I need a mindless project to do during lectures, and I just got my yarn (5 skeins of forest green and 5 skeins of light purple). Do you have any suggestions for a stitch I should use for this blanket?
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you could do a granny stitch blanket, or maybe a really large single granny square? or I know @craftycellist was making a basket stitch blanket that was really cool!
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Omg thank you, I will look through them
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Hm, I don’t really want the blanket to have too many holes and granny stitch blankets tend to do that. At the same time I don’t have too much yarn, so holes seem like a good way to make a bigger blanket
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you could also use a stitch that uses less yarn while still building up (like DC or something)
super excited to see what you make!
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i will once again suggest a 6 day star blanket, it used dc, sc, and granny stitches
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oh my gosh I keep seeing this and I wanna try it so bad, but I know my parents would not be happy if I started a new blanket-
maybe time to frog a similar one I have started and do this one instead?
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it works up pretty quickly and can be made to be quite large. it’s a nice mindless project, but also keeps me engaged due to the switch in stitches. i always love seeing people’s iterations of them. im on my 4th right now
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That sounds like a perfect middle ground between mindless and engaging project, I think I will go with it.
Do you think I should change out colors every row, every repeat or maybe just when the skein runs out?
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6 day star blanket?
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betty mcknit (the writer of this particular version) suggests you switch every 2 rounds for the first 4 set up rounds, and after that switch color every three. i have seen some lovely ones that switch color every two rounds though, so im sure whichever you pick will look lovely. here’s a link to the free pattern if you’d like it
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Thanks! I have heard about the drama about this pattern, but I didn’t pay attention to how often people changed colors
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if you need clearer instructions (which is what all the drama was about lol) she has youtube tutorials explaining what to do
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I think I will manage, I learned crocheting terminology from patterns like that
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once you get going, you hardly have to look at the pattern since it’s the same order all around
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You could maybe do this 6 day starblanket.
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After looking through different star blankets on her side I did choose the superstar blanket lol. I like that it’s almost round and there aren’t any long points
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Oh lol
I just looked back through all the comments and I saw that everybody else is suggesting 6 day star blankets. Sorry lol 
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Don’t worry about it, it’s funny that you suggested the blanket I choose and didn’t write it here
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