Baby Boy Blanket

I've been holding off posting this project because it's a gift for a friend.  Two of my college roommates are expecting and one lives in Virginia Beach.  I received an invitation to her shower a couple weeks ago and seriously considered trying to attend.  Though that did not work out, I did want to make a special gift for the new addition.

I've been going to the local yarn shop pretty frequently.  What's really cool is that there are knitted projects all over the place with the pattern and yarn right next to the project.  I hoped to find a quick, but cute, baby blanket to whip up over a weekend since I also wanted to mail the gift in time for the shower.

I found exactly what I was looking for.  I should have reviewed the registry to I knew what color scheme my friend was doing in the nursery, but instead I made my best guess with what I thought was a beautiful green color.  My grandma informed me the color was "gross".  I think it's awesome.

I knit most of the blanket in the car while traveling to my parent's house for Thanksgiving and finished it quickly thereafter.  The name of the blanket was something like "The 8-hour Blanket".  I should have timed myself but I'm sure it didn't take me much longer than the 8 hours suggested in the title.

The pattern book I bought had 6 or 7 other patterns available so I'm excited to try others in the future.  The yarn was beautiful and very reasonable considered it required 4 skeins.  Here's a look at the finished product:

It's a pretty simple ribbing pattern but I think it will be just right for my new little friend :)

I joined a group on Ravelry to knit an Advent Scarf starting tomorrow and running through Christmas.  The goal is to keep up and do the required knitting each day to finish it on time.  It's a lace pattern and each day is released one at a time.  This will be my first time knitting lace so we'll see how it goes!

Happy December, Everyone!