From Cthulhu Crochet and Cousins:

“This baby blanket is wonderful if you’re in the mood for some mindless crochet while watching TV or focussing on some other activity. One of my least favourite parts of crochet is adding new yarn to change colours and having to weave in the ends from the previous colour. With this pattern you don’t have to finish off the old colour, you just leave it hanging there until you’re ready to use it again. I’ve used solid colours here, but I also think this would look good if you used black with a variegated yarn.

I’ve been vague about the size of the blanket in the pattern so stitchers can just keep stitching until the piece is the length they want. And if you have some leftover yarn in the end, you could make two smaller versions of this and sew them together for a matching pillow.“