Anne – THANK YOU for the Costco suggestion! I’d forgotton who’d mentioned it, but you were absolutely right!!

Charlotte – Quite often knit items are lined for the same reason fitted garments are lined – 1) For strength – to keep the fibers from streching. 2) For Utility – to make the blanket something that can be tossed on the grass and used as a play or sleep area, and 3) To hide icky stuff – the wrong side of a knit piece, especially with a lot of colorwork, can be unsightly and also dangerous for tiny fingers which slip into floats and get caught.