Kaelyn's blanket is finally finished!

Our most recent grandchild was born in December 2012; I've already made and posted off a hat and matching baby bootees in crocodile stitch (more on those in another post, I think), but the blanket has been a few months in the making. I keep getting distracted by other things, so it has been something of an effort of will to sit down and complete a project of this size. It isn't even that big, just twelve squares!

The pattern can be found at the Lion Brand site and is simply titled 'Baby Blocks Throw'. It works up really very quickly, though there is no guidance on sewing the squares together other than their placement and no border is suggested.

So, I added a simple US double/UK treble crochet border, just one row, in the palest pink of my four chosen colours. I think it works really well and ties all the colours together nicely.

As I say, really quick to work up and a really easy pattern!

See what I mean about the border just helping to tie all the colours together?

Right now the completed blanket is in the washing machine; that will soften the yarn up nicely. A quick tumble dry (I make sure all my baby projects can be washed and tumble dried, it just makes life so much easier!) and it will be ready for posting off to Rhode Island!