What are some random (or unexpected) items you have used for crochet projects?
Here are some odd things I have used.
(Not pictured are cat toys, wooden dowels/platform, drill, wood glue, small chains, and who knows what else.)
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I’ve recently found yarn tension rings to be useful little gadgets. As I’m also proficient at jewelry creating I’m considering trying to figure out how to make them.
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That sounds fun. I make some jewelry but have not done much wire work with it.
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I’ve been doing jewelry as long as I’ve been crocheting.
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The chopsticks are a MUST, def unexpected tho
but you gotta snack while you crochet!!
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I’ve never used tension rings, how do they feel?
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I’ve used safely pins, wooden flag poles (to wrap my yarn around because I don’t have a yarn winder and I took 7 hours untangling 1 skein
), some random Christmas bells I got for 20¢ (or something like that), forks (to make a nice bow), kitchen scizzors (I didn’t have any near me), pencils (to shove stuffing into ridiculously small holes), water bottle (flag pole situation repeated), and probably a lot of other stuff that is not as significant.
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I’ve used my CAT and ARM as a measurement because I want as too lazy to walk 10 feet to get my measuring tape.
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I use empty pill bottles to secure my wound yarn:
I also cut bobbi pins short and cushion the ends with nail polish to use as a stitch marker when I need to move one a lot in a pattern:
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The terrors of tangled yarn.
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I love the use of a cat. I know mine are always trying to help.
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I love both of those ideas. I would not have thought of those.
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I have six, so at least 1 is always near.
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They make using the dreaded acrylic much easier to deal with. It’s similar to just wearing a knuckle ring would feel. I actually found myself allergic to the first one I ordered and plan on just wearing the as a permanent ring with my other jewelry(because my engagement ring was not designed to fit my wedding band I wear my engagement ring on my pointer finger). The tension ring I was using didn’t interfere with my other jewelry. You can find both the cheap ones I was allergic to and the sterling silver version I have to order on Amazon.
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Thank you!! That would be really nice because I’m trying to use my scratchy acrylic so I can get rid of it. Sometimes I don’t want to use it as stuffing
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I’m trying to work through some acrylic I bought to. Good luck with yours.
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Thx
No problem. I’m curious how chopsticks are used in crochet?
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So you can eat snacks without getting it on your fingers!!
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Lol I was thinking maybe blocking granny squares
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