Who doesn't like snuggling up with a cozy blanket, a good book, and a steaming cup of cocoa when the weather gets cold outside? Make this dangerously cozy chunky yarn blanket using only your hands — no needles required, and it takes only a couple of hours to make. This hand knit blanket also looks great thrown over a chair, draped at the foot of a bed, or even rolled up and displayed in a basket.
Video: How to Make a Hand Knit Chunky Yarn Blanket
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Things You'll Need
8 pounds of jumbo chunky yarn (wool roving)
Measuring tape
Sharp scissors
1. Knit the first row
Create a knot with a 4-inch loop. Leave about 12 inches at the end.
Reach your hand through the loop, grab the yarn and pull it through the loop creating a second 4-inch loop. Reach your hand through the loop you just made, grab the yarn and pull it through the loop creating a third 4-inch loop. Continue creating 4-inch loops this way until you've made 20 loops.
2. Knit the second row
Turn the 20th loop up and switch the yarn tail so it's falling to the left. Move the yarn tail under the last loop.
Reach your hand through the 19th loop, grab the yarn and pull it through to create another 4-inch loop. Reach your hand through the 18th loop, grab the yarn and pull it through to create another 4-inch loop. Continue creating 4-inch loops this way until you reach the end of the second row.
3. Knit the third row
Switch the yarn tail so it's facing to the right. Change directions and go back across the row by reaching your hand through the last loop you made on this row, grabbing the yarn and pulling it through to make a another 4-inch loop. You will continue to reach your hand through each loop, grab the yarn and pull it through to create 4-inch loops until you get to the end of the row.
4. Knit the remaining rows
Continue the rows of loops back and forth across the blanket until you have at least 15 feet of yarn remaining.
5. Create the top edge
To finish the blanket, put the first two loops in the last row together, reach your hand through both loops, grab the yarn and pull it through to create a 4-inch loop.
Combine the loop you just created with the next loop in the row, reach your hand through both loops, grab the yarn and pull it through to create another 4-inch loop.
Continue combining the new loop with the next loop in the row, reaching through both loops, grabbing the yarn and creating a new 4-inch loop until you get to the end of the row.
6. Tie off the tail
When you get to the end of the row, cut the yarn, leaving a 12-inch tail.
Use the yarn tail to tie a knot in the last loop.
Thread the yarn tail back through the loops.
Now you're ready to grab a good book, a hot drink and get your cozy on!
