Above is the front of an infant car seat blanket.

And here is the back.

This little blanket, measuring twenty-two inches by twenty-nine inches,  is made with 17 colors of Premiere Home Size 4 cotton blend yarn using a Size G aluminum hook.  This piece can be machine washed, gentle cycle, in hot water, and machine dried on low.

The color palette was inspired by that of “Where the Wild Things Are”, by Maurice Sendak and consists of 17 colors from Premiere Home  Size 4 cotton blend solids, ombres, and splash types or dyes.  The stitch was fun to do, but more difficult to track, which is why it is asymmetrical.    It sure did allow mixing of colors, though, as claimed in the pattern  Hooked on Color Afghan  (http://www.allfreecrochetafghanpatterns.com/Geometric),  where I got the stitch basics, though I did not try to repeat the stripe order.  I compensated for the uneven piece edge by adding a framing border in Denim Splash, and a narrow outer rim of navy blue.