a sale somewhere and I just HAVE to buy more. I have so much yarn stashed literally EVERYWHERE lol. Now with what you have shared today, you have given me some great things to use some of my stash so I can buy more lol!!!
Lol!!! I totally understand!! I'm on a mission to reduce my stash this year too (to make room for more 😂) 🧶🧶🧶
This is so great! I'm currently in the middle of moving, so unpacking my yarn is a pain.
BUT, I can unpack just a little to make a lot of projects with your suggestion.
I'm looking for my hooks right now....
That's great! So glad it was helpful! 🧶
Thank you for sharing this awesome information and the links.
The face scrubbers and bag was my favorite. L
You are so welcome! 🧶🧶🧶
I just found your channel and just had to subscribe. My husband and I just bought our dream home in the Highlands of Scotland, to retire to in a couple years. I have been given cart blanche to decorate as ai see fit. And I am so excited to also finally have a craft room all to myself. I am a huge fan of the boho look, probably also having grown up in the US, in the 80’s. I love the “hippy” look, being echo friendly and not spending a fortune on things to look like everyone else. I have spent the last few months crocheting coasters, table runners, placemats, napkin rings, pot holders, oven mitts, hot pads, cushion covers, throws/afghans, baskets and plant pot covers, and even curtain toppers. I have made macramé wall hangings, more fancy napkin rings and matching placemats, plant hangers and even a hanging “swing” with a big round cushion for my elderly cat to hang in the south facing window to soak up all the sunshine. I have knit a dog bed with faux fur (never again lol, it did turn out beautiful, but it was a nightmare to work with) over a beanbag dog bed. She loves it thank goodness. I have made tree ornaments in crochet, knit, and macramé but am now working on metal work, clay, and wooden ornaments as we plan on our tree being mostly hand made ornaments, with a few extra special ornaments we collected through the years that have special meaning for us. I started the ornaments to use up scrap balls of yarn from other projects.
I love the hand towel pattern link you shared. While I have also made a ton of dishwashing cloths and scrubbies, I never thought of crocheting towels! I have made a few towel toppers for holding my shop bought hand towels and even made my own rustic wooden buttons from the branches of trees from our current home that had to be cut down, to put on the towel topper to keep it secured to the oven bar. I am so excited and cannot wait to begin the towels. I love that the designer used hdc and that they have such texture. The drape is just beautiful and it makes me want to use it.
The face scrubbies are wonderful things. I have been making them for a few years and either make a little mesh bag to use for washing them in the machine so they do not get lost or I make little “baskets” to keep them in. They make great gifts for teenage girls and ladies and if you sell at craft fairs, they fly off the table as they make great stocking stuffers, teachers “thank you” gifts, etc. I have even used small wide mouth jars as containers to hold the scrubbies in, that I have made a crochet cover over the jar, glued a big clay bead in a coordinating color to glue onto the painted lid and made the scrubbies slightly smaller than the jar opening to make them easy to get in and out of the jar.
The bags are absolutely adorable. I have been making mosaic crochet coin bags, credit card/cash bags and even much bigger ones for carrying a current project with me to crochet while waiting at the Dr’s, school, dentist, wherever I have at least 5 minutes to do a few stitches. They all zip shut to keep everything clean and tidy and if working in the round there are no ends to worry about other than starting and finishing ends. I have become addicted to mosaic crochet as I can use up lots of small leftover bits as well as other skeins. I am a vegan so tend to work with cotton or acrylic depending on what I am making and the various mosaic bags work great with either. But I love that zipped bobble bag and that is on my must make list now too. I discovered an Icelandic Crocheter here on YT, Tinna (I forget her surname, but it starts with a T) and she was making some small mosaic bags with zippers and showed an easy way to crochet from the zipper down, as like you, I had nightmares about sewing zippers lol.
I cannot wait to set started, oh and that pot holder with the circles of colors, that is the project I will begin tomorrow for the new house. The colors in the kitchen are white, red, orange and yellow…and having been making the table runners and things I have leftover bits of cotton in those colors along with a stash of white cotton. I might even make a few dish cloths with the dots of colors too to go with the pot holders.
Thank you for the videos and I cannot wait to get started and to see what else you share. 💚
Wow!!! How exciting!!! What an adventure to have in Scotland! So glad you enjoyed the video and found some fun projects to make! 🧶🧶🧶
Elise! I just love your videos so much! Such a great group of ideas to make use of my huge yarn stash!! I LOVE that pot holder!
