Bernat Pipsqueak Star Blanket Free pattern help

[Dana R]

Has anyone here make the Bernat Pipsqueak Star Blanket? it is a free pattern...

I am asking because I would like to make it but I want to use a variegated yarn for this pattern and would like to know if I need 6 balls of yarn or if 5 would do?

[Gingerbread Girl]

I made this a couple years ago for a friend's baby shower. I used one of the variegated colors & I used 5 balls for it. The pattern calls for 510 yards and each ball is 120 yards so the math says you'd need 4.25 balls. (510 divided by 120 = 4.25)  Edited to say I am just assuming by using a variegated yarn for this you mean one of the Pipsqueak variegated colors. If you're using a completely different yarn, it will take a little more work to figure out how many yards you need. If you're planning to use a totally different yarn, what yarn were you planning to use? 

[Dana R]

I will be using a bulky yarn. I like the pipsqueak, but there was another bulky yarn that I liked, but I can't remember what the name of it was only that it was a bulky yarn. I will be going back to the store tomorrow, and I will post the name. Thanks for the info.