Finished Product for the Mystery Afghan

After a couple weeks of agonizing over not really liking the layout and the border, I've finally finished my afghan.  It's all sewn up, all the ends are tucked in, and it is just wonderful.  To be quite honest, I wasn't really sure how I was going to feel about this throughout the project.  It was a really neat experience to start from the beginning with no clue what I would be making or where my colours would go or how it would all look in the end, but at the same time that is nerve wracking!

My finished afghan!

Better view of the border

Its home!

Anyhow, after altering the layout to something more my style and making the border just a little more interesting, I fell in love with my afghan.  Couldn't be happier!

Final Layout for the CAL - pre-seaming

So, the final layout is out for the CAL.  I'm not sure how I feel about it.  So, I figured out an alternate layout - and then asked the husband what he thought.

Anyhow, here is what the afghan will look like when laid out as in the official layout:

ooooh!  aaaah!

And here is how I want to lay it out:

Seriously?  How'd you get in here?

Just kidding!  That's my cat enjoying "his" new blanket.  Here's a REAL picture of how the "stripey" layout looks:

So, here's the deal.  I like this layout, but it needs a couple changes.  1. The white clue #1 square needs to be red.  2. the pink clue #1 square needs to be green (according to the husband.)  He says that the green is a nice offset for the red and it goes well with the white too - thus, it should replace the pink since the pink is not a good offset for the red.  My argument is that the blanket is symmetrical with the pink and the green clue #1 squares where they are.