What would you make with acrylic yarn?

[Mommy22alyns]

Now be nice, everyone!

I have skeins galore of various acrylic yarns from Smiley's hauls and I need some ideas of what to make with them - seriously!

I have this in blue, purple, and red, four skeins of each color:



And then this in yellow and purple, 3 skeins each:




Ideas?

[Jan in CA]

Yarns like that would make great kids clothing (washable) or charity projects.

[Stiney]

Do you have enough for a blanket/afghan/lapghan?

[Lobug]

I've used a lot of acrylic yarn (as it cheapest, and relatives are excited to find something cheap and useful for me ). It is great for kids clothes b/c you can wash & dry it thousands of times and it is fine. TLC is nice b/c it is soft. It pills a bit when washed though.
Afgans and pillows are good too, b/c the acrylic holds up to the hard use. I've actually done socks with TLC and size 6 needles. They're soft, and hold up well. And they knit up really fast. My kids like to play sliding games in them on our hardwood floors .
TLC is great for hats too! Or bags, or even shrugs.

[Yarnlady]

Anything can be made out of acrylic, just as anything can be made out of wool, or cotton. Knitter's preference!

I make sweaters for the grands, slippers, blankets, afghans, pillows, shawls....whatever strikes my fancy!

[figaro]

My old neighbor gave me a big bag of really old acrylics and I double stranded it into cat beds for the local humane society...

[Ingrid]

I agree that kids' clothing or maybe even a log-cabin type blanket.

[ArtLady1981]

Kid's clothing, or a log cabin style blanket. The colors don't fight with each other.

[Quiltlady]

The yarns you bought look very nice. Enjoy.

[Lobug]

I made this really cool draft stopper dog (from a pattern book which I cannot remember now) from some acrylic yarn I frogged from a garage sale afgan a relative gave me. It turned out so cool my kids won't leave it in front of the door.