10-09-2016

Taking this on our trip to the New River Gorge in southern WV. Easy trip knitting!

10-11-2016

The fabric on this is quite thin. I see others have lined the back with polar fleece. Depending on when Lilly Jo is due, I might suggest that for this blanket. We’ll see!

12-09-2016

Little Lilly Jo decided to make her debut 2 months early, so this just got bumped to the top of my work pile!

Bought some lovely white with pink paisley microfiber/suede to back this with, along with some pink satin blanket edging and thread. Did that before I knew she had been born and when I’m only halfway through knitting. Must have had a premonition!

12-23-2016

Finished knitting and now it’s blocking! 36”x36”

01-03-2017

Finished this up last night. Couldn’t find a straight pin in my house to save my soul, so I had to pick up some before I could assemble the blanket. Left about 2 1/2” of backing around the edge to fold up to give the edging a little bit of bulk. Then sewed the satin blanket edging all the way around. It turned out pretty nice I think. After everything, the final size of the entire blanket was 30”x36”. Perfectly baby sized!

01-05-2017

Gave to Natalie at Marietta College for her granddaughter, Lilly Jo.