Loose Ends

I had a whole bunch of loose ends of different balls of mostly variegated cotton yarn. It's been around for awhile. I had it stored in a box and when I looked in there to see what yarn I had in there I found a mouse must have chewed through the balls of yarn in a couple of places. Thank goodness there was no sign of the mouse.  Eeeeeeeek! 

Well, anyway, I decided that I should probably do something with those loose ends and so I found my crochet hook and one of my pattern books and made a very scrappy pocket shawl. 

Goofball hubby thinks it is ugly. He likes a world that is more black and white. 

It's not for him. It's all mine and I think it will warm my shoulders when they get cold next winter. 

Before I used any of the balls of yarn I crocheted a dishcloth if there was enough yarn for one. When the urge strikes I will embroider on some feedsack dishcloths and make some potholders and make up some gift sets. I found some scrubby yarn too so I may crochet up a few scrubbies to go with the sets. 

I still have lots of unused cotton yarn so may crochet a few fancier washcloths to combine with body wash or handmade soap gift sets.  Several years ago I included luffas I grew with those gift sets.

So that's how I've been making myself useful in the evenings. 

I think I'm tired of crochet right now and hope to get a quilt in the hoop one of these days so I can do some hand quilting.