[Nfb-krafters-korner] Making A Weighted Blanket

Fri Oct 27 21:54:14 UTC 2017

I unintentionally made a weighted loom knit afghan for my mom.

I used Caron Simply Soft yarn & held two strands together & then made 49 double Knit squares. I then sewed them together using the whip stitch. Once it was complete, it was so heavy. So for couriosity's sake, I weighed the blanket & it weighed 4.5 pounds!!!! I really hated to give it up because it was so heavy & warm.

If you would like more detailed instructions, please feel free to contact me off list.

Courtney
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Hi Daniella, welcome to the group.
My name is Henry, and my girlfriend Terry Powers, who will introduce herself
are both members of the membership committee, and also 2 of the members of
the Loom team as well as loom instructors.
I have never heard of or seen a weighted blanket. Do you have any Websites
that you can share with us so that we can get a better idea of what you are
talking about?
Terry and I have loom knitted flat panels using 5 ply yarn on both sides of
a Double Rake Loom, and that gives a rather heavy weighted blanket.
You mentioned that you don't like sewing, we join the panels using a simple
Whip Stitch.
One of these days, I will get around to making a blanket on my Cindy Wood
Craft S shaped Loom, which should make a blanket big enough for my twin
sized bed.
Have a great day, and Happy Looming!

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Daniella,
This is the right place.

All the weighted blankets that I have read about that are crochet or knitted
use heavier yarn to weigh them down.  Maybe someone else has a better idea.
I guess you could always add large beads to your knitting to add weight.

I'm wondering if you could make a double sided panel using close pegs and
filling that panel with beads.  Then you would have to add the filled panels
into your overall blanket.  Like a knitted panel that is 12" wide, next to a
filled weighted panel that is 4" wide.  Repeat that going across the
blanket.

I'm interested to see what others think.

Cindy Z.

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Making A Weighted Blanket

Hello all,
I have just started subscribing to this list, so I am not sure how this
works. If this is not the right place for my question, sorry about that.
                I have just started looming, and so far I really like it. I
wanted to make a weighted blanket, but the only things I can find on the
internet are things you need to sew, and I don’t know how to do that. Does
anyone know if I could loom tight enough stitches so that stuff wouldn’t
fall out of it? I am thinking of using glass gems that you can buy from like
Walmart, or the dollar store, or Polly Pellets like the internet suggests,
if they are not too expensive. Does anyone know what else I could use as
well?
                Thank you all for your help!

Daniella
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