Make Your Own Specialty Yarn

Country Naturals - celebrating the simple life
Original articles, photos, and links for butterflies, knitting, gardening, home improvement, and much more.

Country Naturals

Love Your Pet Expo - Annual Pet-Friendly Event
Join the fun in-person or online. April 5, 2008, Shasta Fairgrounds, Anderdon, CA. Vendors and sponsors welcome.

LoveYourPetExpo

Butterfly-Moth
Original photos, articles, and links to other online resources for people who want to attract butterflies to their yards and gardens.

Butterfly-Moth

Party Pattern
Add texture and color by weaving in strands from your stash.This is my favorite. It has loads of possibilities.

Start with any basic pattern, stitch, and yarn. Add in random strands of other yarns as you go. Always use enough yarn to cover at least 4 stitches, to make sure it doesn't pull out. Vary the length and randomize the colors.

Work the new piece in by laying it over your main yarn in the middle of a stitch, then knit until it's gone.

Adding a new piece of yarn to your knitting

This photo shows all the "tails" brought to one side and left long, for a shaggy effect.

Confetti knitting

This photo shows the same piece from the other side, for a more subtle effect.

Make your own specialty yarn