knitted baby blanket

So I have been trying to use up the yarn in my stash and this has been my most recent finished project.  It's a baby blanket that I made for Leonard's cousins baby. 

The actual knitting doesn't take me that long, usually.  The reason it seems to take me forever to finish a knitting project is because I hate to sew in the ends.  That's right!  It's not difficult and it only takes maybe 15 minutes, but I hate doing it.  I'm really not sure why.  I have a swiffer pad that I completed three or four months ago that's waiting for the ends to be sewn in.  If anyone has a theory, I would love to hear it.  :-)

baby blanket

Wow, it's been awhile since I last blogged.  Not a whole lot has been happening here.  Lately, the weather has just been rainy and cloudy.  I tend to be lazy and not very motivated on cloudy, rainy days. 

Over the last 5 -6 years I have accumulated a lot of yarn.  Most of it is acrylic, nothing too fancy.  I have gotten to the point where I told myself I am not allowed to buy anymore yarn until I use up what I have (or at least some of it).  I looked through patterns on Raverly and put a bunch in my queue.  One of the patterns I wanted to try was a baby blanket.  Actually, I have a few baby blanket patterns in my queue.  I know quite a few people that are having babies in the next few months so this is a perfect time to try them out.  The blanket that I am featuring today was made for a friend that is having a baby in July (It's a boy!) and her shower is this weekend.  It took me a lot longer to make the blanket than I thought it would, but it turned out nice.  Hopefully she will get a lot of use out of it.  The pattern can be found here.

Finished blanket

Close up of the heart pattern

   Below is a sneak peak of the project I am working on next.  It should be done by next week.
   I also have another baby blanket in the works.