Cosy up your home for winter

Autumn is upon us and I am beginning to feel a chill in the air.
Here are some nice ideas for you to make or buy to make your home feel cosy this winter.

What could be better than a giant chunky blanket to snuggle up into?

Giant chunky blankets are all the rage  this year and having looked online, they are expensive to buy.

You can try to make your own. The yarn is so thick you don't need needles, you just use your arms, it's called arm knitting. 

I think the best way to do this, is to place the yarn flat on a table and push the yarn through the loops.

Here are some good tutorials to get  you started. 

                Here is the link to the tutorials.

                   https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/a41172/chunky-knit-blanket-tutorials/ 

If you want to buy a giant chunky blanket online, you can find a good selection on this bloggers page.  My Paradissi is a blogger who has curated links to shops on ETSY who sell them.

Here is the link to her page.

                                 http://www.myparadissi.com/2016/10/10-best-sources-for-chunky-knit.html


                                       

Or, how about trying to make these cushions? Once you've got the hang of how to make the blankets, these cushions should be a doddle.

   

An Irish Company called Olannmor is making these huge squishy blankets.

DIY POMPOM RUG

This looks easy enough to make, ha, until I try to. It feels so squishy underfoot, you just want to bury your feet in it.
Start by buying some rug making material in a craft shop, cut out a circle to the size you want, make a load of pompoms and tie them into the holes until you have the whole circle full.
You don't have to fill every hole because the pompoms will cover a certain amount of holes , depending on the size of the pompoms.

 You can do a plain colour or mix it up as shown below.
Good Luck!    

           Here's another colourway for you to make. 

                   

I hope this has given you a little inspiration to try something new to warm up the cold winter nights.