Scrap Yarn to Snuggly Blanket 🧶 the BEST waste yarn project

[@aukjevankolck1017]

Pausing the video to comment. It's okay to have better and worse days. It's okay to be less talkative, and you don't need to explain anything. You're a human being, not a robot made for performing. If being creative helps you feel better, that's amazing. If you manage to share some of it, well that's great. But above all you're a person, with needs and limits. From what I can tell about your community, it's very understanding and supportive. Don't give more than you have to give. We're here for talkative problem solving, and we're here for cozy video footage of you quietly making things. And if you need some time, we're still here. I really hope you're gonna have some better days again soon ❤

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

Seconding this (And, a commendation, for delineating and such... so well!)

[@jcats8561]

Well said, and I agree wholeheartedly!

[@morningrose428]

I love the idea of the community sending you flowers! Count me in!

[@ClaudiaJasalavich]

The draping of the strand of unstuffed hexipuffs over your immediately made me think of a making dragon hat/ hood. They would make great dragon scales.

[@rabidpotatoify]

Haha I was thinking stegosaurus!

[@kellywilkinson292]

Today’s been hard and I didn’t expect to play this video and feel like someone else gets it. Thank you. Didn’t expect to actually cry about it, but maybe that’s a good thing, Idk. I hate when a migraine spends hours just making me feel ugh before actually revealing itself to be a migraine which delays taking the medicine for it. I feel you. Thank you for being real.

[@SusieQ3]

That's the worst! I hope you can find relief and feel better soon. ❤

[@uschilou]

And you'd think we'd learn to recognize those incoming migraine headaches! I kick myself every time I wait too long to take medicine.

[@dees3179]

Mine are like that too. And the medication doesn’t help that much anyway. It’s just better than not. My migraines can last weeks so it’s like a dark mist descending every time because I know I’m in for a bad time. Sending hugs to you all.

[@sutarikun]

I'm definitely part of the community who would love to help with the hexipuffs! Back when I worked in an office I kept half-balls of fingering- and sock-weight yarn at my desk for making hexipuffs in hope of making a beekeeper quilt (even if my gauge was WAY TOO TIGHT). I hope you're having more good days than bad now and I'll be sending good vibes whenever you need them!

[@stacilou15]

During 2023 I was going through grad school and working full time. Your videos were a great company during long hours writing and researching. I never thought I would ever knit anything but as a fun congratulations for graduating I went to my LYS and bought $30 yarn and needles and taught myself to knit contental. It has become such a soothing hobby and I love it! I would love to knit a hexi flower for you!

[@Hippiechick11]

I used to get migraines. Even after the pain is gone, there was always a kind of hangover period afterwards where I wasnt in pain, but I was foggy for a day or so. Im so glad I no longer have them. Hugs to you, and my heart goes out to you. Just take care of yourself and hugs to you.

[@dees3179]

Congratulations for getting rid of them. I can’t imagine them going, it sounds like fantasy land.

[@Hippiechick11]

@@dees3179 mine were hormone based, so menopause was a great gift.

[@OkayestChemist]

I would be happy to send you some flower petals! It sounds like a great way to have a community blanket full of care.

[@Nessi-dances]

I love that you put them on your head as soon as you were done with each group! I do that too. As soon as a project is done: it goes on my head. No matter if it's not "supposed" to. 😄💜

[@megeatsdirt]

I love the idea of making hexipuffs and watching all the hexipuffs from all over the globe become one giant quilt. What a lovely idea, and I’d be happy to make some.

[@lizziehudson8013]

I'd love to make a flower for your blanket! And just remember you are brilliant and loved and an inspiration to all of us! X

[@jeanettebelle2224]

Yay! Sister/brother-hood of the Traveling Hexi-Puffs!

[@historical.isolde7918]

I am currently 11 minutes in and had to pause to comment. You sitting in front of the camera talking about how rough you are feeling while draping hexipuff chains across your head is a total mood. I have hEDS with ADHD and dysautonomia, so I can be in bed with major pain and fatigue, but I have to keep moving (usually crafting), because the only thing worse than how I am feeling is to feel this way without doing something with my hand. Even when sewing or fibrecraft becomes too painful for my hands, I need to keep doing something for my own sanity- even it if is just draping knitting pieces over my head for no reason!

