Using Odd Balls

I am still thinking about de-cluttering and looking for things to throw out.  I have found a few very odd balls of yarn to donate to charity.  I have had them for years and not done anything with them.

This afternoon I have sorted through 2 large plastic boxes of yarn and grouped together all the very small balls. I am not going to throw them out – I am going to knit another throw (which I will probably donate to Oxfam for them to sell at a festival).

I have knitted a sample square.

This is knitted in 6 shades of blue.  I intend to knit other squares in 6 shades of green, 6 shades of yellow etc – using up all the odd balls that I have left over from other projects. 

I am hoping to use this as a background project that I can pick up and put down again while I am doing other things.  Unfortunately it won’t be very portable because I intend to knit it together as I go along rather than doing any sewing at all.