Every knitter has little leftover bits of yarn too precious to toss, but not quite enough for a full project. Enter Thrumline, where thrums made from your scraps take center stage.

Thrums, while practical, are also… magical. Each thrum is different, a reminder of past projects: your favorite sweater, the socks you never wanted to take off, the shawl you gifted. As you knit this scarf, you’ll not only be reminded of those past projects, but hopefully inspired to create new ones, as you watch the different yarns and colors combine.

This pattern can be easily modified. Knit in the round, using a worsted weight yarn and scraps of all weights, you get to play and decide. Do you use ALL the thrums, use only a few, make it short, make it long? The choice is up to you. Make it monochromatic, use all the colors, make a fade, choose random, maybe cool colors or warm colors; it’s all your choice.

MATERIALS
Yarn
MC Cascade 220 Solid 100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 220 yd/200m per 3.5 oz/100 g skein; color: 8010 Natural Raw White; 2-3 skeins. Knit until you run out of yarn. At given gauge, the sample used 2 skeins.
CC Scraps of fingering weight, DK, or even worsted and lace, cut into approx. 6 in/15 cm pieces. Approximately 3.5 oz / 100 g or 400 yds /365 m total.
The thickness of the thrum should be a little thicker than the main yarn being used, approximately a quarter of an inch/half a cm.

So, collect your scraps, your leftover yarn from your favorite sweaters or pairs of socks, the trimmed ends, the oddments, or the 20-gram minis you’ve been saving and create a cozy, squishy scarf, full of memories and stories of past projects.