I had been wanting to make a blanket for my mother in law for a few years, and every year I said I would make one and didn't. This year, Christmas 2013, I finally made the blanket. So what if it was Christmas Eve and I did the whole thing start to finish in 3.5 hours. She is such a special person to me and my whole family. Being in a wheel chair now, I wanted to make sure she had a nice homemade warm blanket for her lap or at bedtime. Here is the result!