We’ve watched Rebekah put this beautiful Mitered Crosses Blanket together for Kevin over the past few weeks. Here they are at Knit Night last night, with the finished product. Made entirely out of Madelinetosh Vintage, it has us all wishing for one of our own! See how she did mirror images with the colors? With the border, this one took 13 skeins. Next she’s thinking of doing this in a baby blanket with a lighter yarn and six squares. I’m thinking Cascade Superwash Sport would be perfect for a baby blanket like this. Or the Worsted 220 Superwash. Even though I love this in the Madelinetosh Vintage, moms always like things that are machine wash and dry. Make it easy on them.
Our Camp Loopy Project Two is to make an 800 yd. + project (using at least one color from your country’s flag). I’m still waffling on projects (although now thinking of this mitered baby blanket…). I keep looking at all of my options and garnering ideas from everyone. So my contest question for this month is: What is the biggest project you have made and how many yards (or meters) was it? Mine was the crocheted afghan I made for Camp Loopy last year – 2600 yards. Leave your answer in the comments below and we’ll do a random drawing next week for some $25 Loopy gift certificates! (And maybe I’ll get some more ideas from your comments in the meantime.)
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I have made several horas ole and knitspot baby blankets they have all taken close to or a little more than 1000yds
I made 6 of Lily Chin’s reversibly cabled afghans for my Mother and her sisters and, one for me of course, about 2300 yards each and each a different color. They took so long that was probably the cheapest year of knitting I’ve had. Sure was fun to hand out at a reunion though
My biggest project is actually blocked and drying as we speak! I just made a Valentines Design Shawl out of WM Lace in the Indisch Rot colorway. It’s somewhere in the 1300-1400 yd range.
I’m actually going to modify the pattern a little and do it again for my Camp Loopy Project 2!
My largest project to date was knitted Moderne Log Cabin blankets (from Mason Dixon) that were made from Lionbrand Wool-Ease (for ease of care for the receiving non-knitters). I made three blankets for my adult stepson/step daughter and son in law in the colors of their favorite NFL team. Each blanket took approximately 4,137 yards of yarn. It was great knitting while I was enjoying watching my favorite team. Pics can be found on Ravelry (MarlaF).
crocheted afghans of all kinds when I was in my teens? Way too long ago to remember how many yards they took 😉
I’ll admit it, my biggest-yardage project isn’t that impressive. (Well yardage-wise at least, the project itself turned out AWESOME). It was The Tea Leaves cardigan by Melissa LaBarre that i completed a few months ago. Clocked in at around 1200 yards. One of these days maybe I’ll have the attention span for a blanket!
I’m not sure. I have this blanket I started last year (it requires sewing up) – Mitred Crosses like this one, except I made mine out of sock yarn. I know I had 4 100g skeins-ish of white and at least 1 100 gram skein of white and 5 additional skeins at 50g. It is 35 squares (7 long and 5 wide), and I have one more skein of white for the sewing up/border. That is probably my biggest project.
I knit a wedding dress for someone. It was a Victorian lace type long sleeved top with a long lace paneled skirt. It took well over 2000 yds of light fingering weight cotton yarn. It was so beautiful!
Itwould be a crochet blanket I made for my cousin’s firstborn son. Was about 1200 yards…. Not much but it was made with love.
My biggest ever project was a queen-sized crocheted roses afghan for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. It was so long ago that I honestly don’t remember how much yarn it took, but they continued to use it for years, until their passing. (My Daddy died in 1985, and my Mom died in 1991, before I got pregnant with my youngest son. So, as you can see, a lot has happened since then; remembering the quantity from that long ago is not easy now, sorry, other than to say it was a WHALE OF A LOT of yarn, especially since I have always been a loose crocheter!!!) The afghan was (and still is) reds for the roses flowers and greens for the leaves and background: my Mom’s color choices.
My Sothia from last year’s Camp Loopy has used the most yarn to date – I’m a big fan of small projects. Last year’s Camp Loopy gave me the courage to try another 800 yard project this year, so thanks!
I think my biggest project was a baby blanket, about 1300yds crocheted.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/LindyChick/baby-afghan-70454ad
I hear the wooleater blanket really sucks up some yardage if you’re game! http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-wool-eater-blanket
Not sure how many yards it took, but made a HUGE afghan out of cotton yarn. Have made other afghans also.
I’m not sure! I’ve made four wedding afghans, though (fisherman’s knit, cables), that each had to be more than 2000 yards. They were all pre-Ravelry days, though, so I don’t even have any pictures of these masterworks! Thanks, Sheri, for a chance to win, and for hosting another fun summer of Camp Loopy!
Mine was a crocheted bedspread that I am INCREDIBLY proud of! It took my an entire year to make! I completely lost track of how many yards, thousands and thousands of #10 crochet cotton held 2 strands together.
I made the “Vertical Kaleidoscope Cardigan” out of about 2500 yards of Koigu. It’s a wonderful cardigan, and looks great at work or on casual weekends. I’ve been saving Koigu, Madelinetosh, Claudia and other lovelies to make another one! Perhaps an Olympics project?????
My biggest project was Girasole in Cascade 220. I used about 7.5 skeins or somewhere in the neighborhood of 1600 yards. It’s a real beauty, if I do say so myself. Now if I could only find a space large enough to block it…
About 15 years ago I made a really sampler pullover for my DH out of Rowan California Cotton – it was a organically grown cotton which was not dyed but yet grew out of the ground in those odd colors. We still have it of course as it was quite an accomplishment to get the sleeves to match the patterning on the body – gees – I don’t have the energy for anything that fussy these days LOL – I think it was about 2200 yards. thanks for the opportunity to win – melody who is furiously knitting on Camp Loopy 1
I made a sweater for someone who was generously proportioned that clocked in at about 1350 yds. As a quilter, you’d think I’d be less afraid of doing a large project like a blanket, but I’m just not sure about my staying power.
