How do you knit a blanket?

Question

Do they make REALLY long knitting needles? You'd want to be able to knit 4-5 feet worth of blanket. I don't want to make it in patches and sew together.

Answer 1

Use circular knitting needles.  The longest I've seen is 40" (not the needles, but the plastic tubing in between).  You should be able to do a good size afghan on those.  It doesn't have to be 40" or under, it can be bigger.  According to my understanding, you should be able to do something up to 3 times the size of the needle (I've never tried, so I don't know for sure.)

Answer 2

They do make pretty big knitting needles, but it might be easier to crochet a blanket

Answer 3

You'd want to use circular needles, and work back and forth as you would on regular needles.  With 47in. circs, I see no problems making a good-sized blanket, other then how heavy it would get on the needles.

Answer 4

Most blanket patterns have it knitted in long sections that are later sewn together.  It's easier to knit something 5' long when you're only working with a 2' wide section at a time.