Need a No-Knit Way to Use Some Yarn?

I usually try to stick to things that are actually knit when I share projects over here, but some people use yarn in other crafty ways that are worth noting.

Like this spring wreath featured at CraftsNCoffee, which uses bright yellow Homespun as the background for a pretty bird’s nest with lots of details.

Making wreaths or wrapping just about anything in yarn is a great way to pare down your stash quickly, especially if you have some “how did that get there?” balls in colors you wouldn’t normally work with.

It reminds me of my pom-pom wreath, which I made for winter but you could really do in different colors for just about any time of year.

Do you like to use yarn in home decor projects that aren’t knit? I’d love to hear your ideas.

[Photo via CraftsNCoffee.]

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I can’t resist a pattern that’s both useful and a little silly, and that’s exactly how I feel about the Rybka pouch pattern from the delightfully named Rat and Sea Witch.

I know you’re going to ask, because I did, too. Rybka means little fish in Polish. (And because you’re also probably going to ask, Rat and Sea Witch comes from people’s attempts to say the designer’s name, Ratasiewicz, which if you say it fast kind of sounds like rat and sea witch.)

It’s easy to make a little fish bag in different sizes to suit your needs. The pattern has specific instructions for an Airpods Pro case and a pencil case, but you could change the length easily to hold more stuff, and change the size in general by working with a different weight of yarn.

The pattern calls for sock yarn and mohair held together to make a fingering weight gauge, but you could try it with heavier yarn and see what size bag you end up with.

Whatever size you make it, this looks like a fun project for holding trinkets or everyday items. The mouth of the fish is the mouth of the bag, and it closes with a drawstring that is also the strap. I wonder, too, if you could make one of these with a small clasp frame that could be the fish’s mouth and then you could just work I cord straps that would attach to the sides of the fish.

I could also see stripes, or fish of different colors to use up your yarn leftovers. How about a sunglasses case with a little loop to attach to your bag? Once you start thinking about all the ways you could use a fish-shaped bag in your life, I think you’ll see that you probably need more than one.

If you make one of these I would love to know how it went!

You can grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Rat and Sea Witch]

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