I used to make sweaters and made one many years ago out of Manos. It had a large hood so it must have had a lot of yardage!
Hmmm, that’s a great question! I don’t usually track yardage… most of my projects are usually smaller ones: scarves, hats, sweaters for little people & baby blankets… but the project that took the most yarn was probably the Elysium sweater I knit last summer for Camp Loopy.
Largest project was a DK cotton blend circular baby blanket. More than 60″ in diameter! 1,638 yards! Took me seven months of almost-exclusive knitting!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/LASH/round-or-pinwheel-baby-blanket
My largest project was a sweater with a hood that more closely resembled a coat. It took 10 full skeins of Madelinetosh Vintage plus a little bit of #11 aprox. 2000 yards!
I haven’t made anything too epic yet, but my Clapotis that I made for Camp Loopy last year was almost 900 yards. 🙂
My largest project is a blanket/afghan that called for something like 20 or 40 skeins of Fantasy Naturale. I started it YEARS ago and it remains in the WIP pile, probably 90% done… I need a big movie weekend or something 🙂
My biggest project was a swirl, from Sandra McIver’s book ‘Knit, Swirl!’
Now I just need to wait for these 90+ degree temperatures disappear so I can wear it!!
My largest project was a full sized crochet blanket, we got one as a wedding gift in white but we kept fighting over it, so I got my hands on the pattern and made a green one to match. It took probably about 8-9 skeins of red heart tweed worsted yarn, and I kept running out and having to run around to find more. But now we don’t have to share, we can each snuggle under our own blanket!
Mine was a queen bed sized Umaro that I finished recently. It took roughly 9 skeins of Cascade Eco+ and took me almost exactly a year to knit. It was worth it though; I’m looking forward to the next winter!
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/reapergirl/umaro
I knit a Cabled Cardigan for my Fiancee. It was over 2000 yards. I has since been frogged due to him losing so much weight…
Here is the link…
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/kmfstbs/17-mans-cable-cardigan
My largest project by far is the afghan I made for my husband. It was to be a wedding present. I finished it after we’d been married for 4 years! It has 4300 yards of yarn in it…i used all 10 skeins of yarn i had purchased for this project!
I was making a big Lizard Ridge afghan and had used probably close to 20 skeins of Noro, unfortunately, most of my squares got left behind in the flood last year and I lost close to 75% of my work. I seamed up the squares I had left, but it still makes me sad.
My largest yardage project has to be a crocheted continuous granny square afghan, which used up ~ 2000 yards. It was done in a mercanized cotton, which is fantastic to sleep under during the summer.
My biggest project thus far is the Heather Hoodie Vest with approximately 950 yards.
My biggest was probably last year’s camp loopy #3. It was a blanket for my friend’s baby – over 950 yards!
The largest project I have ever made-which is still on the needles, but hopefully not for long, is an afghan that is just shy of 1100 yards-made out of Plymouth Baby Alpaca Grande in the Aqua colorway. The pattern I’m using is a lace afghan, by Tanis Gray, that was published in Knit 1 magazine in spring/summer 2009.
31 skeins of nature wool at 242 yards = 7502 yards + 3 skeins of Cascade 220 = 8,162 yards for a queen size blanket.
Hi Sheri,
I have the pattern for the Mitered Crosses, but haven’t had enough time lately to devote myself to it. My largest project to date would probably have to be an afghan I made for a retiring co-worker. It was a Four Seasons throw by Judith Shangold all made with Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica (12 skeins = 1656.0 yards ). I also have a hibernating Lizard Ridge afghan made with Noro Kueryon yarn–I’ve lost track of how many skeins I’ve used, but it’s quite large.
The largest project I made was a blanket for my brother, which took about 1,250 yards, maybe more – I like making small projects for the most part, but do have some larger ones in my queue.
The largest project I’ve done so far is the Mitre Square Afghan from Mason Dixon Knitting.
I supersized it to be 10 x12 squares and used approximately 5400 yards of Sugar n Cream and Peaches n Cream cotton.
If I ever decide to add a border it will probably push it over 6000 yards.
Probably my biggest project was my eternal shawl which was around 2000 yd.
I don’t know if it counts because it is still in progress but I am making a Noro Log Cabin for a King size bed. I estimate it will take 72 squares, which is 72 skeins of Noro Kureyon – plus some yarn to edge it. Rough estimate is it will end up between 8000 and 9000 yards of yarn – and weigh around 20 pounds. Call me crazy!
I’m about to knit, starting in Sept 2012, a chuppah which is the Jewish wedding canopy that the bride, groom, rabbi, parents and best man and maid of honor stand under during the wedding ceremony. I will be using 2,440 yards to complete this project!
I tend to avoid large projects. My largest one to date was a throw I made my sister as a wedding gift. It turned out to be beautiful, but after 1850 yards, I was very happy to be finished with it.
I think my Girasole was my largest to date, and that was 1750 yards of Cascade Eco Wool. 🙂
I did a garter stitch shawl with 940 yards of seasilk. -whew-
I have a couple of Afghans I did out of red heart back n the day. I have no idea what the yardage is beyond a lot.
I haven’t really tackled any BIG projects yet. I do have a sweater ALMOST done which probably used about 1000 yards. I’ve yet to do an afghan, although I would like to – but when it’s 90 degrees out . . .
My biggest project so far was the aspen wrap- it was 800 plus yards
Hope I’m not to late! Largest project was a hoodie zippered sweater for my middle son. Used 1500 yards. It’s still my only finished sweater!