[@anneb2646]

fellow knitter with hEDS, adhd, and dysautonomia! the fact that i can knit in bed while listening to a podcast is the only thing saving my sanity

[@masz10676]

One of the reasons I do ❤️ ur channel is bc u focus on the project. I don't look at the surroundings. You keep up all the "true life" pics. Also, I ❤️ ur channel bc you have pain and health issues. But u r focused on finding "life" thru the projects. U r one of the very few I watch. I've learned so much from u. Keep ur needles up.😀

[@Bookupied]

We love you no matter what, just please take care of yourself ❤️💫✨

[@sophiewiest1493]

As someone who has kilos on kilos on kilos of opal sock yarn because of the quarterly subscription of 6 suprise balls AND lives near to their fabric place, I highly apreciate every idea to use up scrap yarn in sock weight that isn't granny square. I got so many projects going that it would take me a while to actually get around to begin on a hexi puff blanket, but the urge is very much there thanks to you and Claude! I am not sure if I would like to send finished yarn stuff to america from germany, but I would consider it if you put on a call for community flowers. That would also give me the joy of working up one or two without the pressure of another wip blanket because I can send them away :)

[@VanK782]

This blanket seems like the sort of thing that grows along side you and your knitting career, getting larger with time

[@jamiethrogmorton2540]

You are so inquisitive, patient and clever, while I’m scared to even try a knitting machine! Very impressed with all you do, and enjoy your videos very much!!

[@Siennaflower]

I'm so glad to see you being gentle with yourself and doing self care. I watch your channel because I like the person you are, and I like hanging out with you. Thank you for being so authentic. ❤ Not sure I could follow through on it, but making some hexipuffs sounds fun to me, so I'm a definite "maybe"! 😆

[@kayjay674]

I really appreciate your openness and honesty. Never feel like you have to share more than you're comfortable with but know that we are very grateful when you do. The video is great regardless. We love you when you're excited, sad, having a great week or having a terrible week ❤

[@nysaea]

Fellow migraine sufferer here (actually nursing one too, as it happens), I can totally relate to refusing to let it get in the way of doing things and being active in the things that make us happy, don't worry about not being your 100% self all the time on the channel! It's kind of the beauty of youtube, we can relate to each other much more than any kind of highly curated corporate content! Life is hard enough as it is, I think we can have relaxed parasocial shenanigans that makes us collectively happier and de-stress together!

[@magnoliaweathershield443]

puffs on the head is such an inspirational look!

[@doris1826]

I'm so grateful that you shared your migraine story. It helps me to know I'm not alone! Thank you!

[@TouchstonesRanna]

I loved the hexipuff string on your head. It reminded me of stegosaurus plates. I have wanted to try the hexipuff pattern, but I never really wanted one for myself. I would be up for making a flower and sending it to you.

[@purplebec9112]

I've recently been dealing with mental illness. I've done therapy for that, and she said I have alot of stress. So if you feel exhausted from something, even a project, she said to do something else til you feel better. She also said music, singing especially heals stress the most so I've been singing more. And I gotten more energetic because of that. That might help you. I think your burning yourself down by saying that "my living room is a mess" when in reality it's very beautiful. By saying positive things helps you become positive. Your a beautiful person and I love watching you!

[@liesbethbos3049]

I love your vids and you being persistent to figure things out. Wanted to comment on the yarn snippets, the other day I saw another video where someone used these wool “brushes” (like wide dog brushes) to fluff her yarn scraps. It became very fluffy, and way more. Plus lighter. I paused the video to say this. Thanks for taking the time to film all your amazing projects

[@ezriwyman6502]

I've been working on a hexi-puff quilt for the past few months! I'm just doing rainbow gradient, not flowers, but when I'm feeling rough it feels SO GOOD to knock out a few hexi-puffs. It's just so satisfying to get a few little self contained pieces done. I think there are some great waste-yarn projects out there, but for when times are tough 110% agreed there's nothing better than a beekeeper's quilt

[@TheChroniclesOfYarnia]

You are hands down my Favorite creator ❤ thank you for your amazing content . 😊

[@Chapdsun]

Be patient with yourself. You are amazingly talented. Let yourself have down days. It’s ok.

