Forget what you thought you knew about chunky yarn – there’s a new girl in town and she’s bigger and better than ever. With jumbo yarn, you can arm knit your way to a squidgy new home accessory in an afternoon.

There are no needles required for this simple, dumpling-shaped beanbag, and you only need to be able to knit and purl. Hello, lazy weekend project.

MATERIALS
■ Woolly Mahoosive Get Stuffed, 100% polyester, 53m/58yd per 1kg, 2kg in Dove Grey (ours was from www.woolly mahoosive.com)
■ Double size fitted sheet in grey
■ Small bean bag refill (ours was from www. dunelm.com)
■ 60mm knitting needles (optional)
■ Strong twine or cotton yarn

ARM KNITTING
As with knitting in the round, arm knitting doesn’t require turning the work, as you’re passing the stitches across from the left arm to the right arm and back again without turning. This means continuous knit rows form stocking stitch. If you decide to use knitting needles for this project instead of arm knitting, you’ll need to work a knit row
followed by a purl row and so on instead to form standard stocking stitch, and the purl rows in the pattern will become knit rows. Arm knitting can be hard work on the arms. If you’d like to take a break at any point, carefully slide your arm free of the live stitches and thread in a broom handle to hold them in place.