The TACI blanket (2006 and 2008)

Dimensions:
5 by 5 8rd/31st squares (25 squares total, each square about 9"/23cm on a side)

Yarns (Caron):
One Pound - Cream (589) - one skein, 7 squares (buttery color)
One Pound - Off White (514) - one skein, 7 squares (very light beige, looks nearly gray in the photos)
One Pound - Lace (585) - one skein, 6 squares and joining/edging (medium light beige - about the way I like my coffee)
One Pound - Black (503) - one skein, 5 squares and binding (black)
Simply Soft - Embroidery Print (9811, lot 7971) - edging (rainbowish yarn, but rich rather than bright, and the colors don't run in a strict roygbiv pattern)

Photos Finished blanket:

Detail of the edging:

Current status:
Done and off to live happily in Canada.

Notes:
Details of the corners:
Round 1 (beige): 3 sc into corner (=3st)
Round 2 (black): 1 sc into first sc, 2 sc into each of next 2 sc (=5st)
Round 3 (multi): 1 dc into first sc, 2 dc into each of next 4 sc (=9st)
Round 4 (black): 1 sc into each of next 3 dc, 2 sc into each of next 4 dc, 1 sc into each of next 2 sc

I made this one twice. The first blanket was done at the request of a friend who was involved in a silent auction. I wanted the blanket to be related to the group being supported, and since the group played (among other things) medieval music, that gave me the theme. I wanted to make it look something like a musical staff, and something like an illuminated parchment. This is the result.

Oh... And the friend who encouraged me to donate the blanket? Ended up being the high bidder for it. And her husband promptly claimed the blanket as his. Which is all very well and good, except she really wanted that blanket. So in 2008, I made a mirror image version for her.