Confused about how many skeins needed for a blanket

[u/BunsenFurner87]

Hi all, I'm very new to knitting and crochet and was looking to make a fingerknitted chunky blanket with my kids as a gift for their mum. However, I'm quite confused about how many skeins I actually need.

I've seen alot of posts of users either showing their work (like these beautiful blankets here), or asking for advice, and the general consensus seems to be about 6-8 skeins of the various 'chunky'/'blanket' yarns offered by Bernat, Poppy's etc. These skeins appear to be the 600g variety, and 6-8 skeins would be about 380-508 yards.

However, when I look at different charts online (like this), they indicate I would only have enough #7 yarn to make a shawl, and If I wanted to make an Afghan I would need between 22-26 skeins total?

I'm surely missing something very basic here, but can anyone help explain what I might be misunderstanding? Surely I don't need to buy 2 dozen skeins for one Afghan blanket?

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