[@MagpieRat]

I love the blend of curiosity and honesty that your videos are filled with. I will join the chorus of people telling you that we like the "real life" nature of your videos - I'm usually watching them in an untidy room, surrounded by half finished yarny-projects, with unwashed hair and feeling a bit grotty. Without wishing to give creepy parasocial vibes, it feels like sitting with a friend who is on my level, who "gets" it. If you go forward with the collaborative quilt idea, I hope you accept crocheted offerings - I'd love to send you a flower, but I can't knit for toffee! 😂 Machine knitting was the only university module I ever outright failed 😅

[@nancyjohnson8939]

Thank you for being real and sharing with us. With that being said, I will make some hexi puffs

[@jessmakingit]

I love it that you are a 'real' person. High or low energy, mistakes & successes, mess or no mess. It encourages me to try making more videos because I don't live a carefully curated life either. As far as migraine. I suffer with them as well and sometimes they sneak up on me because mine aren't always overly painful, as they mostly take the form of migrainous vertigo. So if I'm sitting for a while, I may feel a little off, but not realize the full extent until I try to walk and end up tipping over. That being said, a game changer for me has been a monthly injection called Aimovig. I've gone from migraine events 20 or more days in a month, not even counting migraine hangover days (if you know, you know) down to only about 10 days or less, and I can sort of plan around it, since the timing is more predictable, as it's usually a few days before the next injection is due. Anyway, it may be worth checking into if you find that the migraines are not as controlled as you would like. Take care & have a wonderful week.

[@moonbasket]

Crafting also helps me stay sane. I'm stuck at home with my chronic illness a lot of the time and knitting really helps me from feeling grumpy and unfocused.

[@jeanscully8511]

I have an entire 30 gallon Rubbermaid tote FULL of fingering weight scraps and partial skeins... I would be delighted to turn some of them into hexi puffs for you! I enjoy your content so much, from your vintage sewing projects, knitting, crochet and tatting. I think you are such a tremendously creative person; I really admire you! And I'm sorry you're having a hard time recently. So many of us are struggling lately with everything that's going on the national and international scene. We all have to be kind to ourselves and each other. I hope your headaches and your other issues resolve and you're back to feeling better soon. I wonder if you could avoid the problem of having too many folks sending you hexi puffs by creating a sign-up form online, where people can give you their name and contact info. That way you'd only get 77 flowers' worth, and not 777! I'm looking forward to hearing about this community project in future videos!

[@leahholland6272]

Love those hexies! Great job finding an "easy" way to do them

[@hyrunnisa997]

wooow!!! so excited that you asked us to make hexipuffs for your blanket!!! yes yes yess!!! where can I get the pattern I will do it! I will have to do mine by hand but I don’t mind. plus mine is extra special because I knit left-handed! I hope you use mine. Please say yesss 🤗🥳

[@ScrawnyTreeDemon]

Hey, I don't comment often on KZbin vids, but I wanted to let you know that while it is lovely you have an audience who appreciates your mistakes and the other raw elements of your work, please, don't ever feel the obligation to perform your pain, or reveal anything you might prefer to keep private. Your work and your artistry are ultimately your own, and we will be here along for the ride no matter how you present it. Creative work can be such an intimate form of coping and processing, so don't ever apologise for needing to engage with it in that manner off-camera. I wish you all the best in this difficult time, and look forward to whatever it is you'll be working on, however you present it :)

[@mt3981]

Omg i would love to be a part of the collective hexi flower quilt! They look so squishy and warm and awesome! Thank you for being so real and up front in your videos, it’s so wonderful to watch and craft along with you:)

[@whereseagullsfly8250]

Bless you, migraine is so debilitating I really empathise with you. I love your videos and have watched from very early on and would not miss one. I am happy to either provide wool or make hexies. I think it is a wonderful idea, Take Care x

[@CraftsyPenguin]

Thanks for sharing your creative process even when you're not feeling your best, I appreciate you being so open. Sending a virtual hug if you accept them. I'm still sticking with crochet and non-wool yarns, so I am not able to contribute a flower, but I absolutely love the idea, I think it would be great to hear the stories of all of the different petals and their makers.

