Auntieflo I love the use of grey, I had been thinking of trying that at some time. I made (and still have ) a blanket just like that that was used for my DCs, it was called 'the sicky blanket' because it was used as they grew older to cover them when they were ill and lying on the sofa, dozing and watching tv. They fought over who got to keep it, so I said that I would keep it here for visiting poorly GCs.
gracesgran I might give that a miss then, as my hands are a bit arthritic, I can only do things like cutting out fabric for a short time before having to take a break and do something else.