Thank you!! And I love that potholder too! So cute and cheerful!! 🧶🧶🧶
i once inherited a large collection of yarn from my grandmother. i used to make a large corner to cornet blanket ( about queen-king size). and i still have over half the stash left 😂
Wow!!! What a treasure! 🧶🧶🧶
On the topic of dish cloths, I made some but a little smaller when my daughter was a baby and starting on solid foods. I made 12 in the 6 diffent colors of the rainbow and I made matching bibs. I then at meal time I would match the bib and cloth to the color of her food so that stains wouldn't be too visible (I mean we all know hard blue berry stains are to wash out).
When my cousin was expecting her first I made a set for her. She wasn't super thrilled at first, but politely accepted the gift. Half a year later later she called "and the hand cloths and bibs you made, oh my god they are amazing, they don't stain that badly and baby girl always look squicky clean when and after eating. The rest of my mommy group want a set too now."
It has become one of my go-to gifts for baby showers.
I also made a small basket full of washing cloths for my mother upon her request. She loved them. However, funny turn of events, when the pandemic hit and we all had to limit who we let into our homes and how many, and had to wash our hands all the time. The 30 washing cloths I had made got promoted to single use hand towels. My mom put the basket next to the sink, and a dedicated laundry basket on the floor next to it. It was so easy to just grap a clean little mini towel, dry hands and drop it in the laundry. When the little laundry basket was full my mom could just pick it up dump it into the washer without having to touch the dirty towels. It was hygienic, practical, looked good and it environmentally friendly because of the amount of "dried hands pr. laundry batch".
Those are such great ideas! Thanks so much for sharing!! 🧶🧶🧶
We love you 💜💗, your work is great and easy😃 I can almost make everything. I just need a little practice and I succeed 💪😎. Thank you ☺️👍💯.
Thank you so much! 🧶🧶🧶
Your website is bugged as fuck. Every time I try to click it, the 'accept and continue' cookie patch doesn't work no matter what or how many times refreshed. Only this site isn't working and I've tried on more than one device recently :(
Thank you for letting me know! Can you email me at lepetitsaintcrochet@gmail.com and I can send you over anything you've been trying to get! So sorry about that! ❤️
I love all of your videos! I’m definitely trying to use what I have and stop hoarding it 😂 trying to remind myself I bought it to be used not looked at 🤦🏻♀️♥️
Lol!! I totally get that!! 😂😂😂
Just donated a garbage bag full to our local nursing home for there activity room! Love sharing with them!
That's such a wonderful idea!!! 🧶🧶🧶
Hi Elise, you’re going to think I’m weird for watching your channel because I haven’t crocheted in 10 years but I love watching your channel and that colorful potholder is so cute. I don’t enjoy joining together projects that’s why I like making mitered square blankets but that one was so cute. I thought the border was an i-cord border but it’s not.
I wanted to ask you you started any knitting projects this year?
Take care
Rosy
Thank you so much for watching the channel!! I'm still slowly working on a knitted Norwegian cardigan. I hope I'll finish it someday!! 🧶🧶🧶
These are adorable patterns. 😊 Right now all of my yarn is locked in a pod until my son's can bring it up to CT. I'm going to loose my mind if I don't get to crochet soon! 😱 LOL!
I hope it gets there soon!! 🧶🧶🧶
Thank you for sharing all your wonderful craft connections. I always look forward to your videos. Love your passion...great new web site. Have a great weekend ❤️🧶🇨🇦
Thank you so much!! I had fun with this one!! 🧶🧶🧶
This video did the opposite of its purpose, because now I wanna go out and get me some cotton yarn to try some of these patterns after only having used cheap acrylic yarn before.
Haha!! Well I hope you enjoy your new projects and yarn!! 🧶🧶🧶
I love your videos! You've inspired me with new ideas!! I believe the granny mitts and the dish cloths are the same link...
Oh thank you for sharing!! Will get that corrected!! 🧶🧶🧶
Hi Elise! I love when you create videos like this with so many cute ideas. I made so many gifts after watching your Christmas/Holiday gifts video! And I found some great designers to follow! Love you, Kathleen ❤
That's so awesome!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and for some good ideas! ❤️❤️❤️
I don't have a yarn stash but I'm having a hard time to what to crochet it's either a granny square or amigurumi
I say do both!!! 😂
Thank you for putting together so many good ideas in one place. There were several that U particularly liked, but loved the toast/ egg potholder… don’t know why. However, the different stitches cloths were a great idea too.
