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01/24/2008

Repurpose:
Glass Jars + Crochet = Cool Containers
Yarn Balls + Bamboo Skewers = Modern Flowers

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The yarn ball flowers were a spur of the moment thought. Just poke the skewer into the yarn! You can always find second hand yarn at the thrift shop or use your own. They remind me of giant allium.


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I love making these cozies for the glass jars I've saved. They are super quick and a good way to use up stash yarn. They can be coordinated to any room and I love the soundproofing that the cozy provides too. Here we've got a Pom glass, a pickle jar, and a pesto jar. The jars are removable so they, and the covering, can be washed.

Crochet notes: Begin by crocheting in the round to form the base. The base should be slightly smaller than the base of the jar. Once the base is the right size then stop increasing and continue crocheting until you've reached the height of the jar. Change colors when and where you want and add an edging to the top edge if you desire. The blue and green one doesn't have an edging, the other two do. I used single crochet but any stitch will work.

Comments

Love this and this idea has been in the back of my mind for a month or so. I'm going to finally tackle doing the project in my head and had to recheck your post. But I couldn't find it under your crochet tag. :( Lucky I know to look under tags.

Wow!! What a great idea!! I'm making felt flowers to a good friend ( it's for her birthday) and I think that I will also use your idea if you don't mind!!

I love the lollipop-ish yarn flowers! Also, I love your tagline: simply happy pretty things. That is so my raison d'etre.

I've always loved your jar cozies and the yarn flowers are so cool! great idea.

What a great idea! Both of them!

Gorgeous! I've been meaning to try jar cosies myself -- I have seen some cute lacy ones in a couple of Japanese craft mags.
The yarn flowers are great, too. At first I thought they were pom poms, which would make effective alliums, I reckon!

good golly gosh! great idea cassie. :)

Wonderful. I love the flower yarn ball idea! Isn't it amazing how those spur of the moment ideas can be so creative?!

What a brilliant idea. I'm going to make some crocheted jar covers fot the pens on my desk. Thank you very much!

Such cool ideas! Thanks!! (^_^)v

What a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing. I loved your platters from yesterday's post too, by the way. I hope to try that!

Wow! Perfect. What an amazing idea. I'm thinking of "Norbert Hears a Who"...I'm so making these!

Love the modern floral arrangement. Perhaps that is how I can display my Ziploc bag dryer when not in use. http://foothillhomecompanion.blogspot.com/2008/01/crafting-in-kitchen.html

As ever, I am so impressed with how fresh and stylish the things you make are. Cool!

Holy Moly! How amazingly simple and beautiful. I finally have a good use for that big pack of leftover wooden skewers! You are so amazing.

what great ideas. and i love allium. i just unravelled a thrifted blanket yesterday and have all these little balls of different colors waiting for their next project. until then, i will display them as allium. :>

i think there's probably many avenues that could be explored with the yarn balls and skewers. A tinker toy like structure comes to mind first.

I love the idea of "yarn on a stick"!

Last year, a friend of mine was heavily pregnant and with too much free time on her hands and she had an idea for "candle cosies", which I then put into action:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/melinha/Crafts/IM000814.jpg

I used a large and tall candle and make the cosy not too tall, in case you'd want to burn the candle and not get wax on the cosy.

Lovely idea and blog! I found you through ravelry. I've just started knitting again and now I think I might have to learn to crochet too!

I love it! It's my next project! What a great idea! Thanks!

I love these cozies - you are so talented. I am hoping you will post a tutorial for the button bouquets. Thanks.

very cool!

What a great idea for that cupboard full of saved jars! Very pretty.

Brilliant!! Love the pretty colors. :o)

Those are truly great!

Those are truly great!

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