[Grammy]

I knit my last big (rather than baby) afghan while I was doing chemo. I knew I was going to have tired days, and on my chemo days I was there for 6 hours, so knitting helped pass the time. My husband had been asking for an afghan, so I made a "shadow knit" afghan in sea colors... gray, blue, green etc, all quite muted.
Shadow knitting is done from the outside of the square to the inside. Knits and purls create a pattern that "pops up" when you weave a yarn through the last inside stitches and pull it tight to close. Each square was about 12', and I don't remember how many I made.... 20 or 24, so that we have a nice BIG afghan to snuggle up in.
I also hate to sew blocks together, so I just crochet them together. Works like a charm.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I've pulled the crochet things together trick myself!

That sounds like an interesting technique. I will have to investigate it someday.