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As mentioned in 111's answer , a blanket stitch is not a knitting technique to create blankets. The biggest risk in your plan is time. Babies often decide they want to see the world before doctors decide it's time for their birth. You should finish the blanket at least 2 - 3 weeks before the scheduled date. If you are quick and comfortable learning knitting, you can use any stitch or technique you'd like. I found Youtube videos extremely helpful and did learn complicated patterns that I wouldn't have understood otherwise. But you should experiement and create small test pieces of your blanket before knitting the whole thing and then realizing that the corners roll up and it's impossible to...
Full answer by Elmy: https://crafts.stackexchange.com/a/7740 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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