Mini skeins are not only beautiful but they make color play so much easier! If you are planning a sweater and want to add a few stripes, mini skeins allow you to mix and match colors until you find the right combination for the look you’re going for. We have a plethora of mini-skeins so, whether you want a full set or a bundle, you’ll be able to create an amazing colorwork project from the options we stock. Here are some fun ways to use those pretty little minis!
Handmaiden – 5ply Casbah Gradient Pack
Casbah 5ply Gradient Wrap by Handmaiden Yarns
Hedgehog Fibres – Sock Mini Sets
Outline by Beata Jezek
Lorna’s Laces – String Quintet
Ombre Quintet by Wendy S. Baker
Madelinetosh – Unicorn Tails
Buccaneer by Justyna Lorkowska
Squoosh Fiberarts – Beefcake Minis
Fruit Stripes Gum Socks by Leah Oakley (calls for self striping yarn but you can use minis to create your own stripes!)
SweetGeorgia – Party of Five
Gimli Peak by Jessie Ksanznak
Three Irish Girls – Adorn Luxe Mini Skein Sets
Building Blocks Shawl by Stephen West
How do you use your mini skeins? Share with us in the comments below for your chance to win a set of Beefcake Minis from Squoosh Fiberarts! The random winner will be chosen and announced on Facebook on May 12th at Noon EDT.
Notes:
-The random winner will be drawn May 12th at Noon EDT
-Your project must contain at least 1 mini skein that we carry/have carried
-To enter, comment the link to your project page on Ravelry in the comment section on the blog, not Facebook
-Projects can be from any year
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Neon colors of Unicorn Tails paired with TML in Pelican for Q1 KAL. I more tails in my stash that will work their way into projects.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/LaurainATL/solaris
I used unicorn tales to make fingerless mitts http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KnittyFiend/colorblock-handwarmers
Currently using unicorn tails for a Take it All shawl
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/aomalley/take-it-all-madmay
Love mini-skeins — great post! I used two Unicorn Tails for this cowl, Silver Fox and Charcoal.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/caramora/s-a-b-y Caramora
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/amibug/passerine-hat
I made this hat with several unicorn tails! I don’t repeat patterns often, but I’m excited to make this one again… and I have a mini-skein from Lorna’s Laces that will do the trick! (It’ll be the birds this time…. paired with Freia Ombre!)
I made a Spice Market Shawl for the Q1 KAL! Link: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/cfaith224/on-the-spice-market
I’ve made two projects with mini skeins. One a Chevron cowl with Unicorn Tails.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Drygonstar/chevron-cowl
Next I made a Saturn Rings Shawl with Lornas Laces Quartet.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Drygonstar/saturns-rings-shawl
I love minis for scrap blankets, socks and shawls.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Knittingshaza/solaris
I’ve used a bunch of Pagewood Farm Sock Bites for hexipuffs. Never quite made enough for a full thing, but the little puffs make great cat toys. I think I’ve knit about 20. http://www.ravelry.com/projects/amandaesque/the-beekeepers-quilt
My favorite Unicorn Tail project to date is probably my 3-Color Cashmere Cowl – http://www.ravelry.com/projects/CupsofCoffee/3-color-cashmere-cowl
I used a Sweet Georgia Party of Five to make my Joker and the Thief, paired with Hedgehog Fibres.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alendra/the-joker-and-the-thief
I am using my beefcake minis to make the Somewhere Socks.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/somewhere
This is how I roll:
Dobson playing oboe during a thunderstorm…much like Nero fiddling while Rome burned! 😄 Jk
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/poohwol/the-joker-and-the-thief
I paired Unicorn tails with Comp Book Gray TML for my Fine Tune, and more recently tried Sweet Georgia’s party of 5 in wildfire for my Solaris! Love them both, to get lots of CC’s without breaking into full skeins.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/crazyl/fine-tune
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/crazyl/solaris
My Amsterdam Cowl
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Lily-Lemon/amsterdam-cowl
and my Compression Cowl both used Unicorn Tails:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Lily-Lemon/compression
I used Unicorn Tails to make a One Bad Hombre hat; http://www.ravelry.com/projects/knittycat99/one-bad-ombre
Didn’t read carefully enough! I didn’t realize my submission could be from any year and this one is from 2015. I used 8 different Unicorn Tails.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/poohwol/mighty-mini
Mini skeins are brilliant! I used severalunicorn tails to make a rainbow simplex.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/SunnyRain/simplex
i made a Linus from Party of Five colorway English Bay. Did I say I love this yarn??
