Knitting blankets and bedspreads for the sofa with knitting needles

Decorating your own home is a favorite pastime for women. They try to make it not only comfortable for all inhabitants, but also want it to have an atmosphere of comfort and warmth. Cute little things made with your own hands help achieve this best. The use of a knitted blanket or bedspread will transform the interior especially effectively.

Preparing to knit a blanket

With the correct organization of the process, even an inexperienced craftswoman can complete such work. It is enough to clearly define the following details:

• decide on color;
• choose what shape your product will be;
• decide what yarn to knit the item from;
• decide what to knit: knitting or crocheting.

Once you have decided on these points, you can purchase yarn and start knitting.

Choice of colors

Color in home decoration is a very important point. Handicrafts should be in harmony with the furniture and decoration of the room, and also correspond to the style direction. You can give the room more coziness and comfort. For example, use the following moves:

• if the windows are located on the north side, then using a bright red or orange shade will visually add warmth to the room;
• if the room is filled with sunlight, choosing a cool-toned blanket will help give it a little coolness;
• Another great move is playing in contrast.

Deciding on the shape of the blanket

Typically, a sofa bedspread is knitted according to the shape of the furniture: a rectangle for a classic one, a circle or an oval, of four parts connected diagonally for a corner sofa. This criterion also means which option you prefer to use: a lace, elegant cape or a thick, warm blanket.

The first option is used to give the room more beauty and elegance, and has a completely decorative function. The second allows you to create an atmosphere of the warmth of home in the room. Not only does it serve as high-quality protection for furniture, but it will also help keep you warm if used as a blanket. There is also a difference in size: the blanket can completely envelop the sofa or cover it only partially.

Material selection

This criterion will completely depend on what purpose the product will serve (only decorative or combining decor and comfort). Another important indicator will be the price of the material. Each needlewoman chooses the yarn she would like to work with. But there are several preferable options:

1. Silk. Great for beautiful, lace capes. Products made from it add a touch of luxury to the interior. The only downside is the rather high cost.
2. Viscose. This is an analogue of artificial silk, but an order of magnitude cheaper.
3. Cotton. The most widely used material for lightweight capes. Easy to wash. There are many pleasant colors in the color palette of the yarn.
4. Wool.Great for thick blankets that you can wrap yourself in to stay warm.
5. Acrylic. Synthetic yarn, ideal for various variations of this item. Keeps its shape and color for a long time. It also has a relatively affordable price.

IMPORTANT! The blanket is quite large in size. And creating it is an activity that requires a lot of time and patience. If you want to reduce these costs, choose thicker threads.

Selecting the right tools

You can knit a blanket for a sofa using knitting needles or crochet. The choice of tool will depend on the thickness of the yarn you will knit the item with. The thicker the yarn, the larger tool number you will need.

ATTENTION! In order to understand what number of knitting needles you need to knit this or that yarn, fold the thread in half. This will be the desired thickness.

Typically, yarn manufacturers indicate the number of the working tool on the packaging.

It is also important to pay attention to the material of the knitting needles or hook:

1. Plastic ones are suitable for knitting light yarn. They may become deformed in the process.
2. Wooden ones, like plastic ones, are subject to deformation and can break under strong pressure.
3. Metal ones are the most widely used. They are very convenient, but be sure to wipe the surface with a soft cloth before use. This will remove a small deposit from the metal, which makes it difficult for the loops to move through the process and can stain the threads.

Knitting technology

There are two ways to knit a blanket: with a whole fabric or with separate elements. Small items are most often knitted in one piece.

Blankets knitted using the shadow knitting technique look great for knitting needles. With this method, a pattern is formed on the canvas by alternating purl and knit stitches on a common fabric.

Another interesting option would be to make a blanket from knitted stripes. They do not have to be made with the same pattern; several variations can be combined. It is better to choose various convex weaves from the patterns.

If you want to crochet a beautiful sofa cover, you can use two options. The first is to impose the required number of motifs, combining them into a single canvas. For elements it is better to choose a geometrically correct shape: square, rhombus, hexagon. A combination of contrasting color motifs in a checkerboard pattern will look impressive.

You can also make the fabric with ribbon lace. As the name implies, lace ribbons of the required length are knitted and joined to each other in the process.

Decorating a blanket

To create an extraordinary thing with your own hands that will not only look charming, but also to knit the fabric in an original way is not enough. You also need to decorate the edges beautifully. For this you can use:

1. Lace border, various configurations. It can go in a straight line, be composed of various elements in the form of flowers, butterflies and leaves, and also have an uneven edge (teeth, semicircles, steps).
2. Fringe, bells or pompoms.
3. For knitting products, you can use a knitted pattern along the edge.

How to use a knitted blanket in the interior

A knitted blanket can not only serve as a cover for a sofa in the living room. It can be widely used in a children's room. There it can serve not only as a cape to protect furniture or bed linen, but also as a cozy and warm blanket. It can also be used as a rug on which your treasure can safely play without fear of the cold.

You can also take this thing on trips and outdoor gatherings. By spreading it on the grass, you can rest and gain strength.

Also, this cozy product will help you cheer up when, tired after a hard day at work, you wrap yourself in it and, sitting on the sofa with a cup of aromatic tea, watch your favorite movie.