Bulky Yarn Comparison for Hand Knit Blankets

Описание: My first blanket I knitted with Bernat Big Blanket yarn. I think it was regular price $14.99, on sale for $11.49. When I returned to Michael's, they had the Cozy brand on clearance for $6.99 (some stores had it for $7.99?!) The Cozy Blanket is similar to Bernat Big. The Cozy Comfort is much fuzzier and thicker and soft. Because it was on clearance, the colours were limited. So I bought some of both. I wanted to see how they compared and I wanted to try a blanket made out of more than one colour.
Read the labels! Cozy Blanket has 32 yards and Cozy Comfort only 21 yards, even though the balls look the same size. So of course you need an extra ball of the Cozy Comfort to get the same size blanket.
I was taught to make my blanket 25 loops wide. I think you could make a Cozy Comfort blanket 23 loops wide, use six balls and it would be long enough/right size for an adult. Seven balls if 25 loops wide. (27 loops is too wide as I discovered)
Also, the Cozy Comfort ends up being a little more dense and slightly heavier than the Cozy Blanket.
I chose to knit mine with tighter/smaller loops because I think that they all tend to loosen up with use, and I prefer not to have my toes poking through my blanket.
But I do think the large loop blankets look beautiful!
Happy hand knitting!