Any knitters out there? Need some advice please

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mariat
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Any knitters out there? Need some advice please

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MY son and his girlfriend are about to set up home, and have fallen in love with knitted cushion covers. However, the ones they like from Next are £30 a pop, and they are only stocking stitch! So, I have offered to knit them some, but it's years since I knitted anything. So, can someone please tell me, what's the chunkiest yarn you know of? Acrylic is fine. The thickest I know is super chunky.
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Aran is a thick wool.
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I think super chunky is thicker than aran. It knits up really quickly
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Yeah, absolutely super chunky.
Aran is five ply, chunky six ply and super chunky eight to twelve ply.
Choose one that has a needle size written on the ball band, then go one size smaller for cushion covers (to help stop them losing shape within a few days) and make them smaller than required so they have to stretch slightly to cover the cushion pads. Nice buttons will make them look superb, and expensive )w(

I would suggest buying very cheap cushions that are already in covers of matching colours, so if the wool allows the under colour to show through, it looks good.
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