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You guys, I'm so proud of myself. I made my first DIY project in a looong time, and it turned out pretty darn cute! Not to mention, it was so satisfying to create something with my own hands again! I have been wanting to make one of these chunky arm knit blankets since, oh I don't know, three years ago. But I've never knitted, so I was worried that I'd mess up and ruin all that expensive yarn. I let that intimidate me...plus, I'll be honest, I was lazy. With the new year I felt motivated to tackle a DIY project for the fun of creating, and I decided to finally make one of these. I found a local shop that sells the chunky yarn, called Paradise Fibers (it's only a block from my high school!). If you're not in Spokane, they also sell the "yarn" online. It's actually cozy, unspun wool roving that is so thick and soft and luscious. I will admit that it's not cheap so you might be like, "um Aileen, didn't you just say you were going to be super frugal this year?" That's fair! But making the blanket myself was wayyy cheaper than buying one (this size would be over $500 if I bought it from Etsy). And Ben and I had a lot of fun making it together!
Sooo pretty, right? There are a lot of tutorials for these on YouTube, so I didn't take process photos. You'll understand it a lot better by watching a video than you would with photos. We used this tutorial. I had 7 lbs of the yarn, which was enough to make a nice oversized throw, but not enough for a king size blanket.
You really don't need to know how to knit in order to make this blanket. The hardest part is getting started, when you cast on to your arm. After that, it's just pulling the yarn through the loops over and over!
Pretty proud of myself! The coziest update to our bedroom for winter.
And if you're in Spokane, check out Paradise Fibers. It's in a really cool building, with exposed brick walls, sliding ladders, and a whole room full of spinning wheels and stuff for workshops!
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