[@bethknapp4935]

I love the idea of your community sending you Hexipuffs. It reminds me of Call the midwife, when they made Chummy the blanket. It would be something that you can cuddle up with and feel all of us hugging you on a bad day. ❤❤❤

[@elainelear4982]

Hugs to you on a difficult week. I enjoy your videos all the time.

[@elainelear4982]

Migraines stink. It is interesting how they can sneak up on you. Please take medication.

[@scarlettohara5039]

A girl we would love to send you hexipuffs! I was watching this thinking that I would love to make some but don't have enough yarn to make a whole blanket.

[@Emthe30something]

I was hoping this project would get another video and today's the day!

[@lightsoutdrillinstructor237]

I just started mine! I knit socks almost exclusively, so I have a ton of scraps to use up. I haven’t tried my CSM for these yet but i might give it a try. Maybe mine will have some “decorative stripes” in the center 😂

[@Teerae11]

We all have health problems and bad days , I enjoy ur video's no matter what you're doing or what is going on !! No judgy here , I wud like to send in a flower puff !! It's up to you !!

[@Nicole_Bn]

I love using my scrap ends to stuff items. I make knitted gnomes and that's what I use to stuff them it doesn't clump together and keeps a better shape. Also, some flower centers are black like sunflowrs and poppies.

[@yarn_chicken]

Please please please let us help with the quilt! Your videos helped me through some of the toughest times of my life and being able to send you something would feel like a small way of repaying for that. I will also be in Norway soon which I remember is on your list of places to visit and I'd love to pick up some local yarn to send you some unique hexis. It would also be a good trial for me to see if I could commit to such a quilt for myself. Of course I will respect it if you decide not to do it!

[@lulul0l039]

6:48 Suddenly flashback to my sibling playing Scribblenaut on nintendo ds. Sorry to hear that you're having hard time, thank you for sharing your valuable energy and creativity with us. No need to force yourself to smile when you're feel iffy. Resting-biatch-face crew for the win✌️🐕 Coming from stranger, this might not mean that much, but I think you're one of the coolest channels on this side on youtube.

[@CastielWillow]

Lots of things are rough right now, and feeling like the creators we love also go through it sometimes is affirming, because if you can do it, we can, too. 100% would hex puff. Love that idea.

[@brokesynthgyrl]

if you did decide to only use your own yarn scraps for your blanket it could become a lifetime project spanning many years with each part sparking memories from different time periods of your life.

[@diggitydawg1707]

I really love watching your videos, whether they have lots of talking or not, whether it’s emotional or a good day, more hands on or just sit in a chair and talk with Nutella….no matter what or how I will still watch your videos. I’ve learned so much. I’d also love to contribute however I have a current holiday season project I am running out of time for 😭 also my gauge would probably be messed up cause I am a beginner still. I loved sending Seamstressed pom poms cause it was my first time doing something like that. I’d love to participate here too 🖤

[@matthodek]

I would certainly help if I knew how to knit. (You really are low key encouraging me to buy a knitting machine and learn how to use it... 😂) Crafting is very important to me, and it helps me as well. Recently, I have had to really encourage myself to make time for crafting and art with all the other things going on. I really do appreciate you being a real human in our little crafting corner of the internet. I've told Claude this as well. I enjoy your honesty and your passion for exploring the process. I also enjoy a good time lapse, so it works. And yes, you should totally make a stegosaurus headband/cap. Take care.

[@summerstevenshughes1860]

Can't guarantee I'd make it in time, but making you a hexipuff flower actually sounds so cool 🥹 also, I've seen that episode of Jenna Phipps! I love it when my favorite creators watch each others' content 🥰

[@kaelynharris1895]

Thanks for showing us your method and process, even on a less-talkative day 💛 It’s nice to just be included, even if we’re just crafting quietly together. Please hang in there ✨ eta: love your sweater cream & yellow sweater. Also, I’d totally be down to send a flower! I’ve wanted to try the hexipuff method but didn’t want to commit to a whole blanket, since I don’t actually have a ton of scrap yarn

[@cassiejwl7796]

My migraines were so bad that I ended up dropping out of college, so I can definitely empathize. It's rough. It's just so utterly exhausting. I'm really excited to see the hexipuff project again, though!

