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Knitting a blanket - beginner?
Just starting, I know I can do multi pieces and knit them together. I have a pattern that is just gorgeous, but it says to cast on 145, how do I do that ? Is it a single stitch or a way to double up, cause I can not imagine having 145 stitches on the needle...is that possible
Knitted pieces are not knit together as in crochet. They are grafted, sewn or in some cases the stitches are "picked up."
Scroll down to "Finishing" for instructions on various ways to join knitted pieces together: http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-tips
If it's for a blanket, it could easily be 145 stitches to cast on. I've had over 200 for just a shawl. Obviously they won't fit on a straight needle, but they will fit on a circular needle if you get one with a long enough cable. Blankets and afghans are typically knit on long circulars because it's time consuming to sew the pieces together and if they don't match exactly (say you've used different textures in each block), then you get puckering and frustration. You also have to block each block individually to precise dimensions so they can be grafted together. Anyway, it's just easier to knit it either as long panels or as one big piece. Hence the use of circular needles (which don't have to knit tubes and can be used to knit large flat pieces as well).
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