Isaiah is the son of my best friend Erin, who with me is known as the other half of the "Urns". Isaiah is our love child and I absolutely adore him like my own. He has, however, gotten some of the the firsts that I've ever knitted including this wreck of a baby blanket...
This is the first thing I ever tried to make other than a scarf- and let's just say it's is more "cape" like rather than the symmetrical square size it should be. Whatever, it's soft and it's the thought that counts, right? Okay okay, he's got another one in the works that will be much nicer and fancier. For now, he's got a blankey that can be stuffed in the stroller or car seat to keep his little feeties warm on night-time walks around their Wilmington NC neighborhood.
I used a soft baby alpaca yarn (2.5 skeins) and with size 15 circular needles did a simple garter stitch for the whole thing. Then I used the slim knowledge of tassles to tie on some uneven ones as the finishing touch. It's not my best work, but I wanted Isaiah to have the first blanket I had ever made.
Erin and I also like to call him "pumpkin head" so he of course got one of those little caps too. He's too cute for words and I miss him (and his mommy!) everyday.
