Voila!

First, thank you to all who participated. You guys are awesome! This was so much fun I will definitely be doing more CALs. What do you want to make next?

And now... my afghan! I'm very happy with it, not only for its festive looks, but its warm memories as well. I've truly enjoyed this process.

I can't help but imagine how pretty this would be in a square configuration with baby yarns. :)

Variations on a Theme border rnds 2-5

Rnd 2: Join with sc in any corner, ch 3, sc in same corner, (ch 2, sc in next ch-1 sp) across to next corner, (sc, ch 3, sc) in corner; repeat from * around ending last repeat at first corner, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.

Rnd 3: Repeat rnd 1.

Rnd 4: Repeat rnd 2.

Rnd 5: Join with sc in second ch-sp before any corner, * (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in ch-sp before corner--shell made, shell in corner, shell in ch-sp after corner, (sc in next ch-sp, shell in next sp) across to corner, skipping one ch-sp if needed to make sure shell falls in ch-sp before corner; repeat from * around ending at first sc, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.

Next stop--complete afghan photos! :) :)

Border corner

Variations on a Theme border

I've been thinking-- after all your work on your afghan, it's hardly fair of me to dole out the border instructions one row at a time without a photo of the whole border. So tomorrow, we are hoping it will not rain, and David and I can get outside and photograph my border so you can see what I've done. I'll give you instructions for all rows--and this way, you can decide if you want to do as I've done, or something different.

Variations on a Theme border rnd 1

OK here we go! Border.
Rnd 1: Join with sl st in any corner, ch 3 (counts as dc), (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same corner, * (ch 1, 2 dc in next ch-sp) to next corner, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner; repeat from * around ending last repeat at first corner, join with sl st in top of ch 3. Fasten off.

Happy Groundhog Day!

I'll be posting round 1 of the border later today. Everyone's afghans are looking gorgeous!