Are they the same as the produce bags at the grocery? They are thin but only come in clear and pale green here…I know I have seen red and yellow in the past, but I haven’t seen newspapers much around here.
Produce bags are a good idea, I hadn’t thought of that! I think they are a different type of plastic (more stretchy?) but I think they could potentially work. We buy so much produce that I’m kind of embarrassed that I didn’t think of that 
My quick googling tells me that the newspaper bags are made from low-density polyethylene (LDPE) whereas produce bags are made with high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
Newspaper bags are generally recommended for the project I want to do so I’ll keep my open ISO out for them but will start saving my produce bags too. Thanks for the idea!
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I will start “collecting” them from the driveways when I see them… 
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Kitty fabric? What are you looking for.
Hey, @Magpie! Did you get the kitty fabric I sent? It was quite a while ago. (Black fabric with midcentury mod cats.)
I just added some birdie panels 
edited: claimed by @PrincessP
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My beautiful Australian bird panels arrived from @mellybelly81 
The superb fairy wren is my favourite bird… these are so treasured, thank you Mel!
But I promise, I will use the good stuff xx
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I added a crochet baby blanket to my list.
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WOW! Those are gorgeous…I have two beautiful embroideries of birds and really need to use them instead of leaving them in a box! I thought about just framing them, but I believe that is what they were in their first life! I have seem some gorgeous totes made with them, but how many totes do I need? I might put them on back of an olive green jean jacket as a start of another artsy jacket.
I also some gorgeous Australian flower embroidery patterns that came with my embroidery machine…I should stitch them up.
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Oh dear, I don’t think so. Thank you so much for sending it though, I so appreciate that 
. It could still show up, the mail is a bit unreliable still.
I did get a whole whack of the weirdest prints from @mellybelly81 today, thank you!
These frogs & dogs… just whaaa?! Lol
@Edel I missed your question, oops. Just any cat print scraps to make coasters & mugrugs for kitty lovin’ friends & rellies. Just for fun
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Coordinate the colors and you can combine just about anything!!
Love those frogs!! They are mysterious!!
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Those are the colors that are part of my go to palette…orange, green violet! What an odd print…frogs and dogs…lol
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Aren’t they ridiculous? I’m excited to use that fabric somewhere unexpected. To line pockets or a pouch or something. Too funny!
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Thanks to everyone who offered to send! I’m all set on scrap yarn now 
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Do you have a preferred fiber content?
Hah just editedmy post to address that!
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I may have some yarn for you, @sheepBlue. However, relatedly, does anyone have a fantastic resource for understanding the weight of yarn you have? Much of it came without labels, and I often just knit a few gauges until the sizing works out. I learned how to test for fiber content, but I consistently fail at figuring out the names for the thickness of the yarn itself. This is what I get for thrift crafting, I suppose. 
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If it’s a thinner yarn it should work, not sure on a resource though.
For weaving yarn we use a ruler and find the “wraps per inch” to figure out sett. You could probably do the same (google for how to do it) for knitting yarns to get a rough approximation. I don’t have any fingering weight yarn so I can’t give a guess about what the WPI would be (but maybe google would have ideas).
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