Chunky Hand Knit Blanket
A chunky hand knit blanket is so easy to make and you don't even need knitting needles. Hand knitting is a fun project and the result is a cozy blanket!
Ingredients
- 8 Skeins super-bulky weight yarn any color
Instructions
- Tie a slip knot in your yarn. Leave about three inches of a tail so you have enough to weave in later (image 1-4)
- Grab your working yarn (the yarn attached to the ball) with your right index finger and thumb, and pull a loop through your slip knot. The loop will look the same as the slip knot (image 5–6)
- Continue this process until you have 24 loops in your chain.
- Measure to make sure your loops are even. The easiest way is to use three fingers to make sure your loop fits comfortably around without excess. If the loop is too small to fit over three fingers, pull it out slightly more to loosen it (image 7)
- Once you have completed the 24 loops, pull one more loop through (25 total). With this loop, position it so that it is facing upwards and perpendicular to the rest of your chain. This will begin your second row of loops (image 8)
- Make sure the ball of yarn you are using is on the opposite side of the blanket from where you are working. Pull out a few feet of yarn at a time and lay it down along the top of the blanket to make sure you have enough yarn to work with.
- Find the stitch next to your loop that is facing up. (It will be the hole next to the first loop, but not the hole that contains the first loop. Put two fingers in this hole and grab the working yarn. Pull the yarn through the hole. Make sure three fingers will fit in your loop so it is the right size. Lay the loop flat so that it is in the same position as the first loop (image 9–12)
- Continue this process for the length of the blanket to complete your row (image 13)
- When you get to the last loop in the row, pull up a loop the same way as the others. Move your working yarn across the top of the blanket so that it is going in the direction you are working. Pull up another loop and begin going back across the row to the other side (image 14–17)
- You will continue this process until you have used all eight skeins of yarn.
- To attach a new ball of yarn, tie a tight knot with your working yarn and the new ball of yarn. Once the knot is tight, you can cut off the excess, or weave it into the blanket once complete (image 18–20)
- When you have used all of your yarn and are happy with the length of the blanket, you will begin the final row. To complete the blanket you will start with the side opposite your working yarn (you need the tail to tie off). If your working yarn is on the right side of the blanket, grab the loop furthest on the left hand side of the blanket in your left hand, and the loop next to it in your right hand. Pull the loop in your right hand through the one in your left hand.
- You will now have one loop. Place this loop in your left hand, and continue down the blanket until the final loop. Once you have pulled the final loop through, you will pull the tail of your yarn through that final loop and pull it tight. If your tail is on the left side of the blanket you will do the opposite.
- Grab the furthest loop on the right hand side in your right hand, and the loop next to it with your left hand. You will pull each left loop through each right loop across the whole blanket until you reach the end. Pull the yarn tail through the final loop, and weave the end of your yarn into the blanket (image 21–25)
- Weave in any yarn tails that are leftover, and enjoy your cozy blanket!
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