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/april5/linus
I’m crocheting a granny stripe blanket with all sorts of minis and scraps. My project includes Hedgehog Fibres sock minis and MadelineTosh Unicorn Tails.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/smaet/granny-stripes
A striped hat with unicorn tail mini skeins, so fun!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/knitgineering/bayard
I love love love minis, so I suppose my favorite is my most recent minis project (my Solaris for the q1 challenge)!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/stellaah/solaris
I used unicorn tails for mitts!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/mgvanw/vampolka
I’m currently using a Lorna’s Laces String Quintet on a happy little cowl to get me through finals!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ScarfSimplicity/infinite-rainbow-cowl
My absolute favorite mini skein project was the Unicorn Stripes cowl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/astryid/unicorn-stripes
I’ve got a bit of everything in this mitered square blanket: Tosh unicorn tails, HHF minis, you name it, it’s in there.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/IAmACuttlefish/mitered-square-blanket
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lilpixie124/reverb-shawl
I made a reverb shawl with some beautiful Sweet Georgia mini-skeins.
Unicorn tails for a shoop the sheep 🙂
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/laurajayne/shoop-the-african-flower-sheep
I made my Mint Chocolate Chip striped socks from LL and SG minis.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/JaniceLester/a-nice-ribbed-sock-12
I used sweet georgia party of 5 for the colorwork in this sweater. I loved it!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ncknitsalot/solveig-yoke
I have a WIP Stitchosaur (yes! still! crochet is just slow for me!) in Pagewood Farm Sock Bites: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/sophiashinies/puff-the-magic-stegosaurus-african-flower-crochet-pattern
And I also made the SweetGeorgia free hat pattern in the worsted Honey Fig Party of Five: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/sophiashinies/candystripe-slouch
Five Unicorn Tails in my Solaris:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ethello/solaris
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/redfidelity/chevron-wrap I used SG Party of Five in Rusted for a wrap of my own design! It’s perfect for cozy knit-dates!
I used two Madeline Tosh Unicorn Tales to make my Leftie last year. I love Madeline Tosh! http://www.ravelry.com/projects/CatheryntheWeird/leftie-2
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KnittingAmyK/smitten-stashdown-socks out of Party of Five mini – skeins….and http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KnittingAmyK/unicorn-stripes out of unicorn tails.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/trandleigh/fox-paws-3
I used unicorn tails to try out different ways of decreases and weaving in the ends on a fox paws swatch before starting a large paws.
I used Sweet Georgia party of 5 to make my On the Spice Market shawl.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/dancinapple/on-the-spice-market
I used madeline tosh unicorn tails for the stripes in my Starburst Shawl by Stephen West. I love the colors it comes in!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/bag/starburst
Unicorn tails to make a baby lovey.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/smartredcar/leaping-stripes-and-blocks-blanket
Last year, I made a Half-Moon Shawl, using several Unicorn Tails. http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TamiW/half-moon-shawl
I used the Lorna’s Laces quintet in my On the Spice Market shawl. The colors were perfect
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/slovclee/on-the-spice-market
I have made a few things with MadTosh Unicorn Tails from ESK.
The first is my Tailspin: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/miokitty/tailspin
Here is is a hat I made without a pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/miokitty/r2015—hat-for-not-so-little-one
And this is the High Street Shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/miokitty/high-street-shawl
I used Unicorn Tails to make my Whales and Tails hat! http://www.ravelry.com/projects/cirronimbus/whale-watch-hat-2
crazy bright, and i love it! http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lurk42/unicorn-cowl used all the bright unicorn tails from esk!
I used Unicorn Tails to make a crochet squares blanket: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/nanobynight/bears-rainbow-blanket
It was so much fun to try out so many Madtosh colourways!
I made a Dragon’s Breath cowl out of Unicorn Tails!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/rockinsockinrobot/dragons-breath-cowl
I used Unicorn tails to make this adorable baby hat for my nephew. (2 Antler and 1 Worn Denim)
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/KatieJean16/learn-to-knit-fair-isle—baby-or-adult-cap
I used Unicorn Tails to make a striped Sockhead Slouch hat and I love it!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Scarah77/sockhead-slouch-hat
I love mini skeins! I used Lorna’s Laces String Quintet (Tuba and Harp, with some over-dyeing) to make Inara (http://www.ravelry.com/projects/marimami/inara-wrap), and I used SweetGeorgia Party of Five in Wildfire to make On the Spice Market.
Oops, mods, somehow I managed not to include the link for On the Spice Market. Here it is:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/marimami/on-the-spice-market
Sorry – is there any way to merge the two replies? Thanks!
My first project made entirely of minis, a shawl!! And have started a Camaro where I’ll be using some MadTosh unicorn tails, but no pictures of it yet!!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lumisiri/meteor-shower-shawl