When one of my friends was pregnant with her second baby, I knew that I wanted to design the baby blanket for this one, rather than finding a pattern to follow! She has loved cacti for a very long time and since there were no knit cactus baby blankets on Ravelry it was time for me to make one. And it turned out he was named Austin, a good hot climate name, appropriate for a cactus. I used Excel to help me design the pattern. I tried doing a different design and testing it before doing a full blanket, but it just frustrated me so I decided to dive right…