Tumbling Blocks

Boy what a trip! This is going to be for my 7 year old son, Tyler. He needs a more "grown up" afghan now that he's getting to be quite a little young man. After I'd done the Prairie Star for my niece, and also the Tumbling Block quare for the Comfort Squares, I thought I'd try to do a full afghan. Since this could be achieved by using the same diamond pattern from the Prairie Star, I thought it would be pretty easy to just wing it with the pattern on this one.

So far, everything's going really well. It's pretty quick work and I LOVE the colors I picked out for him. I'm using Caron Simply Soft in White, Lt Country Blue, and Country Blue.

I think maybe three more blocks wide on the bottom row and that should be good for width. I'm not sure exactly how many high yet.

As for the edging, I've got something totally different from anything I've ever done before. I taught myself the reverse single crochet the other day and I'm SO excited. I was really hesitant about that stitch because I'd heard so many people complain how they hated it. I thought for sure it MUST be difficult. BUT - it's amazing the things you'll try out of sheer boredom. LOL The other night I picked up a scrap piece of yarn about 3 yards long, chained 10, did a row of sc, then did the reverse sc. I LOVE the look and I think it will be a nice accent border for this afghan. I don't want anything fancy since I don't want to take the focus away from those blocks (although it's hard to think of ANYthing that could take your eyes off of those -- they're demanding!) and the reverse sc is a nice little accent with enough simplicity to work.

I'm not sure when I'll give this to him - his birthday's not until November. I don't think I'll be able to hold out that long! ;)

Here's a close up of the blocks: Oh by the way, please excuse the end tails curled on the diamonds.... I haven't woven them in yet *sheepish blush*