4th Times A Charm for a Baby Blanket

So girls, I believe I said in an e-mail that I wanted to crochet a baby blanket for my new nephew but I thought that might be a little too ambitious since I just learned to crochet. But I thought I would go for it anyway. I found a really simple pattern and bought some yarn and off I went.

I started off good and then something just didn't look right so I took it out and started over 3 times. The I decided I should probably look at my crochet book. OH! I was doing it right. Instead of doing a single crochet I was basically chaining on top of chains. Once I figured that out
I had the blanket done in a little over a week.

Here are a few things I learned:
1) How to change colors. I got lots of practice on this project
2)I still need to work on tension because even though the rows were even the stitches became looser in the middle and it was lope-sided until I washed it.
3) I think I need to crochet all winter because it sure keep me warm while working on it

I gave it to my new nephew Ethan yesterday. Ethan had the shivers while I was holding him so he got use it already.

Here are some pics.

And Ethan with his blankie...

I used Bernat Satin yarn in lapis (blue), banana, snow (white) and sandstone. Let me if you would like the pattern. The blankie turned out super cute and really soft. And as a bonus it matches some of Ethan's other things.