To ask about giant knitting?

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I'm posting here for traffic really, apologies
I'd like to make a giant knitted blanket -anyone done that? Or knows what I'm talking about?
Where to you get the yarn (or what's it called when it so thick?) and giant knitting needles?
If i look for needles online - what would be the size nr?
Thanks

Forget arm knitting, it's too tame for me. Leg knitting is my thing.

Yes arm knitting is exactly as it sounds. As for the brew a blanket takes less than an hour to knit so one before and one after should cover for even the most dire brew addiction!

Zaza - that leg knitting must really give your core muscles a workout too :-D!

Absolutely trisk!

Those giant roving blankets look amazing on Pinterest but they would be a disaster irl - they will pill, there'll be roving everywhere because little bits of it will come out - there's no twist in the roving so nothing to hold the fibres together and the stitches alone are too big a gauge to do it. And washing will be nigh on impossible because of the weight of the fabric produced - drying it even worse.

That said they do look brilliant - if I were you I'd try to recreate a similar look by using several strands of loosely spun super chunky yarn held together and the biggest needles you can find. Also use a wool/acrylic mix to help with the drying time.

It'll all cost a fortune but will last much better.

Hobbycraft do the big needles, works out expensive for the wool though!

Wool couture - got my MIL I giant blanket knitting kit for Christmas.

Also if your concerned about the wool pulling apart this women has a kickstarter campaign which is synthetic vegan something that looks amazing. Also giant also machine washable! If you have Instagram I recommend a look!
ohhio.me/shop

Arm knitting?
Tell me more!?

Pitiless yank, I love that macrame. Where's did you get the cotton rope from? Giant macrame hanging is genius.

Hi have a uk company selling giant yarn. The merino will shed and pil to a certain extent. To minimise this you can lightly felt it. This gives a "skin" that stabilises the yarn without taking away the bulk. Merino is expensive. Its really meant as a display item with pccassional use. We do an acrylic subsitute way cheaper if you want to have a go. Ps im now desperate to try leg knitting.
Take a look. Im happy to give advice. woollymahoosive.com

How much yarn would you need to knit or crochet an average sized throw, say armchair sized? I'm interested in the cheaper acrylic, Thanks

You can pick up large knitting needles quite cheaply on ebay - search for extreme knitting needles. Depending on the finish you want (and how much you want to spend) you can buy super chunky merino (more expensive), super chunky wool, or even use multiple stands of ordinary wool (usually cheapest).

Arm knitting is also awesome but not so good in my opinion if you're not doing the whole piece in one sitting

Nice site, Nandrea ! I think yarn that big would get the better of me these days - wish I was young enough for a fair fight.

We do 4kg for the price of 3kg in the acrylic. This makes around 145 cm x145 cm.

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Also giant also machine washable! If you have Instagram I recommend a look!
It's good that the yarn is machine washable, but a whole blanket in it surely just wouldn't fit in the machine? They do look great tho :-)

I'm concerned now, about mnetters getting cautioned for leg knitting in a public place

Thanks so much everyone!
RaisingSteam, that's exactly what i was thinking

So much good advice here!
I like the idea of arm knitting but with 2 young DC i will certainly not get an hour of peace... maybe at night..

NothingIsOK: thank you! I bought the rope on Amazon US, it is cotton cording used for piping, usually. It comes in various sizes and I think I chose 3/4 inch diameter.

nandrea i love the look of your yarn esp the acrylic to start with.
So 5-6 m is 100g - 1 kg is 50-60 m? Have I got that right?

http://www.thisisinsider.com/huge-blankets-big-stitches-2016-9

shareably.net/how-to-kint-giant-corded-blanket/

PitilessYank I'm very impressed with your novel use of the weight rack. Bravo.

Ph0ebe
Its 4.7 to 5 metres per 100 grams. So approx 50 m per 1 kg.

I've got giant needles (20mm so on the smaller side of giant!) from Juey. I've used them with double or triple stranded super chunky wool rather than the wool roving. Roving is insanely expensive and it's what you use as a base when you do felting, so I just think after a couple of months use a roving blanket or rug would be felted to be manky old mat.
Another trick is to use scarf wool as your yarn - instead of opening it out and knitting into it, just use it as one thick strand.
I've also made a rug using hand crocheting - I followed a tutorial on YouTube and it was very easy, even without being able to actually crochet.