The idea was to take three or more items from your junk drawer, and create something new with them…

I didn’t think that I was going to have time to play along, but then I managed to put this little bug together while chatting on the phone the other day.

Multi-tasking… it’s the only way that I ever get anything done!

Don’t know what will become of him…

I’m sure he’ll end up embellishing a bag… or a hat… or something…

Well… maybe it’s not a drawer, but a box… or a jar… or a tin…

You know.. .the kind of place where all the junky little bits and pieces from your household tend to accumulate?

I kind of end up with junk tubs all over the house, like this:

There’s random keys and screws, bread tags and buttons, elastic bands and pieces of foreign currency. Probably some paper clips, safety pins, a couple of marbles, an old mobile phone, a reel of cotton and a few old batteries which may or may not have any charge left in them…

Okay… so here is the challenge…

First – take a photo of the junk (mostly because I’m a big old stickybeak, and I’d love to see what’s hiding in there)

Next – choose three or more items of junk to work with, and take a photo of course

Then – it’s time to get creative…

Make a project which uses those junk items…

Use any additional materials that you like. Incorporate the junk into your knitting, sewing, crochet, or whatever… Or just grab a hot glue gun and go crazy with it.

Head on over to my Ravelry group to join in… we’re a friendly bunch! The Junk Challenge will be running for the month of June, with a prize for the entry which most tickles my fancy…

Or you can just pop in and see what everyone is up to…

What would you make from a video cassette, or part thereof?

You may have seen the lastest issue of Inside Crochet magazine, which features a bag I designed using magenetic tape from a VHS. Well, it’s time now for YOU to show ME what you can do with an old video cassette.

It doesn’t have to be the tape itself that you choose to recycle – you might like to use the case instead. Click here and you can join in, or just lurk and see what the others are up to!

what would you do to transform a humble tin can into a work of art???

would you use crochet, knitting, macrame, carving, weaving, sewing, painting?.. or maybe another technique entirely…

let your creative juices run wild, and join us in the february challenge – over at the ‘laughing purple goldfish designs’ group at ravelry

you can enter the competition yourself, or just watch the fun unfold…