Turn leftover yarn into fun projects with these Scrap and Stash Toy Free Knitting Patterns for cute and creative toys.
The colorful scraps of leftover yarn are pure gold when it comes to knitting toys. Small projects like stuffed animals, dolls, and pocket-sized toys don’t need much yarn, making them the perfect excuse to dig through your stash and put every last bit to good use. These are perfect for a quick weekend project or a sweet handmade gift. These Scrap and Stash Toy Free Knitting Patterns will utilize all the yarn from your collection.
Scrap and Stash Toy Free Knitting Patterns
1. LOOM KNITTING Doll
If you’ve got a loom and some spare yarn lying around, these cheerful dolls from LoomaHat are a fantastic place to start. Mix and match your scraps in different colors of yarn for the hair, dress, and accessories.
2. Free Capybara Knitting Pattern
Knit your own tiny capybara with this free pattern from Moumou Knits. It is knitted in the round and is for people who are at intermediate skill levels. Keep them as home decor on the shelves of a children’s room or nursery.
3. Using Scraps: Toys
The team at Reclaimed Craft Blog has put together a thoughtful guide to knitting toys entirely from scraps. Hang the knitted bee near the knitted flower to decorate your home for the spring arrival.
4. Little Lemon – Free Knitting Pattern
Brighten up your day with this sweet little lemon pattern from The Knit Guru. Toss a few in a bowl for quirky kitchen decor or gift them to someone who needs a little zest in their life.
5. Stripey Scrappy Monster
This striped monster pattern is made by Len Woodman, using a bunch of scrap yarn in different colors. They are colorful, meaning you can use every oddball color in your stash, and the sillier the combination, the better.
6. Pepper the Pocket Hedgehog
Tiny, spiky, and utterly adorable, this hedgehog pattern is created by Charlotte W. To make this sweet companion for little hands, you need bulky yarn and US 8 knitting needles.
7. Novelty Eggs
Jean Greenhowe’s novelty eggs pattern has a signature charm and clear instructions. You can knit them for Easter decorations or gifts. The different headgears, such as bows, caps, and headbands, make all of them unique and attractive.
8. Cute Monsters
At Red Ted Art, you’ll find a guide to creating cute, kid-friendly monsters from whatever yarn you have lying around. The techniques used to make them are stocking stitch, seed stitch, loop stitch for hair, and i-cord for the arms and legs.
9. Knit Daisy the Cow
This cow by Sachiyo Ishii is a classic farmyard friend that works beautifully with black, white, and a few colorful scraps for details. The pattern produces a cuddly, huggable toy that’s just the right size for your kids and is suitable for intermediate skill-level knitters.
10. Scrap Yarn Hedgehog
Midori Hirose has designed specifically for using up those last bits of yarn. The scrap yarn hedgehog lets you mix textures and colors freely, creating a one-of-a-kind toy every time.
11. Cat toys from yarn scraps
Your feline friends deserve handmade goodies, too. This toy collection made by Kornelia St offers quick patterns for knitting cat toys from yarn scraps like mice, balls, and crinkly shapes. Spoil your cat with this toy while clearing out your stash.
12. pocket pals the gnomes
These tiny gnomes created by Debi Birkin are eye-catching in vibrant, colorful DK yarn. You can line them up on a shelf, tuck them into gift bags, or let your kids carry them around as pocket-sized pals.
13. Little Knit Fish
Classic Songbird Designs’ little knit fish pattern is simple, sweet, and endlessly customizable. If you have a friend or relative who likes fishing, gift them this school of knitted fish.
