What do you do with your tiny scraps

I stuff them into amigurumi as filler, as is the custom.

I use a wire brush, brush them out into fibres, and use them for needlefelting faces and small details!

I've also seen others brush out the fibres and rewind into new yarn.

Usually I lose them in the carpet then freak out months later thinking it's a centipede but no, it's just yarn doodles lol

Stuff them at the bottom of my yarn bag and get mad when I pull a skein out and there's little bits stuck to it 🤣

They’re in a jar probably never to be used but I NEED to keep them!

We call them schnipsels! We also put them in an empty jar. Sometimes I think about using them as stuffing. My ex called them stringettes, from a Monty Python skit I guess?

My wife does crossstitch and she calls it an ort jar. If you save up enough yarn you can use it to stuff an amigurumi.

I carded them, handspun new yarn and knit a scrappy cowl 😊

Send them to Hedgehog fiber to be reused and you get a discount.

https://shop.hedgehogfibres.com/pages/recycle-with-hhf

I keep mine in a ziploc but a jar is probably prettier 🤣 then I just use them to stuff my pillows (I’ve been making tapestry pillows a lot lately)

They decorate my floor until I see one of these posts and start collecting them in a jar. Then my kids steal the jar and use them to decorate my floor 😅

If they’re super short, I have a little box I put them in, and use them as stuffing. If they’re a little longer, but not enough to make anything with by itself, I tie them together and make a cool little colorful monster amigurumi with it.

Garbage. If it's a yarn I didn't like or don't have enough of to make anything reasonable, it goes straight in the garbage.

I have an empty ornament I got from the craft store back in 2020. I put scraps in there and when it is eventually full, it will go on the Christmas tree. I like having an assortment of ornaments that are either sentimental or symbolic (tea cups, things I made, etc). The plan is to do some building of the collection now so the tree isn’t bare, and then REALLY get into building the collection once I have kids who have art projects to add

The right yarn at a decent length makes for good old fashioned stitch markers. Mine get tiny-binder clipped together for added security.

But I now own actual stitch markers so I have no valid excuse for keeping them.

Scatter them all over my house then grumble about how there are yarn scraps everywhere

I have mine sorted by type since i tend to get the same 2-4 blends (acrylic/alpaca wool/silks/alpaca-silk blend) for brushing out and making new yarn with once i have enough

I don't do amiguri so stuffing doesn't work for me

I save them for "later" lol i think I've actually remembered to use them as stuffing 2 or 3 times

Stuffie filler

Stuffing!

I have a bottle for each year.

Reuse for stuffing lol

This isn’t helpful but once I shoved all my scraps into an empty bottle of sprite that I took from a friend who was asleep

Use them as snacks when you're feeling peckish

Save em up and use em to stuff small amigurumi with :>

Stuffing

I put them outside for nearby birds to use for nests

I do the same! One for yarn and one for thread

Let me guess, you have a cat who once had to be put on intestinal blockage watch after eating an puking a bunch of yarn?

Honestly if you’re looking for the long run, i tie substantial scraps (that aren’t knotted to hell) to eachother and make a scrap ball of all the colors.

i tie them together using a square knot. so i’ve amassed around 80 grams of miscellaneous yarn (its all acrylic) and wound it into a ball of colourful goodness. no idea how long i’ll keep up the practice or what i’ll make once i decide it’s enough, but it’s fun nonetheless.

Oh a bottle for storage is such a good idea! Dunno why I hadnt thought of it yet, I've just been stuffing them in my yarn drawer XD

If the scraps are long enough, you can incorporate them into your work for pops of color. You can use them to stuff small projects like amigurumi or anything that needs stuffing. Perfect for filling awkward corners. You can use them to felt or even to seam holes. Even crochet tiny squares or whatever to add.

The possibilities are endless. 🙌🏻

If I have longer pieces, I do scrappy projects. Works perfectly for it!

If mine are long enough I use them to make crazy yarn. I tie together end to end and when it is big enough I’ll have figured out what I want to make with it by then. The smaller of the scraps I keep in a zip lock and I’ll figure that out later. Probably stuffing or another craft or gift to a friend that crafts. Small yarn pieces chopped up super fine to dust make good flocking.

