Perfect! We can make that our NY blanket. 
I found a list of state mottoes and nicknames (the italicized one is the officially adopted nickname) that should give us loads of ideas for future blankets:
Connecticut - “He who transplanted sustains”, Constitution State, Land of Steady Habits, Nutmeg State, Provisions State
Delaware - “Liberty and Independence”, Diamond State, First State, Land of Tax-Free Shopping (my personal favorite, it’s on all of the signs when you drive into DE :happydance:), Small Wonder, Blue Hen State or the Blue Hen’s Chicken
Maine - “I direct”, The Border State, Down East, Pine Tree State, Vacationland
Maryland - “Manly deeds, womanly words” :roflhard: (sorry, Marylanders, not laughing at you, just your state’s motto), Cockade State, Free State, Monumental State, Old Line State, Terrapin State, Crab State
Massachusetts - “By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty”, Bay State, The Commonwealth, Colony State, Old Colony, Taxachusetts
New Hampshire - “Live Free or Die”, Granite State, Mother of Rivers, White Mountain State
New Jersey - “Liberty and prosperity”, Garden State, The Crossroads of the Revolution, The Tomato State, First State Lite (Because the first light bulb was invented in Menlo Park)
New York - “Ever upward”, The Empire State
Pennsylvania - “Virtue, Liberty, and Independence”, Liberty Bell State, Independence State, Keystone State, Quaker State
Rhode Island - “Hope”, Little Rhody, Ocean State, Plantation State
Vermont - “Freedom and Unity”, [I]Green Mountain State
[/I]Of course, we don’t have to use these, but if we get stuck for names down the road, we always have the list. I’ll put it on the blogs, too.
I [I]just[/I] ordered some brown Caron SS yesterday.
the state ideas!!! just wanted to say that i am glad that everything is going so well and we already have so many blankets to be made!!! :happydance: 
