I recently fell in love with these beautiful, thick wool, arm-knitted blankets:
But wanted to find an affordable DIY alternative, so I decided to make my own fleece yarn then use it to arm knit a warm fuzzy blanket.
I started with 5 yards of Ivory Anti-Pill Fleece from Joann’s.
I laid it flat and left it folded in half long ways.
Starting at the fold cut towards the open ends in approximately 1 inch strips. (Make sure to stop about a 3/4 inch from the open end.)
TOP layer only: finish cutting every other strip through the open end of the fabric.
BOTTOM layer only: finish cutting every other OPPOSITE strip through the end of the fabric.
Round out each corner to ensure a seamless look where fabric will bend.
Roll your newly created fleece yarn into one giant ball of yarn. 😄
Now get to arm knitting. Don’t know how? Now worries! This link is AMAZING!!!
After 5 yards, I realized I wanted my blanket to be bigger so we bought another 2.5 yards and repeated the process of making the yarn. But it was worth it, because I landed up with this beauty. ❤️
I will admit that I spent a LOT longer than 45 minutes on my blanket but it’s also quite a bit bigger than the one in the tutorial. And after everything was said and done I landed up using the full 7.5 yards of fleece.