Pillow stuffing ✨

I fill old candle jars, intend on using them to fill amigurumi, never make said amigurumi, horde candle jars full of yarn scarps until we move again and I need to declutter, repeat.

I had a bunch then gave them to a friend who does more amigurumi than I do

quick snack for later

Ive seen people put them in clear Christmas baubles and hand on the tree

Felting!

Witch bottle. Bury it at the corners of your property. The idea is that bad energies get trapped finding the ends of all the yarn. Add any pins and broken needles and salt.

Historical witch bottles have pee (did you see that episode of antiques road show), but any vinegar should be fine.

I use them as stitchmarkers.

I tie long scraps together to make a ratty ball of yarn that I crochet cat toys with, then I stuff them with the smaller scraps and donate them to the local animal shelter!

I throw them away. If I’m forward-thinking enough with WIPs, I’ll use them to stuff the occasional amigurumi, but I’ve only done that once or twice.

I put mine outside. The birds pick them up to use for their nests.

I cut them into shorter segments, collect them, then in summer I use them in paper making (recycling shredded mail into homemade paper). The short threads help add strength to the paper plus make it look cool.

depending on how long they are, maybe consider nålbinding if you have the patience to learn another craft

I know some people make Christmas ornaments so they can see what colors they used throughout the year.

I stuff things with them, and sometimes I put them between two layers of tulle and sort of quilt it so it makes a heavy, textured fabric

Snacks

I use an old Yankee candle jar 🤷🏼‍♀️

use as stitch markers, string plant vines to stakes, mini projects likr braclets

I turn them into stitch markers.

I save them, so I can invisible mend with them afterwards.

Use them as fire starters, forgetting they're made of plastic, and stare at it surprised when it withers and melts lol

One year I bought a pack of those empty bulb ornaments from Michael’s and I’ve made a few ornaments with my ends by filling those bulbs with them. It looks cool! Also, it paired nicely with a blanket I made for Christmas - they got a blanket and an ornament made with the ends and pieces of their new blanket!

I use them as stuffing, or stich markers. :)

I make cat toys out of them lol

Same.

Stuffing, stitch markers. I also knit so if I have long enough scraps they also become stitch holders.

shove them in a yogurt container

i don't make enough amigurumi, so i have a full bin of yarn scraps lmao

My grandmother used to have this giant vase in her closet filled with fabric squares that she would use to patch holes in other garments. My younger self used to go in there, pull them out, and look at the different types of materials for hours. I sometimes imagine having a giant vase filled with yarn scraps for my grandkids to pull out and play with, but in the end, I use them as stuffing for other projects. haha

My shorter fibers (anything less than at least a few meters long) get put in their own separate baggie for stuffing purposes. But longer lengths of yarn are being stored in various jars (one is an old dog treat jar lol) to eventually be strung together into frankenyarn! I can’t wait.

I really need to sit down and just join and wind what I have saved up already, but it just hasn’t happened yet. I can’t wait to see what insanity might ensue with the colors and texture differences.

Stuffing or i brush then out and just play with the fluff

Stitxh markers with some of them

I wish I had an answer other than save them in gallon sized baggies and glass jars.

I use them as stuffing for small amigurumi projects

Stuffing for other crochet amigurumi

If it’s above a certain size they get tied together and added to the super scrap strand for a basket I’m making. Too small and it gets shoved into a glass bottle with a cork top. It’ll probably all be used for stuffing eventually but right now I want to see how long it’ll take to fill it!

You can send them to Hedgehog Fibres, they recycle them.

Their lifecycle is pickle jar > amigurumi or cat toy (ball made of extra yarn). Just be careful using yarn stuffing in case of gifting the amigurumi- the multiple yarn types makes washing it in the future more dicey

Absolutely nothing useful, I bin them instantly

I save mine to put them outside for birds to find & use in their nests.

Give them to the birds for comfy nesting material.

My cat gets the bits a plays with them.