The little Diner Pot Holder set is so cute!!!! 🍳🍞☕️
Hi Elise
Thank you for sharing all these stash busting items - I’ll definitely be flagging this video as this is my year to finish all WIPs and NOT buy anymore yarn 🧶 until I finish majority of my stash!
So thank you so much 🙏🏽 Take care and stay safe and well 💗🧶🥰😻
That's a wonderful goal!! 🧶🧶🧶
Great video. Perfect small projects and I am also going to check out some of the crocheters featured
I'm so glad you enjoyed the projects!! So many great designers!! 🧶🧶🧶
Elise, thank you for sharing all these wonderful projects!!! This makes working through your stash FUN!!!! Please keep bringing more love and joy into our world through the awesome works of art you create with yarn!!!!
Thank you so much!! I really had fun sharing all these fun stash busting patterns!! 🧶🧶🧶
Some great ideas here, definitely need to reduce my stash! 😅💕
Glad you enjoyed the video! 🧶🧶🧶
Good morning Elise, I love these projects, thank you for sharing!!❤️❤️❤️🥰🙏🏼
You're so welcome!!! 🧶🧶🧶🧶
Hi Elise, thank you very much for sharing beautiful patterns. I dont miss Any videos from you.
Thank you so much!! 🧶🧶🧶
I love the toast and egg, how cute. It's nice to have small projects to work on, while waiting at the doctors.
Yes!! I love a small, quick project!! 🧶🧶🧶
Omg this is so relatable! Thanks for giving the ideas 😂 I really needed this 😅
You're so welcome! 🧶🧶🧶
When I got real serious about yarn crafts my friend would buy me yarn from Goodwill. You build up your stash really quickly. I have since gone hog wild crazy because of a deep affection for yarn and creating things out of it.
I have never thought to look for yarn at a thrift shop! Great idea!! 🧶🧶🧶
Cool ideas, thanks so much for sharing!! ❤😘😊
You are so welcome! ❤️
Such a great list! I need to get on Pinterest more often. 😊
It's a pretty good resource!! 🧶🧶🧶
Thank you so much for this video. Not only did I enjoy it, but you gave me so many ideas. Thank you again and have a great weekend
You're so welcome!! 🧶🧶🧶
Love your yarn stash and studio AND your shirt is beautiful!
Awww! Thank you so much! 🧶🧶🧶
Thankyou. I’ll be adding these to my list of things I would like to crochet. I especially like the notions pouch with the zip. Xx
I love that one too!! 🧶🧶🧶
Great ideas and such cute, adorable items. I, like you, love the little things, always have. I like to cover tuna or cat food cans with crochet. Even taller cans are useful too. I prefer crocheting with cotton for these projects. I store hooks and needles, small scraps of cut off tails of yarn, stitch markers, and place darning needles through the yarn that is on the outside. Soooo many uses
What a great idea!! It's always nice to have little cans and jars for trinkets!! 🧶🧶🧶
The jar cover would also make a good yarn cozy for cakes of yarn 😊 thanks for all the cute pattern recommendations!
That's a great idea!!! 🧶🧶🧶
Why would you want to reduce your yarn stash? You can always build another shed in the backyard! Lol!
So...I was drawn by the sunflower pattern shown in the thumbnail.....watched the whole video...NO sunflower item.....why?
Love it!! 🤣🤣🤣 and I hope I didn't forget to mention my own pattern for floral book marks!!! Here's the link to the pattern: eliserosecrochet.com/2020/03/24/floral-granny-square-bookmark/ 🌻
my grandma gave me soooo much yarn :,) ❤️ that’s where the vast majority of my stash came from, it’s a portion of hers 😆 I love her tons
Awww! That's wonderful! 🧶🧶🧶
Hi Elise. Going in hospital for a hip operation in April , so these small projects will be great to keep me busy .
Awww! I hope everything goes will with your surgery!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love this video and I love how excited u get about cute patterns, yarn colours and fun projects !!!😁💗 I am definately doing the scrunchies and rainbows 1st then properly the jar covers and ..... 😂 ta heaps Lovely.💗🙏
Thank you! 🧶🧶🧶
I want to make that little tea bag amigurumi bookmark! My sister would absolutely love that as she loves both tea and reading
That one is so sweet!! 🫖
I love this and I adore you and your extremely valuable info! Thank you!☺️
Thank you so much! 🧶🧶🧶
I love all of the patterns you shared, but the pencil chapstick holder!! That would make a FABULOUS gift for a teacher! I wish I’d had that when my kids were in school. (I do have some friends that are teachers , so…. Guess what they’re getting for Christmas!!)
