World's easiest baby crochet patterns?

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Hello!

A girl I know just had a baby girl and I'd really like to make her something(s).  I bought some soft baby yarn and I was thinking about making some little booties or a smallish blankets.  Then I remembered that I'm really not good at crocheting and knitting takes forever for me.  

So, crafty ladies, do you have any recommendations for a "blankets-for-dummies" type of pattern?  Or, alternately, a way to make my stitches a little more uniform.  That's my problem, basically, my stiches are never uniform, which you can't really tell on a scarf because a scarf is usually *wrapped around a person's neck*, whereas a blanket can't be as deformed, I think.