Merce introduced me to the idea of treasure trove yarn. Other spinners call it crazy yarn. To make it, save all your yarn and fleece scraps. When you have a good amount spin it into yarn. Recently I made some myself. I call it Chaos Yarn:

I spun the scraps into a single on to two bobbins. I didn’t want to ply them together because I wanted to stretch the yardage as much as I could. Instead I plied them with some skinny Peruvian yarn some friends brought me back from vacation.

This was an interesting challenge. It was difficult to get a rhythm on the wheel because there were so many different types of fibers in the batts. The plying was easier but was still somewhat challenging.

I have roughly 80 yards. I’m thinking of making a pillow with it.

A close up:

To help with consistency I carded the odds and ends first and made mini batts. I was worried the tiny bits might mess up my drum carder so I hand carded it all.

Having random fleece mixed in with yarn bits really helped me make the yarn.