It's finished!!!!!!!
Blanket: Shetland Knee Rug and Throw, by Martin Storey from Scottish Knits
Yarn: Knit Picks Comfy Sport
Happy Birthday Leslie!
I did alter the pattern a little by adding a garter stitch edging and a material backing to the blanket. Also, the blanket I knit is a 5 square by 5 square version of Mr. Storey's pattern, using a variety of color schemes for the squares instead of only two color schemes.