Star Blanket September

Are you ready to get your 6-Day Star Blanket on?

Whether you’re brand new to the 6-Day Star Blanket, or have made dozens (it’s rather addictive!), join Betty McKnit for Star Blanket September, where my focus will be on making a 6-Day Star, Superstar and Supernova right along with you. Let’s see how many stars come out this month!

If you have never made a 6-Day Star Blanket, let this be your sign that it’s your turn to make the viral crochet blanket you’ve been seeing everywhere.

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Why Join Star Blanket September?

Learn from an expert: Betty McKnit will guide you through each step of the process.
Perfect for all skill levels: Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crocheter, you’ll find this project highly enjoyable.
Community Support: Share your progress and get feedback from fellow crochet enthusiasts.
Show off on Social Media: use hashtag #starblanketsept24 so everyone can follow and enjoy your progress and creativity.
Achieve Mastery: By the end of the month, you’ll have a beautiful 6-Day Star Blanket, Superstar, or Supernova to show off.
Win a swag gift from Betty: More details on how to enter your social media posts

How to Get Started

Gather Your Supplies: You’ll need yarn, a crochet hook, and a pattern.
Join Betty’s Community: Follow along on social media or join the Star Blanket September email list for updates and tips.
Set Your Goals: Decide if you want to complete one blanket or challenge yourself to make multiple.

FAQs

Q: Do I need any prior experience?

A: You will need to know how to chain, single crochet, and double crochet. Betty’s tutorials will lead you through the rest!

Q: What materials do I need?

A: Basic crochet supplies including yarn, a crochet hook, and a 6-Day Star, Superstar, or Supernova Blanket pattern. See below for the materials I’ll be using, and check the patterns for further details.

Many crocheters like to make their 6-Day Star Blankets with scrap yarn or do a stash-busting challenge for Stash Bust September.

Q: How do I participate?

Sign up! – you’ll receive the 6-Day Star Crown for signing up, and there will be other freebies and surprises along the way.
Join one of my online communities on Facebook or my paid membership, the Betty McKnitiverse to crochet along with friends, get support and answers for your questions, and show off your beautiful creations.
Follow Betty McKnit on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, subscribe, like, follow, click the bell to receive notifications, sign up for lives, … do all the things! Set your calendar to come crochet your star blankets right along with me on my lives this month (schedule below).
Gather your yarn, hooks, patterns ready. The 6-Day Stars are meant to be adaptable and they work with any yarn. See the patterns for more details and get creative!
Post progress photos on social channels using hashtag #starblanketsept24
Post your finished project using hashtag #starblanketsept24 for an opportunity to receive a swag gift from me! (more details about how and where to post your makes are coming).

Join one of my online communities to knit and crochet along with friends, get help with pattern questions, show off your makes, and access tons of free resources for making 6-Day Crochet and other Betty McKnit designs.

6-Day Crochet Community Facebook Group Cover

Kickoff: Make your 6-Day Star Crown! – Video Replay

Star Blanket September Livestream Playlist on YouTube

6-Day Star Blanket

Pattern Link: 6-Day Star Blanket

Materials

Yarn: The 6-Day Star Blanket can be made with virtually any yarn! A very popular option is to make this blanket with scraps left over from other projects. In fact, Star Blanket September is an offshoot of “Stash Bust September” – a trend started by The Morning Crafter and promoted by Lea from Kouzi Krafts on TikTok. Stash Bust September is a no-buy challenge meant to help crafters work from the materials they’ve already purchased for the entire month of September.

6-Day Star Blankets are amazing stash-busting projects, so if you’re observing Stash Bust September, then you’re definitely in the right place. For more information about making a scrappy 6-Day Star, see my FAQ article: How to Make Your 6-Day Star Blanket with Scrap Yarn.

Yardage

For DK or #3 weight yarn you will need approximately 1600 yards for a 40” baby blanket and 2800 yards for a 60” throw-sized blanket.

For Worsted or #4 weight yarn you will need approximately 1500 yards for a 40” baby blanket and 2500 yards for a 60” throw-sized blanket.

I’ll be using Juniper Moon Farms Cumulus Degrade in #410 Senna Sandcastle. It is a #4 weight “worsted” cotton blend, and it comes in 240 yard balls. I have six which I think will be enough for a baby or toddler sized blanket. It should be super cozy!

6 balls of Juniper Moon Farm Senna Sandcastle — Juniper Moon Farm Senna Sandcastle, from Knitting Fever

I’m really excited to try this yarn, it’s so squishy soft! I’m sure it will make an amazing 6-Day Star Blanket. Thank you to Knitting Fever for supplying this yarn for this project!

I’ll be live at the following times to work on my 6-Day Star Blanket. Join me on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or in my Facebook Groups.

September 3, 2024 at 7:00 p.m ET.
September 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m ET.
September 6, 2024 at 7:00 p.m ET.
September 8, 2024 at 7:00 p.m ET.

6-Day Superstar Blanket

Details
US Terminology with UK Conversions given
Finished Size: Variable
Skill Level: Easy
Gauge: varies depending on your yarn.

Materials

Yarn: this pattern works with almost any yarn. Yardage for the most common sizes are below. Check the chart at the end of this pattern for yardage estimates for more yarn and sizes.

For DK or #3 weight yarn you will need approximately 1600 yards for a 40” baby blanket and 2800 yards for a 60” throw-sized blanket.

For Worsted or #4 weight yarn you will need approximately 1500 yards for a 40” baby blanket and 2500 yards for a 60” throw-sized blanket.

Hook
Three hooks: one .5 mm larger than recommended on the yarn label
another .5 mm larger, and a third 1mm larger.

Star Blanket September 6-Day Superstar

I’ll be making my 6-Day Superstar Blanket in Knitting Fever KFI Collection Pinwheel in the color Flamingo.

This is a really sweet new yarn from Knitting Fever, 100% acryllic in gradient colors. It is a #2 weight, but I’ve worked with it a little and it works up with a 5.5 mm hook very similarly to other #3 weight acryllics I’ve used. Each cake has 544 yards and were very nicely priced at my Local Yarn Store Yarn and More in Nags Head, NC. This yarn is a very nice premium acryllic option for those of us who love gradient acryllic yarns for baby blankets and other projects.

Gradients are amazing for the 6-Day Superstar Blanket and I’m excited to keep working this one up.

Since all of the 6-Day Star, Superstar, and Supernova Blankets start with the same 8 setup rounds, I’ve pre-gamed by working them up ahead of the lives. I’ll be starting the live at Setup Round 9.

Furls Metal Streamline

You all know that I’m a die-hard Furls Odyssey gal, and ever since they stopped making them, I’ve been in a sheer panic, because even though I have a good many of them, I can never find the one I need. What if I lose them all? So, I’ve been on the lookout for my new favorite hook.

I was gifted some of the Metal Streamlines by Furls, and so I’m trying them. I like the weight of the Odyssey, and the Metal Streamlines are also heavy like the Odyssey, heavier in fact. I think the Blush color is just gorgeous.

Let me know if you have tried the new Furls Metal Streamline and what do you think of them!

Be sure to sign up for Star Blanket September, and you’ll receive emails with freebies like the 6-Day Superstar Blanket Stitch and Day Tracker cheet sheet above.

Here is the live schedule for the 6-Day Superstar:

September 12, 7:00 p.m. ET
September 13, 7:00 p.m. ET
September 15, 7:00 p.m. ET
September 16, 7:00 p.m. ET