"Sunshiney" Baby Blanket

While searching for the perfect baby blanket pattern for my friends infant son I stumbled onto the "sweet baby of mine" pattern in Donna Kooler's book encyclopedia of knitting. I loved the pattern but it seemed a little delicate for the sunny yarn I picked up at the store so I tweaked the pattern a bit to make this cuddly blanket. This blanket is perfect for beginners because it uses simple techniques like garter and stockinette stich.

Materials I used:

Baby Bee brand yarn in Sunkisses (3 balls/ 377yards each)

Caron Simply Soft yarn in White (I used less than half of the yarn)

US size 9 needles

Us size 9 crochet hook

Pattern:

First half of the blanket:

CO 3

Knit across

Row 1-14: K2, yo, Knit across

Row 15-19: P2, yo, Purl across

Row 20-26: K2, yo, Knit across

Row 27-30: P2, yo, Purl across

*Repeat rows 1-30 until blanket measures 26 inches long or so (your needles will be very full so be careful not to let the stitches slip off). When you are satisfied with the blankets length you'll start the decrease half.

Second half of the blanket:

Row 1-14: K2, K2tog, Knit across

Row 15-19: P2, P2tog, Purl across

Row 20-26: K2, K2tog, Knit across

Row 27-30: P2, P2tog, Purl across

*when you have decreased down to 3 st on the needle bind off last 3 st.

Crochet Picot Edging:

Here is a fabulous tutorial that will show you how to crochet a picot edging. (I did mine with a 5 chain picot edging)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3V4uvkGp0