Super bulky or chunky yarn blankets need bigger needles again: around 8 or even 10 mm (size 11 – 15 US). Then with your right hand, again, pass the working yarn through the loops towards your left hand and pull the yarn out and you are left with one loop in your hands. If you knit your blanket with circular knitting needles instead, you’ll find that the weight of the blanket is distributed along the cord between the two needle tips. Whether you're making garments, accessories, or homewares, using delicate yarn or chunky, Addi's circular needle sets put the ease back into your knitting. Excellent For Beginners And Advanced Knitters - Super quick for chunky knitting and ideal for multiple yarns, un-spun wool top, T-Shirt yarns, or using up 'stash and knit' with multiple yarns.

I’ll save you from making the same mistakes as I did and give you all the details on the best yarns to use for making DIY chunky knit blankets. I also prefer my needles leashed together because I am a klutz and get tired of chasing down the dropped needle very quickly - and the older I get the more I dislike it. Finally, a great idea for keeping your blanket knitting momentum up is to knit a mood or temperature blanket. Next we are going to begin our chain, so using your thumb and pointer finger reach inside of your slip knot and grab the working yarn and pull it through the loop and that is 1 chain. While you don’t have to use bulky weight yarn, you probably don’t want to use yarn lighter than worsted weight yarn, especially for your first blanket.Blanket patterns can generally be knit with any weight yarn, once you also adjust the needle size to suit.

These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. If your test swatch feels too loose and open for a blanket fabric post washing, go down a needle size and make another test square with that. If you prefer to watch the tutorial, instead of reading about it, check out my video tutorial below for this chunky knit blanket DIY. I remember how intimidated I was by the idea of knitting a huge blanket before I got my first one on the needles.The most popular yarn weights for knitting blankets are aran or worsted weight, followed by DK (double knit). Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. Once in a while knitters are a bit confused about the concept of using long circular knitting needles to knit a blanket.

This yarn is a little thinner and has a different texture than the couture jazz that I mentioned above. If you’re following a pattern, check to see which type of needle is required and find the perfect pins for your project – and don't forget our knitting needle sets have you covered if more than one size is required. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Having said that it surprises me how many people prefer to use extra long knitting needles for this task because they really don't like the feel of the short tips of circular needles.Using this simple technique, all you need is yarn(we will go over the best yarns to use next), a flat surface like a table and your hands. If it’s a different size than expected post washing, your finished blanket will be bigger or smaller than the pattern dimensions.