A flowered baby blanket.

Kiteman has been on at me to write an instructable, so the fortuitous coincidence of the flower contest and our neighbour giving birth to a little girl gave rise to this cute little blanket and a last-minute contest entry.

It's based on a "proper" pattern (Sirdar 1771), but with a couple of tweaks.

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Step 1The basic blanket

The blanket itself is just a rectangle, knit in Sirdar Snuggly Snowflake Chunky, using 5.5mm needles.

Cast on 65 loose stitches, then alternate rows of knits and purls (aka "stocking stitch") until the blanket is 61cm (24 inches) long. You can, of course, change the size of the blanket to suit your needs. This blanket is aimed at a newborn babe in her car seat.

It's the next stage that's more interesting.

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Aug 7, 2008. 2:22 PMBartboy says:

I hope to see more! And congrats on winning the contest! You have the potential to be an instructables super star, like Kiteman in science, Kipkay in Diy and hacking, goodhart in being the one who got the free shirt for his operation and dsman in knex. We all want more! (even if kiteman hogs the computer, we want more!)

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May 19, 2008. 6:34 PM

Hello Kitty says:

Wow! Thank you so much for making this Instructable, Kitewife! I have looked everywhere for a knitted flower pattern and couldn't find one. I wanted to add one to a hat that I made a few months ago (for a knitting contest that I didn't win), and never could find one. This is exactly what I was looking for!