{"id":64329,"date":"2022-08-01T11:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T01:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/?p=64329"},"modified":"2022-08-01T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T01:34:19","slug":"chunky-yarn-mitered-squared-blanket-knitting-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/chunky-yarn-mitered-squared-blanket-knitting-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickly Knit a Mitered Square Blanket with this Colorful Chunky Yarn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Use a chunky self-striping yarn to make this colorful Mitered Square Blanket. It’s super quick to knit up, and the pattern can be adapted to make any size blanket you wish. <\/p>\n

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This yarn review is a collaboration with American Yarns. Contains affiliate links.<\/p><\/div>\n

Nothing beats using chunky yarn when it comes to knitting up a project super quickly.<\/p>\n

When I laid my hands on the latest offering from American Yarns – Premier Colorfusion Chunky<\/a>, I immediately knew a colorful squishy blanket was in my future.<\/p>\n

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I love using self striping yarns because you get the full effect of colourful, and in this case gradient hues, without the need to change yarns and weave in lots of ends.<\/p>\n

The hard decision about when to change colors is taken out of your hands, leaving you with a fun color changing surprise as you knit.<\/p>\n

About Premier Colorfusion Chunky Yarn<\/h3>\n

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This yarn was really enjoyable to knit with, and its ‘feel’ was pretty much the same as Premier Bloom Chunky which I’ve reviewed here<\/a>. I suspect it’s exactly the same yarn base with the only difference being the color treatment.<\/p>\n

The yarn is quite soft and squishy, with just a tiny bit of fluffiness. 100% acrylic, so it’s machine washable (gentle cycle), although I’d probably hand wash this personally to prevent pilling that may be caused by a machine wash.<\/p>\n

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Even though the yarn has the appearance of being loosely spun, I actually didn’t really have a problem with the plies splitting. It holds together pretty well.<\/p>\n

The colours in the range are super vibrant and very pretty. I really love the gradual gradient effect and colour speckling though the yarn.<\/p>\n

Each ball of yarn has around one gradient repeat through it. I combined three different colourways in my blanket to showcase the some of the colours available in the range.<\/p>\n

Because the colour changes in Premier Colorfusion Chunky are fairly short, I wanted a pattern that had a smaller stitch count (short rows) to show off the sections of colours nicely.<\/p>\n

Generally the wider the project (more stitches), the narrower the stripes will appear.<\/p>\n

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Knitted with the recommended needle size, this yarn has a lovely heavy drape. Keep that in mind if making large garments like cardigans or ponchos and you’ll get A LOT of stretch.<\/p>\n

This yarn would also show its stripey pattern well in projects such as hats and scarves.<\/p>\n

One downside of this yarn is because of its chunky nature, a 100g (3.5oz) ball only contains 100m (109yds), so it doesn’t go very far.<\/p>\n

Knitters, and especially crocheters will find that they churn through a ball of this yarn quite quickly, so plan for that when tackling a bigger project.<\/p>\n

In the blanket I made below, one ball made just over 4 blocks.<\/p>\n

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