Many moons ago I wove an eggy tapestry and ended up with a bunch of leftover navy and white cotton yarn. I’ve done a couple small projects with the leftovers and now I have…much smaller balls of leftover yarn.
First up, I wove a set of nautical-esque coasters:
![A set of square coasters with tassles. In the middle of each coaster is a square made up of alternating squiggles in contrast to the main color (either navy or white)](/assets/images/content/melanierichards-nautical-coasters-s.jpg)
Like all the objects I weave, this design followed my own pattern. The intent was to make 2 coasters for each WFH desk in this household: dark coasters to go under coffee mugs, and light ones for water glasses.
![Close up of the same coasters](/assets/images/content/melanierichards-nautical-coasters-close-s.jpg)
![One of the coasters, where the bottom half of the navy yarn is a bit lighter in color than the top half](/assets/images/content/melanierichards-nautical-coasters-sun-s.jpg)
This one is kind of funny because if you squint, you might be able to see a color gradation in the navy yarn. The reason for that is that I hit pause for awhile on this first coaster, and just kind of left it out in my apartment in the sun. Apparently these yarns are not very color-fast!
I still had plenty of yarn left to burn when I finally finished these, so I knitted up a fast washcloth (good application for this, given that it’s cotton yarn):
![A white knitted washcloth with two thick navy bands near one edge](/assets/images/content/melanierichards-nautical-cloth-s.jpg)
This one is fairly free-styled, too. There’s a 5-stitch-wide seed stitch pattern around the edges, and the center of the washcloth is your basic stockinette stitch.
![The washcloth folded hot-dog style](/assets/images/content/melanierichards-nautical-cloth-wide-s.jpg)
Need to work on my tension when switching colors, happily taking any advice there.
![The washcloth folded down to a square](/assets/images/content/melanierichards-nautical-cloth-folded-s.jpg)
Now what to do with those tiny leftover balls of yarn…?
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