Lately I've been working on this baby blanket from a pattern I found in Learn to Knit*.
See the extended entry for a close-up picture of the pattern and yarn specs.
I should finish this tonight and then I'll make a quick newborn size hat.
Then I'll start a pink set for some friends who are due next month. Nobody else have any more kids till I catch up with the backlog, okay?
*Some useful basic patterns, although really geared towards a European audience. I give it a 5 out of 10 for re-usability.
It's a 92 stich pattern that you work until you have a rectangle 23 1/2" by about 2 feet wide. That doesn't sound very big, but as I near completion I see that's it's a perfect size to drape over a napping drooling newborn.
I'm using Lily Sugar 'n Cream yarn in "Shaded Denim" (#00133). I chose this yarn because it's 100% cotton.