As with most of my recent projects, there's been a lot of improvising done on the baby blanket. Knitted with Bernat Baby Lash on US 8 bamboo circulars, the blanket is soft and very heavy. I used 6 skeins of Baby Blue and 2 skeins of Soft N' Sunny. I'm concerned that it's not very big, but as heavy as it turned out, maybe that's a good thing. Perfect for laying a baby on, or maybe as a cover while baby is in a car seat that isn't going to be kicked off easily. Perhaps it will become a treasured security blanket.
The soap bag was a quickie project (and already has some soap in it waiting to be used on some lucky back!). The pattern is from the knitting page at About.com (here) and I used Sugar 'n Cream, the color was "salt & pepper print". I used US 6 bamboo needles, and mine doesn't look exactly like the one on About.com... I didn't quite understand the instruction about knit each stitch then wrap the yarn twice around the needle. I think mine turned out okay though and will make more. Would be a nice addition to a gift basket.
