This blanket is for a couple of co-workers who are having their first child. They're having a boy. Some may consider my choice of yarn to be a bit "girly" but I think it'll be fine. The mom likes purple and this yarn has a lot of purple. I've had the yarn for about 2 years. It was purchased in New Orleans from a yarn shop on Magazine Street. Unfortunately, I only bought one 500 yard skein. I thought it would be enough to finish the blanket, but I was wrong. As you can see from the photo, I ran out of yarn with about a quarter of the blanket left to knit. It's bad enough the blanket is a bit on the small side.
Yes, it looks like I ran out of yarn and this color change was not intentional, but I do still like how it's turning out. I've started to knit these guys a blanket 4 times and I don't have the heart to tear it all out again. I do hope they like it. I plan to stretch it out a bit in the blocking. Right now it's 24 x 24 and I hope to get another inch out of blocking.
No matter. Babies are small. It'll be fine.
The pattern is from Lion Brand and it's called the Baby Love Diagonal Blanket. It really knits quickly. I recommend the pattern for last minute baby gifts. First you cast on 5 stitches and increase a stitch on every row until you have about 200 stitches, then you decrease a stitch every row. The rows come out diagonally and it looks pretty cool. Quick and easy. I just found out that my twin cousins both have children now. One had a kid 5 months ago, the other just 2 days ago. Add that to the two other co-workers having babies in December and I've got a lot of work ahead of me.