Baby blanket???

I thought that I would never have an occasion to knit a baby blanket for a handful of reasons. First, I have no kids, only cats. Second, my family tends to have a pretty low reproductive rate, so no kids there. Third--I have a physiological issue with pastels. But, my husband's cousin recently had his second baby, a gorgeous little boy, and I just felt the need. I wanted to make it out of cotton, and to be more colorful rather than just baby blue. Here it is:


I used Bernat CottonTots in five colors. I double stranded on size 13 needles. I cast on 50 stitches of pink, knit stockinette until the ball was out, and switched to yellow then knit until the (almost) end and cast off. I did the same with the blue and green. I then had 2 panels which I seamed together. I then used the purple, and picked up stitches and did a seed stitch border. Very easy. It took me almost as long to suck it up and weave in the ends as it did to knit the whole blanket. I am finally going to send it off tomorrow. The baby is now 4 months old......but.....better late then never, right?