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My S.M.A.R.T. Goal is to be able to knit a blanket that fits a full-sized bed before the beginning of my sophomore year so I can serve and help others.

Hand-knit blankets don’t use needles, but instead use the arms of the person who wishes to make these blankets, as their own needles. It’s faster than closely-knit blankets because these blankets can take about an hour to make! Super bulky yarn and arms is all that’s needed for this project!

SETTING UP THE BLANKET

• Choose bulky and long yarn
• Pull seven feet of yarn out of the skein, which is the tail of the yarn. You use the tail which to cast on your first row of stitches. Then Let the yarn drop on your lap or the floor.
• “Cast on the first stitch. Start by making a slipknot with some of the yarn from the five foot length of yarn you pulled out. Start near the skein and work downwards. To make a slipknot, make a loop in the yarn and then pull a second loop of yarn through this loop. Then, slip this loop onto your right arm. This will be your first cast on stitch.”
• “Continue to loop the yarn and pull loops through to create more cast on stitches. Slip these stitches onto your arm as you go. Continue casting on until you have at least 18 stitches on your arm.”

STARTING TO KNIT ON YOUR ARMS

• ”To knit the first row, take the free end of the yarn (set the tail aside) and loop that yarn around your hand. Then, insert this loop into the first loop on your right arm. As you pull the loop through, slide the old loop off your right arm and slide the new loop onto your left arm. Continue to knit the stitches in this way until you reach the end of the first row.”
• ”Transfer the stitches back to the right arm for your second row. As you knit using your arms, you will be transferring the stitches from one arm to the other. That means that if you started on your right arm, then you will be transferring the stitches over to your left arm by the end of the first row, and then back to your right arm by the end of the second row. Continue knitting until you have achieved the desired length.”
• “You will need to bind off the stitches to finish the blanket. As with knitting using needles, you will be casting off by knitting the first two loops and then pulling each loop through the one that is behind it. For example, start by knitting the first two loops in your row. Then, stop knitting and grasp the first loop in your row with your fingers. Pull this loop up and over the second loop on your hand so that it is secured and you only have one loop on your hand. To continue casting off, follow the pattern of knitting one and looping the first loop over the second loop until you reach the end of the row. As you cast off, you should never have more than two loops on your casting off arm.”
• ”After you have cast off the final loop, pull the free end of the yarn through the loop. Then, weave the tail end of the yarn through the loops on the edge of the blanket to hide it.[9] You can also tie the end of the yarn in a knot going through one of the stitches to secure it. Trim off any excess yarn from the tail and your blanket is complete!”

Works Cited

• Aniko, et al. “ARM KNIT BLANKET: HOW TO MAKE USING CHUNKY YARN.” PLACE OF MY TASTE, 19 Sept. 2018, placeofmytaste.com/arm-knit-blanket.
• wikiHow. “How to Arm Knit a Blanket.” WikiHow, WikiHow, 4 Jan. 2019, m.wikihow.com/Arm-Knit-a-Blanket.