[@cherryfolk]

as someone with cfs and other chronic comorbidities, i just want to say you're doing great. idk what your health concerns are, of course, but anything that affects your energy level is SO rough to deal with, especially in a world that prioritises "productivity". we're already starting from a place of burn-out. sending you and sweet nutella loads of love. ps: one of my doggies loves to sniff eyeballs, so i guess that makes her an opthamologist hehe

[@GrueMoon]

I think the idea of the community sending you petals is a good idea! I don't know how to knit (yet), but I would happily crochet a bunch of petals from my own yarn remnants!

[@amelia13131]

I would love to do a community project! I can see myself starting this project and getting bored after a couple hexis or flowers, so this sounds like the perfect solution to me!

[@AlisonShelton-sk5rq]

Sending flower petals to you would be a great trial run before I decide if I want to do this project myself. Great idea.

[@miriamjames4140]

I also drape things over my head when I have a migraine. Something about the light weight and the whimsy helps my brain. I hope you're doing ok

[@nanabella007]

Definitely feeling with you with the migraines... those can be so crippling and the meds often leave you groggy and mushy-brained for a good while. Hope you're feeling better! I bet there would be loads of people happily chipping in with some flowers... like I love the idea of these blankets, but neither do I have enough yarn scraps to make one myself nor do I need or want a blanket like that. But I could absolutely make one or two with the scraps I do have and send to you!

[@Femdelacrem]

Love your videos and you just being you. Honestly if it was me, I would make a chain of hexagons on my machine with a extra row in between at double the length I wanted the blanket. Fold in half and crochet clip stitch along one side and then use a sewing to sew up on that extra row in between each hex, stuff the hexs and then slip stitch along the other side. I can't do repetitive projects very well so I always look for the fastest, least fussy method to do it.

[@Beth-ch7pj]

Ive had migraines before and they're absolutely miserable! 😣 Im impressed you were able to sit up and work on the hexipuffs. I think us sending you our yarns is a great idea - if you decide to go ahead with that i would send you the yellow i have left from the first jumper i ever made ❤ (it ended up not fitting me because my tension was waaay off so my mum has it now 😅) Take care of yourself! Ps. I LOVE your reindeer ski jumper its so cute 😊.

[@hannaluschow1547]

If you'll decide to start turning this into a community project, you can definitely count me in! :) And I'd translate the pattern into German for my mom so that she can get involved too.

[@zan8x]

I would totally make (and also send) hexipuffs if I knew how to knit haha. But I love your videos, your ideas are always interesting and your projects always end up gorgeous ! So thank you for sharing your insights and creations with us

[@creationbay]

Cool idea because it can be all kinds of blends and thicknesses. Keep up the good ideas.

[@supermelvel]

I love your videos and your honesty thank you❤ About your question I love the idea, but... I don't knit. I do have scrap yarn that possibly fit your yarn. Though it's more a 1 pettle/stuffing kind of way or a full half skein that doesn't have a project yet. So if you are willing to do this in the end. Maybe do both with the conception of people telling you (or someone for you) what they want to send 😊❤ Hope this helps❤

[@fjaeresot]

Long time viewer, first time commenter: I think it's a great idea to do a community style quilt! If you don't end up doing it, could we still send you some sock yarn? I have a bunch I don't/won't use that I have acquired over the year and would love to help.

[@nancymoore8949]

Sewing the hexies together as you make them is ingenious! I may try it but, like you pointed out, lots would be needed to actually create a usable item. I would like to send them to you rather than add to my ufo collection.

[@karencassidy513]

I just started machine knitting and have a large amount of scraps. This is a great way of using them! I think it would be fun to make some petals to send you.

[@titiaswildlifecottagegarden]

These hexi puffs on your head: 👌🏻 Why not turn some of these stuffed hexi puffs into a beanie kind of head wear? It would match perfectly with the hexi puff quilt on a cold evening on the sofa❤

[@Beading_Kate]

It turned out wonderful ❤🎉

[@haleyhoudini]

Yes yes I would love to provide a scrap yarn flower! ❤

[@Koboldmensch]

Ariel here on youtube is just doing a Mugler dress made of subscribers scales. I love participati g in these intesense projects, would love to do it for you too!

[@PersonalitySituation]

Count me in for sending you a flower!! I do a lot of intarsia currently, which creates soooo many scraps, both from the ends to weave in and from the little butterflies I make per area of colour.. I also have knit a lot of socks in the past, and have still a lot of sock scraps. Please take these off my hands! I cannot knit enough stuffies to use up all my scrap yarn, and would NOT have the patience to create upwards of 80 flowers consisting 7 hexipuffs each..

