No, that's not mine. It's called the Realta Afghan and it was designed by one of my fellow crocheters on Ravelry, The Gingerbread Lady. When I first saw it, I kind of forgot to breathe! My face got closer and closer to the monitor as I tried to analyze it's construction and stitches. Then I sighed (loudly) closed the browser, and moved on to more practical thoughts, because an afghan like this takes a looonnnnng time to crochet.
That was probably two months ago. But I've secretly been pulling up this photo and going breathless over it on a regular basis. And then it hit me - who cares if making one would take a looonnnnggg time! It's November 15th, which means we could have several feet of snow on the ground, like, any second now, and I really don't have anywhere to be until Spring.
And so the Basket of Joy was refilled!
This is truly a clever afghan design. It starts out with a rainbow assortment of colors (I'm using 12 colors), which are laid out in a color wheel. What really makes this pop is that each octagon is made using colors that touch on the wheel. I never woulda thought of that.
I envision this wonderfully cheerful, colorful afghan to work on all winter long. The snow will fall peacefully and the kids will
Three motifs done.....a billion to go.
It is going be wonderful! Love the colors.
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