Love the vintage look of this baby blanket, so I’m making it for my niece’s baby due in March. My niece has become a very traditional girl in the last few years, and more so after her marriage to an even more traditional (and sweetheart of a) guy. She has always liked vintage and things antique (as do most of our family), so I think she will really like this blanket for her first child. :) Ivory because she won’t be finding out what sex this baby is before he/she comes into the world, and maybe she can use it for a christening…

I have been doing a lot of car traveling lately, taking mom to appointments and going with my husband every other week to get my grandaughter in PA. And at the end of this month there is a car ride that should be about 7hrs each way in FL…this is the perfect project for that.

Final notes:
9 skeins
47” wide by 52” long
Work ch3’s a little looser so they are easy to crochet into.

Border
I sc around the blanket to make a nice beginning for my final edge treatment. Then there are 3 rows of a ‘granny type’ pattern for edge: Basically 3dc into one stitch, skip 2 stitches, 3dc in next, across the blanket. Shell edge is 6 dc in granny space, then a slip stitch in next space, repeat. Corner is “3 dc, ch1, 4dc, ch1, 3dc”. I think this corner is nice and lays flat. I like it better than my last granny border ‘corner’…it’s a keeper.