Scrap Basket

I had a bunch of scrap yarn left over from various projects and I wanted to clear through some of it since I don't have much space to store yarn. I decided to try the same basket that I made a few months ago, but this time, instead of using two strands of super bulky yarn, I used five strands of my scrap yarn. I don't think this is the loveliest color combination, but it is colors that my daughter loves and the basket is just being used to hold some of her toys, so it's good enough! 

Like before, I followed the pattern on Crochet In Color.

Snowflake Table Runner

I stumbled on this table runner on Pinterest a while back and was excited to work on it. It's not winter time yet, but I didn't feel like waiting! I've been working on a blanket for the past FOREVER and I needed a break to work on some smaller projects. 

The pattern is from Red Heart. While looking for the suggested yarn from the pattern, I saw this Red Heart Shimmer yarn on clearance and decided that it was perfect for snowflakes. Plus it was cheap!

 

I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Some of the snowflake points weren't laying flat, but I just misted the table runner with a spray bottle, fixed everything so that it laid how I wanted, and then let it dry overnight. It's still not perfect, but I like it!

Basket

I had seen several neat baskets on Pinterest, so I decided to try one out. I liked the one on Crochet in Color. I did my best to follow the instructions, but mine doesn't seem as stiff as hers. When it was done, the shape was a little off, so I tried getting it wet and having it dry filled with rags to make it the right shape. 

That helped a lot, but you can see that the top is a little uneven. I had made it taller than the instructions said to, which may have contributed to it not looking right. Definitely not a perfect basket, but it will work to hold my yarn for other projects.

Pillow Cover

My husband ran Ragnar last weekend, so he was going to be gone for a couple of days. Whenever he is out of town, I like to come up with some projects to keep me busy. One of my projects this time was a pillow cover. I found a pattern that I liked at one little rayndrop. Her pattern was for a different sized pillow than I had, but I figured I could adjust.

I ended up making my cover too tall. The ends were supposed to meet at the top of the pillow, but mine overlapped by quite a bit. I decided to just pull the top over and put the buttons down a little lower. I actually like how it turned out, and maybe prefer to have them down a little instead of right on the top.

Another project I had was to cover a lamp shade for the lamp in our living room. You can see it on the table in this picture.