Bulky Yarn Sweater Knitting Patterns
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Yes, you can definitely use this yarn to make a blanket.
I would suggest to search on www.ravelry.com for a queen size blanket pattern you that uses bulky weight yarn, then divide the yardage required by the 90 yards per skein in this product. Personally, I usually buy an extra skein to accommodate for any unforeseen mistakes or disasters (I'm fairly new to knitting and have three cats who love "helping").
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As an experienced crocheter and beginner knitter, I'm just getting over myself that it's called knitting and not yarncraft or something.
I think the drops requested in the polls are by and large more what you're talking about and what people would buy: a bunch of yarn, enough to make a specific pattern, but nobody's tying you down with notions and patterns.
The problem with the yarns that have been dropped so far, I think, is that there is a HUGE...
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I too would love to massdrop yarn. Knitting is such a big community and for one sweater it can take 5-6 skeins. We don't tend to buy one at a time. I came to massdrop looking for yarn.
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A pretty major problem is that it's the start of festival season- many vendors may not have time to add a new wholesale account, much less dye up yarns (for indie dyers). A good compromise might be to check Ravelry's trending patterns and the yarns used there- or contacting a designer and getting their ear for a bit.
I think thay that there are some good things that could be down the line- the Blue Sky Alpacas buys were great! But we also need to...
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