I thought they were so cute too, but I love anything Jen designs!! ✏️✏️✏️
Hi all, i have a brain medical injury an having confusion about the “free” patterns. Will You help me to go through steps? I don’t know how to do that in some sort of private manner.
All the links are in the description box! ❤️❤️❤️
I love your Videos! I can't find the link for the towels, would you please help?
I fixed all the links!! Should be there now! 🧶🧶🧶
@@EliseRoseCrochet That is awesome, thank you
I'm currently using up scraps and stash making a custom all-in-one knitting, crochet, notions tool kit and a custom stash tote. I just couldn't find anything purchasable that would fill all my needs in one simple item so i made it a stash buster project. I'm doing it fully custom to fit my interchangables, cr hooks, and main notions all in one double zip book. Same thing with the tote. I love the tall, sinch-top totes I've found on Amazon, but wanted some different configuration stuff re pockets etc, so i opted to save money AND use up stash by just making one myself.
That's amazing!! 👏
I love these! I’ve made the breakfast trio potholders. Very easy and fun!
I want to make the tea bag bookmarks! I’m a big tea drinker and so are some friends. Thank you!!!!
Good to know the Diner Trio Potholders are a good pattern! I am in love with those teabags!! So cute!! ☕️☕️☕️
Yay Lawrence is watching the rugby and I'm stash busting a crochet hat with you 🎉 great recommendations I'll definitely check them out 👍 ps I LOVE your blouse 😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you, Dawn!!! I really need to start stash busting!!! 😂
Please say..., All pot holders should only be made out of 100% cotton. Acrylic can melt and you will receive bad burns.
Great tip! Thank you so much for sharing! 🧶🧶🧶
At the first second she looked like my math teacher about to yell at me for not doing my homework😂😂😂
Oh no!!! I'm sorry!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@@EliseRoseCrochet there is nothing to be sorry about 🥰🥰. By the way love the video
Hi I love your videos, when you mentioned sewing in a zipper I got goosebumps I don't know if you have seen this but you can actually crochet in the zipper th-cam.com/video/QLhrFjMSnzg/w-d-xo.html personally I was over the moon when I found this. Hope you are doing well thank you for all the great videos
Ooooh!! Now that sounds amazing!! Thanks for sharing! 🧶🧶🧶
I have been looking for a video like this! Thank you so much. It seems like anyone else who makes these videos are all the same, but yours is so unique!
Awww! Thank you so much!! 🧶🧶🧶
This doesn't help me use up my yarn at all. This just made me have new projects I need to plan more yarn for....to the yarn store! One day I'll have to go look up alot of these patterns n I'm already behind on crochet hmm
Haha!! I totally understand! 🧶🧶🧶
That's impressive, yarn is extremely expensive where I live, I can only buy one or 2 per month.
Yarn is not very expensive here so it's easy to accumulate way too much of it! 🧶🧶🧶
I've been crocheting for years and just never had the desire to make a granny square. So I don't know how😂.
That's ok! Do what makes you happy! 🧶🧶🧶
I have a lot more than I need, but I am making baby afghans for future showers and maybe to give to hospitals for children.
Wonderful! ❤️❤️❤️
I think the jar covers could be used to cover those hot cups of coffee you buy at the coffee shops. Coffee Cozy. I am just learning to crochet. A good gift.
Thanks for sharing! 🧶🧶🧶
I made a giant sack for my yarn to bust my stash which was technically super effective except I just overfilled the thing again in the space of three weeks send help
Lol!!! Love it!! You sound like a true crocheter!! 🧶🧶🧶
I crocheted the boho rainbow for my grandsons classroom. Their teachers loved them! Thanks for sharing are these stashbusting ideas.
That's wonderful!! 🌈🌈🌈
So many nice ideas. Thank you, Elise!
You are so welcome! 🧶🧶🧶
Have you started on any of these projects?
