Another Way to Knit a Giant Chunky Blanket

By now we’ve probably all seen giant blankets knit with roving or many strands of yarn held together, worked with arm knitting or using giant knitting needles.

Both of those are valid methods, but here’s another thing to try if you don’t want to have a giant blanket hanging on your arm for a couple of hours or to hold the weight of a big blanket on a pair of knitting needles.

Lily Ardor made her chunky knit blanket using a sort of finger knitting technique in which the loops are pulled up across the row, then you make more loops to go inside those loops. Because roving sticks to itself pretty easily you don’t have to worry about the stitches dropping before you get back to them.

This is an interesting idea and might be an easier way to do it for people who can’t hold all that weight (she says her blanket is about 7 pounds) on their arms while they work, because this way it can sit on a table as you work.

Have you knit one of these giant blankets? I’d love to know how you did it.

[Photo: Lily Ardor.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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