All done and entered in the contest!!! Love the way this ghan turned out.  Even though I whined a bit about piecing it all together, love it.  So here is tranquility.......

Tranquility

center close up

close up on stitch works

love the sheen of this yarn!

Just about finished!!!

Assembly Required!!!
I started assembling  on Tuesday March 12, and I now remember why I don't do motif projects, lol.  I am still not fond of it but I do love watching this afghan come together.  I have been watching all the octagon and squares throws over at the crochet crowd and it is very tempting to make another one, but I think this one will be it for a little while.  Here a few shots during construction.  I only have one more row (3 squares and 3 octagons to attach)  then clean up some ends and I am thinking about a round of singe crochet as a border.  Not sure on that just have to see what it looks like when I get there :)

All pinned and ready for joining!

close up of back loop slip stitch joining

a little progress, SLOW but still progress!

Almost finished just a little bit more to go!!!

very productive weekend!  working on the last 2 octagons for the octagons and squares throw and then I get the fun of putting it all together!  There are 35 octagons and 24 squares!  At least there aren't very many ends to weave in I have been doing that as I go along.



Still working on motif placement, not sure which one I like best.  I do hope to get this one finished today.  Seems like I have been working on this one a lot more than 2 weeks.

Working on the octagon and squares throw for Mikey's Afghan Club (The Crochet Crowd).  I am using caron simply soft (white), and some mystery yarn I found at big lots.  I think it maybe bernat satin, but haven't yet verified. The original pattern (available at red heart.com), calls for red heart with love and a size j hook.  This yarn is a finer so I am using a g hook.  The original also has  12 square motifs and 20 octagons.  Mine so far has 24 squares and I am up to 25 octagons,  hoping to get to 35 if I have enough yarn.  I love the look of this afghan but not really loving all the bits and pieces.  So far over 125 afghans have been completed.  I am working my fingers to the bone trying to get it done by the deadline.  Hopefully stitching the pieces together won't take too long... for now here a couple of pics and then back to stitching.......