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Which goes perfectly with today's post. Baby afghans. I had a baby (my second) in April. I got the coolest freakin' handmade baby afghan EVER. To wit...

and just in case you need a closer view to "get" it...

Yeah, that's right. She knitted Earth's point of origin into the afghan.

FoxPhile, you RULE!

And to show, even more, how she rules... she's sharing how she did it with Keep the Geek readers. Though it looks complicated, FP would classify this as being "intermediate" in difficulty.

and the written directions:

Stargate Point of Origin Knit Baby Afghan Pattern.

Cast on 179 stitches. ( 24 stitches per motif x 7 motifs + 1 + 10 for side edges )

K1 P1 across 5 rows for the base

Each section is knit of 26 rows of Motif. 9 sections makes a nice size afghan.

Complete the piece with another 5 rows of K1 P1 across

Motif Rows (ABABABA pattern):

Row 1: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 P across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 2: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 K across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 3: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P24
Motif B: P4 K5 P7 K5 P3
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 4: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 K across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 5: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P5 K3 P9 K3 P4
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 6: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4
Motif B: K24
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 7: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P6 K3 P7 K3 P5
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 8: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4
Motif B: K24
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 9: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P7 K3 P5 K3 P6
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 10: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4
Motif B: K24
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 11: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1 Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P8 K3 P3 K3 P7
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 12: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1