Quickie Blankie!

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One of my nieces lost her blankie so I jumped into action to knit her something new to snuggle with.  I had to act fast so I assessed my stash of Comfy (best baby blanket yarn ever!) and realized I had enough to pull this off without having to order more and wait for shipping, so yay!

I didn’t know how big I was going to make the blanket, so I decided to do a corner-to-corner method so I could decide how large to make it at the mid-way point instead of figuring it out before casting on.  It ended up being about 32” square which is a pretty decent size.

I saw a picture of this blanket on Pinterest that inspired me when I was browsing for corner-to-corner patterns.  I didn’t really follow the pattern, just used the picture, but it’s a free pattern so worth checking out!

I knitted this on size 9 needles that were really too big for this yarn, so the gauge is pretty loosey-goosey.  (We’ll just say it’s got great drape!)  After I blocked it, I wasn’t happy with the the way the edges looked so unfinished so I added the blue garter stitch border and I love how it turned out!  Here is a pic of the blanket without the border.  You can also see that the shape was a bit off due to the loose gauge interacting with the corner-to-corner construction, and the the border fixed that too.  Double win!