Favorite baby patterns?

[kareila]

What are your go-to patterns when you learn that someone you care about is expecting?

Bonus points for DK weight, since I found a bunch of DK baby yarn on clearance recently. :)

I've made simple hats with decent results and once improvised a blanket that I was pleased with, but I've never done anything more complicated. I have four months, though, which is plenty of time to try different things.

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[pensnest]

That's the one I was going to suggest. One of our knitting group had a baby a few months ago, and there was a knitting shower for her - she and baby received several Baby Surprise Jackets, and he has worn some of them to subsequent meetings. So cute!