Introduction: Baby Blanket for Polly

About: Born in England many years ago, moved to California in 1980, moved to New York in 1993, became a US citizen. Favourite place to visit, besides London England, is Lake Winnipesaukkee in New Hampshire, home of …

My friend's daughter in England had a baby girl, and I wanted to knit her a very special blanket. I used Lion Brand's pound of love http://cache.lionbrand.com//yarns/pound.htm in pastel green, for this baby sea shell pattern. I had knitted this pattern previously for my own grandson, so I knew it was lovely. Knitting on circular needles makes this kind of project much easier and I used number 10's, 29 inches in length. The pattern was taken from a Leisure Arts pattern book called our Best Knit Baby Afghans http://www.nakedsheep.com/ourbeknbaafb.html