December 19: Mega Knits
Mega knits are all the rage! Super-chunky blankets are making their rounds again on Pinterest. We get asked about these all the time. Here’s the deal. Super bulky single-ply yarn THAT thick will shed and pill like crazy. And it will cost a small fortune. Considering I sell $400 vicuña without batting an eye, I am all about luxury yarns. But these super mega yarns are ridiculous.
For a decent wool (that will still shed and look like poo) it would take 2 skeins at minimum of $50 a skein to knit something that would fit tightly around your neck. By my best guesstimation, a tiny baby blankETTE would be $500, a small lap throw $1,200-$1,500, and a throw size would be around $2,500 . . . for something that is going to pill, shed, and look like a matted animal in no time.
I just can’t in good conscious sell that to anyone. Some Pinterest ideas are just doomed to #fail!
You can still mega knit, and get nice results. You just have to take the size down a notch, or two…
BULKY
Blue Sky’s BULKY is our go-to yarn for mega knitting. Available in a rainbow of colors, this alpaca/merino blend is soft and springy. $14.50, 100gm/45yds
If you have the itch to make a mega blanket, check out this Bayport Throw pattern. It is a complimentary pattern courtesy of Blue Sky Fibers. Knit with double strands of BULKY on a size 36 in a 1×1 rib so that the edges won’t roll. You can also make it in stockinette stitch, if you don’t mind the rolling edges.
If you’d like something even chunkier, try three, or four, or more strands together with these biggies!
Blue Sky has great patterns for garments, accessories and kids for BULKY:
MACRO
Another great mega bulky is MACRO from Berroco. This single-ply blend of wool, alpaca and acrylic is packaged in mega-hanks with lots of yardage! $21, 250gm/112yds.
This mega chunky throw is a free pattern from Berroco and only takes 4 hanks of MACRO! Click here to download the pattern.
Berroco has several other free patterns featuring MACRO. Click on the pics below to get the patterns.
More designs are featured in Berroco’s Macro collection booklet:
But wait . . . there’s more!
Two more free patterns! Click on the pics above for your pattern download.
- Big Pom Hat, courtesy of Blue Sky Fibers, is knit with two skeins of BULKY.
- Hominy cowl, courtesy of Berroco, is knit with one skein of MACRO.
And today is another double giveaway day!
We’re giving away the yarn to make both of these projects. Simply comment with with color of BULKY and MACRO you’d like to win. Click on the yarn names to see the colors. We’ll pick two lucky winners, you have until midnight.
Heidi
19.12.2017 at 02:35Bulky #1221/Boysenberry
Macro #6739/Saxifrage
Patrizia
19.12.2017 at 04:49Bulky in Silver MInk
Macro in Mackerel
Thank you for the giveaway!
Jennifer Walker
19.12.2017 at 08:36Bulky – Azalea
Macro – Great Auk
Tammy Adamson
19.12.2017 at 08:51Bulky-Boysenberry
Macro – Great Auk
Jennifer Smallwood
19.12.2017 at 09:05Bulky- lynx
Macro- Caribou
Clarissa coble
19.12.2017 at 09:10Bulky in Atlantis and macro in campion.
Sheri Blaylock
19.12.2017 at 09:15I love Polar Night in the Macro and Atlantis in the Bulky!
Sheri Blaylock
19.12.2017 at 09:18Keely, What is the hat pattern at the very top of the blog? I want to make it! Thanks!
knorthup
19.12.2017 at 10:04It’s from Blue Sky’s Bulky Hat booklet – https://www.swakknit.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=108BSBHB
Stephanie Miller
19.12.2017 at 09:37Love a chunky quick knit!
Bulky Gray Wolf
Macro Bramble
Brandie Ferguson
19.12.2017 at 09:50Bulky Pluto
Macro- Polar night
Patricia Riden
19.12.2017 at 10:29Blue sky – Atlantis
Berocco – Bramble
Mary
19.12.2017 at 10:39Bulky Azalea
Macro Mackerel
Tammy D.
19.12.2017 at 11:54Bulky-Boysenberry
Macro- Great Auk
knorthup
20.12.2017 at 08:23Congratulations Tammy! You’re the winner of 2 skeins of Bulky. I have your prize aside for you. Please pick it up by January 31, or it will be put back in the prize hopper.
Jenna
19.12.2017 at 14:03Bulky seaweed. Macro saxifrage. Thanks!
Nicole Acuna
19.12.2017 at 14:52Clariet and Saxifrage! These are so pretty
Edwyna Honderich
19.12.2017 at 15:21Bulky-Claret
Macro-Saxifrage
Stacey
19.12.2017 at 15:42Bulky boysenberry
Macro Caribou
Machelle
19.12.2017 at 17:29Bulky-Pluto
Macro-Bramble
Teresa
19.12.2017 at 17:48Bulky Grasshopper
Macro Mackerel
knorthup
20.12.2017 at 08:24Congratulations Teresa! You’re the winner of a skein of Macro. I have your prize aside for you. Please pick it up by January 31, or it will be put back in the prize hopper.
Beth Seeliger
19.12.2017 at 18:01Macro -Mackerel
Bulky -Frost
Cari Deen
19.12.2017 at 18:20I like the bulky in polar bear and the macro in saxifrage.
Vicky Marshall
19.12.2017 at 18:32Bulky in Lynx
Macro in Caribou
Renee
19.12.2017 at 18:50Bulky: Gray Wolf
Macro: Mackerel
Sarah Bailey
19.12.2017 at 22:49Thanks for the low down on super mega yarns. I was tempted to try them out before!
Bulky – Jasmine
Macro – Saxifrage
Paula Jones
19.12.2017 at 23:23Bulky Seaweed, Macro Artic Poppy
Betty
19.12.2017 at 23:33Bulky #1219/Atlantis
Macro #6736/Mackerel