Scrap Happy September Scraps
Happy ScrapHappy Day!
ScrapHappy Day is the 15th of the month, when a group of bloggers each post a blog about using up their scraps! Any material of genuine scrap status is allowed: I have used scraps of wood; yarn; and fabric. I’ve also seen posts about: scrap silver; polyethylene; paper; electronic equipment; metal; and I think just about everything!
Sock scraps!
I was away from most of my scraps for almost a month, but I did bring some scrap yarn and made these while I was away…
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Birthday Socks
…I used leftover yarn from this pair of socks.
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2025 Cardigan
Last year I made this cardigan, and it did generate some leftover yarn…
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Yarn scrap accents
…which I used to accent this shawl. A friend spun the dark brown and light brown alpaca, and asked me to knit it up for her. It’s going to be a shawl using a pattern that I bought at the Frilands Museet in Copenhagen. I am part way through knitting a dark red lace at the bottom edge.
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Lace
That’s my very short September 2026 Scrap Happy contribution! If you would like to join in the scrappy joy, please email me at:
quimperhitty at gmail dot com
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I love reading about the interesting and inspiring ideas that people are willing to share and the clever ways that so many bits and pieces have been saved from the scrap heaps!
These are links to the lovely scrap people in the group at present – please check them out:
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love those dinky scrappy socks!
I love tiny socks too, they are fun to make!
Lovely scrappy creations! Perfect for making from small balls of yarn whilst away from home. A shawl is so useful when the weather is unpredictable and those striped ones look great.
The shawls are so pretty, and I was glad that they had the pattern in English!
I suspect a pattern written in another language would be possible to use k2, p2 etc being code anyway. But if it was in cyrilic alphabet or arabic or something I would have no chance. English is certainly easier! Even some patterns and recipes from Australia or the uS can be confusing.
I highly admire how your scraps were used this past month. It’s a wonderful habit to have-using those scraps up. By the way, your items that used the scraps are just so pretty as well as useful. Thank you for continuing to share.
I enjoy making things, and there always seems to be some leftover materials, it is SO satisfying to use them up!
Beautiful use of yarn scraps! I love the socks and the shawl will be awesome!
The big socks and the small socks are so cute – right!? I love the way the shawl is turning out!
That’s your “short” list? My word, I am so impressed. Your makes are delightful. I’m glad you could plan ahead and have projects for your time away.
I love to knit on the plane – it does make the time go faster!
love the toque and the tiny socks are delightful. The lace edging on the shawl is perfect, the colour is really nice with the brown.
–and I saw the lace edging at the Guild last night.
The colours are much nicer in person aren’t they! I look forward to completing the lace when my friend gets it back to me.
Those tiny socks!! Good to see you’ve reached the lace edging on the shawl – well done!
Shawls can get tedious once you get up to the 300 + garter stitches per row! The lace was fun! I really like the way it comes together and is incorporated into the body of the shawl as it is knitted.
A whole day each month where a group of bloggers all use up their scraps is a great idea, and I had no idea it stretched to scrap silver and electronics. Birthday socks out of leftovers from another pair feels like the purest version of it.
We all make interesting use of scraps! Check out Dawn’s blog (in the links above) for silver recycling. Our most faithful electronics wiz hasn’t posted in a while, but I love to see it when it happens!
Scrap silver has been rattling around my head since I read that. I will have a look at Dawn’s, thank you. There is something satisfying about a monthly deadline that is specifically for using things up rather than making something new.