Baby blanket decision.

Thanks for the ideas for baby blankets. In the end, we looked at the Harmony Guide I have, and Karyn chose a fabric pattern there, which is also replicated on knitting.about.com. The pattern she chose is Embossed Diamonds. She then knit up a swatch of two pattern repeats to get a gauge (using two strands, one each of white and pale green, of worsted weight yarn). From that we made up a pattern - 93 stitches, 5 rows garter, 5 sts of garter, 8*10+3 of pattern, 5 sts garter. Work that until it's "big enough", then 5 rows of garter to finish off. The baby is due in May so she has plenty of time... though there are other babies she needs to knit some things for too :)