After the problems I encountered with the first version of this blanket, I restarted it and made the following modifications:

Added a selvedge stitch to each edge of the blanket to make it easier and neater to pick up the border stitches.

Following the notes from mslindz munchkin blanket,
I skipped the first WS row, and started on the RS with the decreases. This will eliminate the ridge when sts are picked up from the provisional cast on.

4/26/12: started first triangle
4/29/12: finished first triangle, started second.
5/6/12: finished second triangle, started third.
6/11/12: started border, using crochet method described in the pattern.