Targhee Squares

A while ago (right about the time I found out I was pregant with Z) I took a trip to Montana and stopped at the Mountain Colors shop and dye studio.  Mill ends and other goodies abounded, and I came home with a small suitcase stuffed with 3-ply Targhee mill ends in as many colors as I could find.  My initial plan was to make a small blanket out of the log-cabin squares in the middle of the picture.  I got distracted from the project as my pregnancy progressed and when I made the transition into motherhood, I also had the chance to participate in the project to knit diagonal garter squares for a blanket to be auctioned to help out Emma's son, Oliver. 

Those diagonal squares got me thinking... so easy, yet really neat looking, especially when put together in a blanket.    When I came back to this project, I got to thinking that it might be fun to keep the log cabin squares I had already made and randomly intersperse them into a blanket of these "solid" colored squares. 

This is TV knitting at it's finest.  Uncomplicated garter stitch but a chance to indulge in a variety of lovely colors. 

While I feel like there is much yarn in my basket, I have a suspicion that I will be phoning up for more mill ends.  I like the thick, sproingy quality of these squares, and I am beginning to imaging a large and inviting blanket...