Useless?

Yes. The balls of wool were just languishing in the drawer not doing anything in particular, just there.

Unused?  Yes, I kept passing them over in favour of better colours, larger amounts, better feel.

But …

now I've been using them up in my latest blanket, I can't get enough of them. I keep hunting out more yarn to use and foraging through different cupboards and baskets in the hope of finding the odd ball. (I didn't put 'or two' because it sounded quite rude!)

I've been using them in not particular order. When one ball runs out another takes its place and it makes for a rainbow coloured blanket.

Is it turquoise?

or green?

or pink?

or red?

Is it white?

It's growing fast and is going to be very heavy because I'm using a large hook and 3 strands of wool.

So is the wool useless or unused?

No, not now.

I think I shall call it my 'Useless/useful blanket'.

"Everyone and everything has a purpose. You just have to take the time to figure out what that purpose is."

Quote - Unknown

Should I?

I've been using up my small scraps of wool to crochet ...

… a basket weave blanket (a neat idea from a blog I came across. This isn't the one but has the same idea). Use a large crochet hook and 3 balls of DK and work a basket weave stitch, adding in different colours when each ball runs out. My hook was a 9mm.

Now should I use up all these balls of wool which may come in handy for smaller projects? While I decide I'll just carry on with this blanket. :)

xx