After 30 years of being loved in my mom's living room, she had to retire the original blanket my aunt made and gave to her. She said she really loved it but after children and pets using it the quality was starting to understandably deteriorate to the point she was afraid to wash it.

I took photos of the original and recreated the pattern myself. It's a 7 stitch repeat of dc, skip 2 st, 3dc 3slst 3dc, dc for the majority of the blanket. I spent a few hours seeing if I could find a name for it online but couldn't, so I would love it if someone knew because I'm not a pattern maker and other crafters who share blood with this aunt will be asking.

And I'm pretty sure mom will have my recreation for the rest of her life ????