Joy and rapture! I FINALLY finished it! It only took...a whole year. This really was not a difficult pattern at all but it just took so much longer than I had originally expected (every row took approximately 1 hr and I put in a little over 80 rows). I would have actually liked to make it bigger but I just wanted it to be over. :-P So now it is more the size of a small throw blanket (~ 30" by 52"). Most blankets I've noticed tend to have a more simple pattern and now I know why! Anywho, I made this lovely from Our Best Baby Afghans . I have made one other blanket from there and so far and have been super happy with the results. The yarn I used was Bernat Baby Coordinates - White. It is a thin #3 yarn which also explains why this took so long.