Blanket Cover

My mom tells me that this blanket is incredibly warm. I have to agree - I was knitting it mostly at the end of the summer and beginning of a warm fall, and yes, it is indeed toasty. Also, she has informed me that her cat has claimed it as his (as he did with a pillow I knit her previously). But what makes me happy is that she is using it and that she likes it. I found the pattern in a fabulous book, Big-Needle Knit Afghans, but plan on creating my own pattern for my next one.