Can you imagine how cute that would be to show off your color choices
I have not, yet! They are on my ever-growing list of projects to make! 🧶🧶🧶
Seriously…. Chapstick holder ain’t gonna cut into stash reduction 😂
Lol!!! This made me laugh!!! 🧶😂🧶😂
Thank you for another beautiful and useful video, brilliant ideas 😊
You're so welcome!! 🧶🧶🧶
Living in a small northern canada town I buy what I can because supply is crazy limited
That is such a shame!! 🧶🧶🧶
I really like the teabag bookmark, they would be a great treat for my book club get togethers. I made your Mr. Pencil pattern for my grandkids two years ago and they were very fun to make ☺️, so the chapstick holders are appealing to me😎. Have a great weekend……Karen from Greenleaf Idaho 👍🏼
That's such a great idea!! So glad you enjoyed making Mister Pencil!! He's one of my favorites!! ✏️✏️✏️
I am making a scrap blanket for my idea. I will finish sometime this week. The border is taking a long time.
That's wonderful!! 🧶🧶🧶
Take 3 balls of yarn n knit one of those big chunky blankets! They come out awesome!
Oh great! Thanks for sharing! 🧶🧶🧶
Wow 😍 I always enjoy watching your videos 😊🙌🏼🎉and your adorable little craft room is so darn cute I love it 🥰 every time I see it I can’t get enough of it 😂 thank you Elise for sharing these great ideas ❤️🙏
Awww! Thank you so much!! 🧶🧶🧶
Is it a coincidence that you included the bobble notions pouch in this video as I'm nearly done making it?
Oh wow!! I love that pattern! 🧶🧶🧶
I like the puffy stitch pouch. It's thick and can cushion what's inside.
It really is so cute! 💓
I like to call my stash a "hoard". So I can identify as a "Yarn Dragon"
Haha!!! Love it!! 🐲
Scrunchies are cool, but lace scrunchies would really showcase those crochet skills and be a way to use up surplus doily cotton.
Thanks for sharing! 🧶🧶🧶
I love all of your videos so much! Aesthetically pleasing and full of good information!
Yay! Thank you! 🧶🧶🧶
Thank you for all these great projects Elise. I love them and want to try to knit them all. I also have my own idea how to use left over yarn this year. I’m going to be a grandma this summer. I’m very excited and want to knit to my precious grand baby some clothes but I never done that. I remember you said that you knitted baby clothes in the past. I would really appreciate your advice on a pattern and where to get it, not to difficult but cute and beautiful. Maybe you can make a video how to knit baby clothes. Thank you very much💕
Check out Wooly Wonders Crochet on TH-cam! She has adorable patterns and tutorials! 🧶🧶🧶
@@EliseRoseCrochet thank you Elise💐
Love this video! So many great ideas, I especially love the teabagbookmarks! It has given me inspiration for other bookmarks as wel, now I see that every little amigurumi can be turned in to a bookmark.
Last year I used most of my scraps/yarns that I didn't know what to do with for hats to donate. It was great, because I don't like wearing hats, I like headbands. But I do enjoy making hats, so this was a great way to make al those lovely hat patterns that where overflowing my pinterest page😂
That's awesome!!! Hats are fun to make!!! 🧶🧶🧶
Stash busters
1. Mug rugs
2. Floor rugs
3. Cup cozies
Thanks for sharing! 🧶🧶🧶
Give it and any unused tools to senior centers. They LOVE yarn.
That's such a great idea!! Thank you for sharing!! 🧶🧶🧶
Wow! You outdid yourself. It would have taken me forever to come up with all of these cute projects. I ❤ every one of them!
Awww, thank you!! I'm so glad you like all the projects!! 🧶🧶🧶
15 patterns discussed, but I see only 12 links to patterns.
Yikes!! I forgot to add the last three!! Fixed now!! 🧶🧶🧶
This is great! I can't wait to get going....cuz my stash is quite stashy!
Haha!! Have fun!! 🧶🧶🧶
I love all these stash busting patterns. I love that rainbow pot holder. I love the little green notions pouch.
Love those patterns too!! 🧶🧶🧶
I always use my scraps and stash for blankets.
Before I made my huge granny square blanket, I had scraps which were over a decade old. And I used the hell outta it. 😂 Only a few itty bitties are left.
Wow!!! I'm impressed!! 🧶🧶🧶
@@EliseRoseCrochet @@EliseRoseCrochet It came out pretty big 😂
About 1,40 meters(55 inches) by 2 meters (about 80 inches).
Took me months (including my summer break) to finish it.
Was my biggest finished project, yet. Now Im in the midst of another one made of 80 granny squares and a mitred pattern... and a few hundred loose ends to weave in. 🤣
What a great video Elise. Lots of awesome quick projects 😊
Thanks so much! 😊