Two strand knitting question

A stash buster is a project which uses up of a lot of your stored yarn and boy do I have a lot!

The pattern for the Garter Squish blanket is free on Ravelry. It's a very easy knit and perfect for this time of year as once it's grow a bit you can sit under it and keep warm while you knit!

Use DK or worsted weight yarn held double and a size 10mm 32 inch circular needle to knit back and forth on. That big needle makes it very squishy.

Cast on 126 sts and knit to last three stitches which you slip with yarn forward. Repeat until required length. The slipped stitches form a loose i-cord edge. That number of stitches should give a blanket 48 inches wide.

Stephen suggests a loose cast off. K2tog tbl, slip stitch back to left needle) to end of row.

You can use two strands of the same colour or, to get a more marled effect, two different colours. I'm pairing a brighter colour with a neutral and working blocks of 15 or 20 ridges (30 or 40 rows) before changing colour.

Fewer stitches but the same technique would create lovely thick, warm scarves.

Thanks! Another day when I have learned something on GN.

I just realised that I didn't answer the question

No, I don't wind them together, just knit from two balls. In fact, I think winding them together could make the knitting loopy if you're not careful.

And nonnie!

Thank you, FP!

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It's on Ravelry

Apparently It’s a great project for mindless knitting
just what I need after the nativity set!

I could do with a stash buster - using double yarn sounds like a much quicker way than knitting endless squares!

I have never done anything other than use straight from the ball.

What is a 'stash buster* FP?

I don't think so. I'm currently knitting Stephen West's Garter Squish blanket as a stash buster. Two strands of DK on 10mm needles. I'm knitting straight from the balls. So long as you keep the strands held smoothly together as you knit it should be OK.

The only exception I can see is if the two strands are of different yarn with one that catches or stretches more in which case prepping a double stranded ball could be a good idea.