Lorenzo’s Blanket

The wife of a childhood friend of my husband is pregnant with her second child (and according to the ultrasound, her first son) so I thought he would be a good victim–err, I mean recipient–of my first granny square project.

Inspired by the Babette Blanket, I sketched out my idea. I liked the idea of using multiple different sized squares, but didn’t think I would have the patience to change colors as many times as Babette calls for. So instead I came up with the idea of doing circles inside squares, with the circle made entirely out of one color, and then squared with white yarn.

As you can see from the sketch, I originally planned to make the blanket out of yellow, orange, green and blue yarn. But when I went to my LYS I found this Lion brand Micro Spun yarn that is 100% acrylic and washable, but amazingly soft. They had a periwinkle blue, a royal blue, yellow, lime green and white (among other colors), so I made a split decision to go with the snuggly yarn instead of rigidly sticking to my original plan.

So far, I have made a few of the smallest, two-inch squares and one four-inch square. I also accidentally made one square with a white circle and a blue border (I shouldn’t crochet really late at night). I was going to rip it out, but I thought it might add a nice surprise to have one or two squares in the reverse color pattern, so I am letting the blue-bordered square stick around for the time being.