[@charliechristie9916]

I'd love to make a flower. I would never start a hexi quilt, because the adhd would not allow that level of commitment, but making one sounds like fun

[@leahholland6272]

Love the idea... but haven't knitted socks yet so not sure I could tackle the project!

[@IISheireenII]

The added flowers from viewers would be cute and fun but you also could just wait until you have scraps again. I am sure it'll happen eventually. Maybe next year or so. It doesn't need to be finished, there is no rush, you can already use the blanket and let it grow with time

[@linedegl4966]

id love to make a flower!

[@paigelundy7837]

I’d love to contribute hexis! I was sad to miss out on Jenna’s project, would be so fun to jump in on this one ❤

[@BijickY]

Everything gets better when you put something funny on your head. 🎉 DFTBA

[@catrionaoldfield3489]

I would love to be involved in making hexipuffs for your blanket, that sounds lovely! I've never made hexipuffs before and I'd love to try!

[@DuctTapeGirl314]

Count me in on sending in 6 petals! My feet are kinda small, so I have found myself with leftover sock yarn that I would be happy to use on a project like this

[@jcats8561]

I'd be happy to make and send you some petals. I'm currently using scrap sock yarn to crochet granny hexagons for a cardigan, but I have PLENTY of pretty scrap sock yarn! Loved your vulnerability on this one. We all have our struggles sometimes. I hope you will feel better and better.

[@jcats8561]

Also, this was the calming video I chose to watch with a migraine tonight. I just spent hours cooking Thanksgiving food for tomorrow, and now I have an ice pack for my head and your soothing voice. Thank you! :)

[@drewadrawing]

Not every moment of every video needs to be upbeat and bubbly - so much of crafting is sitting in silence and pondering what to do next. Please feel free to be your authentic self, especially during the hard weeks. 💜

[@katiekelley4284]

yes, community flower puff quilt!

[@vikkizoo1]

Making enough to cover the top and then crocheting and edge that drops over the side would be super cute. You could use a daisy motif. 🌈🌈🦋🦋

[@sourcedancer7079]

I would also enjoy sending you petals! Or yellow centers if that is more helpful, or both 😁. A small "warning" though; You may receive waaayyy more than you asked/bargained for 😆. I've seen this happen to Hazariel Atelier, ShannonMakes and Jenna Phipps. The KZbin communities they have are so sweet, kind and generous, they were kind of overloaded with people sending them stuff for their project. And I think your KZbin community will be much the same💚. So you might need a backup plan for the leftover petals/hexipuffs😉. Maybe Nutella would like a hexipuff blanket too?

[@kizeree1881]

I started a beekeeper quilt in 2014. Using the yarn I used to make my wedding bouquet. I never finished it, I have no idea where it is. It’s gonna be one of those “one day” projects lol

[@isabellemeunier9486]

I would do those 6 puffs and send them to you anytime! 😅

[@ruthskogstrom8174]

I would love to be part of your hexipuff blanket! I was just involved with Blondie Knots on You Tube....she made a blanket of granny squares and also some bags....it was fun to be part of a project. Count me in!!!!

[@aksez2u]

Whatever is going on in your life, I hope it has the best possible outcome. Warmest regards! ❤

[@das_moendchen3250]

It's such a wonderful idea to do the hexipuffs with your community. I think I'd love to participate but would like to wait till you kinda figure out how this would be possible... especially when one not lives in the US. :D

[@AnnTilleyHandmade]

I would make a flower or two for your project and would love to use my machine like you did. Not sure if you’ve posted the instructions anywhere but would be happy to follow them and use up some scraps

[@CraftyCoba0408]

Count me in for petals from scrap sock yarn! 😁

[@esmecat]

i would happily make some petals. i would love to make some from my handspun wool sock yarn :)

[@SandExperiment]

I would love to make a flower for your blanket 🌸

[@pauladavitt7554]

I definitely would like to help, I haven’t knitted a hexipuff before but I’d give it a bash.

[@erinb2564]

I would have to hand knit these and I haven't ever done it. But I'm up for the challenge. 😅