[Help] What should I do with my crocheted gears?

[Naantje]

I've crocheted a number of gears and merged them together, but I'm not really sure what to do with them. I first intended to make a shawl with them, but the gears are rather big for that, and really, how often does one use a shawl?


What would you do with these? I've got plenty of yarn to crochet a heap more gears, but as long as I don't know what to use them for, I figure crocheting more gears might not be the best way to use my time...

This length of gears is currently 47cm.

[kriSmith]

My first thought is to joing the Teesha Moore Patch swap. Lots of people want Steampunk patches. Those could be sew onto the patches. Or do a private swap for single gears for someone that is in the swap. 

[cathytg]

I think a bunch of those would make a terrific scarf.

[AugustBell]

I think a bunch of those would make a terrific scarf.

I really, REALLY like the scarf idea! But you could also make a purse and sew them along the strap, or you could always make a garland out of them. Attach them to a long pillow...That's all I've got for the moment.

[Alexus1325]

You could keep stringing them along into a garland!

[LadybugsAndBumblebees]

I would hang it on a wall.  It think it looks really cool.

[Naantje]

I like the garland idea I think the gears are too big for TM-patches (though I'm not quite sure how big people make these patches) as wel as for the purse strap.

I believe I have woken from an instructional dream though, I was refashioning a second-hand wedding dress, and sewing these gears along the bottom of the skirt. I could do that with an ordinary skirt too, give it some more umph.

[thespacequeen87]

i like the scarf idea, but covering a large black matte pillow with them would also be pretty cool... i have no new ideas DX

[Megz1027]

My first thought is to joing the Teesha Moore Patch swap. Lots of people want Steampunk patches. Those could be sew onto the patches. Or do a private swap for single gears for someone that is in the swap. 

What is a Teesha Moore Patch?

[kriSmith]

They are little embellished quilt squares. They are a lot of fun to make. There are bunches of awesome TM projects here on Craftster.

Here is a link to the ongoing TM swap.
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=407645.0

If you search YouTube you can find a video of Teesha Moore telling how to make them.

[Megz1027]

The swap looks awesome. I found the tutorials. Thank you so much. I can't wait to try it out. 

[Junior_Mint]

How about a necklace of some sort with gears?