Knit-a-Blanket Project, Stripe 1

PurlBee.com pattern

Since finishing my mom's scarf for her Christmas gift, I've been thinking about knitting a blanket. I love a simple garter stitch blanket. It lays flat and keeps it shape. I wanted this blanket to be soft and shades of blue and grey. I found a style I liked on PurlBee.com and decided to run with it. After driving by the Ohio version of A.C. Moore and discovering that yarn was buy one, get one 1/2 off, (Score!) I bought eight skeins of Caron Simply Soft 6oz. 

For needles, I used US size 10. The PurlBee site says to use size 7 but those were just a bit too thin for me to get the gauge I wanted.

I cast on stitches until the length was about 30-32". Once the blanket is longer, I'll let you know the exact length and number of stitches.
Starting off with the grey heather color. Been working a couple days on this stripe and estimate it will be about 7" wide when this skein is about done. I'll be updating the project as I go along.