Poppy Afghan

I have something to show you. I have finally finished the SunshineDay Afghan from Alicia Paulson's blog, one of my favorite blogs, by the way. I started crocheting this afghan in January and I completed all of the puff granny squares in about a month but when it came to piecing it together and adding the border, I slacked off. Progress was slow. But it is finally finished!


Here it is without the border as I blocked it. I used my mother's quicky way of blocking. Just pin it to a sheet, lightly spray with water, use the steam from the iron and let it dry.


I tried making it exactly as Alicia describes it in her tutorial except that I added a slightly different border.


You can't really see the variation in the border but if you look closely, you will see a little pink "knob" at the top of the border. I made these little knobs at each end of a row of blocks by chaining three and slip stitching it at the point I started the chain.
Lesson learned: make sure all of the yarn that you use is the exact same type and weight otherwise you will end up with some of your squares being larger. I do like the way the cream-colored squares pop.