These women's cardigans, shawls, tees, children's clothes, and more are designed to use up leftover, stash, and scrap yarn. Updated 2/16/26
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Free Patterns
Cozy Fluffy Cardigan
Striped cardigan knit in leftover yarn with several strands held together to create a marled effect. Knit flat. Sizes S to 5XL. Designed by By Katerina.
West Chicago Shawl
Easy crescent shaped shawl knit beautiful stripes in garter stitch and stockinette. Designed for 10 colors, it's perfect for de-stashing leftover Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Michele Costa.
Technicolor Dreamcoat
Fun children's cardigan with vertical striped skirt below a horizontal striped top knit in seed stitch. I think you could just leave off the skirt if you wanted a short unisex jacket. Sizes 2, 4, 6. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Annmarie Signey.
Womens Colour Block Top
May only be free for a limited time. Statement short-sleeved tee with a geometric pattern that starts with stripes the transform into asymmetric right angle color blocks. Sizes To Fit Bust 32 - 40". DK weight yarn. Designed by Woman's Weekly.
Trilby Jacket
Patchwork cardigan constructed of blocks knit with eyelet stripes. Designed for at least 7 colors, it's a fun stash buster for Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand Yarn.
Paint By Numbers Hat
Stash buster hat knit with rows of diamonds and triangles in stranded colorwork. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Plucky Knitter Design.
Bitsa Bootees
Baby booties knit flat in garter stitch with small bits of stash yarn. Sizes Newborn to 9 months. DK weight yarn. Designed by Rian Anderson.
Kaleidoscope Vest
This tank top or vest is designed for those, like the designer, whose "favorite color is all of them, often all at once." Leftover scraps are knit in a mix of slip stitch patterns for a colorful design. Options for square neck (pictured) or boat neck. Sizes S to 5XL. DK weight yarn. Designed by Kate Harvie for Knitty.
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Ruffled Feathers Socks
Fun socks for kids and adults with ruffles around cuff that are mirrored in stripes on the foot. Sizes Toddler to Adult XLarge. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Lauren Colby.
Dream Puff Top
Stash buster drapey tee with v-neck knit with double strands of different colors of yarn to create soft gradient stripes. Sizes XS to 5X. Great stash buster for Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Lauren Savidge.
Nautica Striped Cardigan
Buttoned front cardigan knit with offset blocks of colorful stripes. 3 Sizes. Great stash buster for Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Lauren Savidge.
Agnesse Shawl
Stash buster shawl features 8 large triangles and diamonds knit in garter stitch framed with a border band with a wavy stripe in double knitting. Designed for 7 colors of DK weight yarn. Designed by Mieke Van Damme. Available in English, Dutch, French
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Girl’s Striped Sweater
Child sized pullover with button fastening at shoulder for easy dressing. Knit flat in stripes that increase in width. Sizes 2 to 8 yrs. Designed for 6 colors, it's a great stash buster for leftover Sport weight yarn.
Wacky Leftovers Jumper
The ultimate scrap yarn sweater made from two strands of leftover yarn worked together. Sizes XS to 5XL. You will need a big bag of DK leftovers according to designer Kate Harvie.
Giana Cardigan
Duster length open front cardigan vest knit with colorful stripes. Sizes Small to 4X (sizes on Ravelry page are incorrect). Lace weight yarn. Designed by Letizia De Antoniis.
Log Rhythms Scarf
Inspired by dragon tails, this scarf is knit with 24 colors worked with Log Cabin style construction. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Renee Strouts.
Patterns for Purchase
Kruger Wrap
Trapezoid shaped shawl knit with ruched stripes. Use scrap yarns – only 15g of each colour required. The wrap is named after the Kruger National Park in South Africa. A great stash buster for leftover Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Noma Ndlovu.
Desperate Housewife Cardigan
Cozy striped cardigan with pockets and colorful stripes framed in a contrasting color. Sizes 41 to 69.25“ / 102.5 to 173 cm. A great stash buster for leftover Sport weight yarn. Designed by mairlynd.
Trail Mix Wrap
Shawl knit with 10 gorgeous sections of slipped stitch mosaic patterns (just one yarn color per row). A great stash buster for leftover fingering weight yarn. Designed by IndustrialWhimsy.
Color Block Sweater
Patchwork cardigan with small blocks. Sizes up to 52 1/2 inches. A great stash buster for leftover Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Frugal Knitting Haus.
Knitting by Numbers Cardi, Hat and Bootees
Easy baby cardigan and matching hat knit flat in all-knit garter stitch. Bootees pattern also included. Sizes 3 months to 2 years. A great stash buster for leftover DK weight yarn. Designed by Rian Anderson.
Walled Garden Cardigan
Pretty cardigan with delicate details that is an easy introduction to stranded colourwork because each pattern motif is only three rows deep and none of the repeats span more than three stitches. Sizes 88 to 131 cm / 34 to 51”. A great stash buster for leftover fingering weight yarn. Designed by Stella Ackroyd.
