Baby Afghans

My wife would like to make a fairly simple baby afghan for a friend, but without it being tediously simple. We've looked at some patterns we googled, and she's seeing 180 stitches per row and thinking "I'll only be able to knit one row in a sitting!" So far she's only knit scarves.

So, we're looking for pattern suggestions. In particular, using larger needles (US 13, 15 or 17) with multiple strand worsted weight would go down well.

If you have any suggestions that would be great. In the mean time, I'm going to look up some fabric patterns in the book I have.