In my early years of quilting, I made Chenille quilts. They are fun and they are different, because when you sew you plan you have one look (because you only see top and bottom). Then when you cut you have a second look, but then when you was you have still a third look - your Chenille blanket. I have used both kinds of Chenille cutters and I have also use my small special scissors too. When you start out, use a Chenille cutter. You need to get the feel of the cutting and how deep you go. After you've made a few then you can use scissors, because you know to go deep but not too deep. For me I didn't like the Olfa cutter, I used the other (think it's Clover). It has a handle and two different lips (for lifting the fabric you want to cut), one is for wide Chenille and the other is for narrow Chenille (you could change the lip as you wanted to change the look). Just remember Chenille is nice and it looks great and is fun to do, but like quilting it comes at a price (because you're using so much fabric we use a lot in quilting, but it all shows this adds fluff - more fabric more fluff). Good luck and have lots of fun