Treasured Heirloom Baby Blanket for Baby Rishi

It's raining babies!  And for knitting purposes, thankfully a lot of babies I know are being born in cold weather states 🙂

The latest blanket I made was for baby Rishi, an adorable little person who arrived last November.  I decided to make him a blanket out of some bright, bouncy stash yarn I had on hand.  Because I decided to use a worsted weight wool yarn, I found a somewhat lacy pattern so that the blanket wouldn't be too warm.

The project turned out really well, and it generally was a great distraction from a major project I took on in February.  If I ever repeat a baby blanket pattern again, this one may be it because of the simple, lovely pattern.  Full project details follow the picture of the completed blanket below.

Rishi's Baby Blanket

Pattern:  Treasured Heirloom Baby Blanket by Lion Brand

Yarn:  Patons Classic Wool Worsted in color 1005, approx. 2.4 skeins

Needles:  U.S. 8 circular

Measurements:  28 inches by 28 inches, though the edges were not perfectly square/aligned

Notes:  I followed a few modifications suggested by commenters on the Lion Brand site and Ravelry.  I slipped the first stitch knitwise on all rows.  On the increase panels, I modified row three to become "k1, yo, k1 *k2, yo, k2tog* k3.  On the middle combined increase/decrease panel, I modified row seven to become k1, yo, k3tog, k2 *k2, yo, k2tog* k4.  On the decrease panels, I modified row three to become k2tog, yo, k2tog *k2, yo, k2tog* k3.  The result did seem to be a relatively even, square piece.