Oh frabjous day, the blanket is done!! When I pulled it out of the bag yesterday, I was delighted to see I was further along than I remembered, so I only had one and a half blue sections and two white sections left. I finished it this morning while watching tennis, and even got ALL THOSE ENDS woven in.

This is a free pattern from Espace Tricot. The white is two skeins of Bernat Satin and the greens and blues are from a gradient set of Brava Worsted minis from KnitPicks. So really this only cost me around $25 – not bad for a bespoke baby gift! I did end up with several colors leftover and I have no idea what I’m going to do with them, but they can just live on the shelf for now.

Yesterday I watched last year’s Whitney Houston movie to make the blanket knitting more tolerable, and I really enjoyed it. Of course I’m a child of the 80s so Whitney Houston was a Big Deal, and I loved her music. She was so talented – it’s heartbreaking, what happened to her and her daughter.

Anyway! I’m feeling quite pleased with myself for finishing the blanket, and now I can go back to my fun knitting with zero guilt.