Crochet-Along Clue 7 (Week 8): Spoilers and Photos

[deluxe08]

Okay, here's my layout; I've still not quite decided about how Clue 5 turned out. I may go back and re-do them so that just the first two rows are contrasting colors and the rest of the rows are MC; I think that may fit in better with the rest of the blanket.

I love this look better than all solid colors. To me, all solid colors is a little overpowering and doesn't flow as nice as making the motifs with color variations in each motif.

I wish I would have followed this idea, like it so much better.

[deluxe08]

Hmm. After seeing Davrett's, I'm scrapping my hexagons and doing them her way. It just looks so much better to me than what I have laid out so far.

I have contemplated doing the same thing after seeing how it looks with the multi-colored motifs. It blends so much better. I'm not in a hurry to finish it cause I haven't decided if I will keep it or give it away, so I have plenty of time to rework it.

[boyd121]

Before I seam - input please! Which do you prefer?
1. The official CAL layout

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2. Stripes! (The white clue #1 square would have to be replaced by a red one.)

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My preference tends towards the stripes, but my husband seems to think that either would be good.

I prefer the stripes for these colors - that bottom left corner gets too heavy-looking in that dark color for the official layout version, in my humble opinion .

[SharonB551]

I prefer a symetrical design so I changed up the colors of four of the 5's and one of the 1's and added a 4 to make this design:

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Then, I changed it up a bit (edited):

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I think I got it uploaded right this time.

Love your arrangements, crochetfanatic - I also wanted a more symmetrical design. I am using your second layout for my afghan. Thanks for your creativity and willingness to share:)

[dsegel]

I think I'm going to go with this instead of the official layout.

[boyd121]

I need a 4th flower-based octagon pattern to fill this out - but now that I've finished the "official" blanket (minus the border yet of course), I think I'm going to expand on all the wonderful ideas in this thread (symmetry, multi-color motifs, etc) and work on this next...so if anybody has ideas for that 4th flowery octagon, I'm all ears!

These are my 4 contrast colors - I'm leaving out my beige master color this time.

[mimi19681]

Okay, here's my layout; I've still not quite decided about how Clue 5 turned out. I may go back and re-do them so that just the first two rows are contrasting colors and the rest of the rows are MC; I think that may fit in better with the rest of the blanket.

daverett, I agree with others... This looks amazing! Making the motifs multi-colored brings everything together so much better than the single color motifs (in my opinion). This is my first "mystery" CAL and I'm sure I never would have thought to "stray" from the original design. I'm so glad you did. As far as clue 5 goes... I think yours looks great the way it is but now you have me seeing things differently so I'm curious how your "re-do" would look. Maybe you should try it and let us help you decide. All kidding aside... FANTASTIC job!!

I think your afghan is my favorite so far...I agree with everyone else. The deviations brings it all together. I think I will do another version that is siminlar....Great job!

[mimi19681]

I'm really liking mine, although I switched it up a bit from the original layout. There are still two of the larger motifs, instead of three. And I'm really glad I stuck with a solid color - I didn't have a plan for this originally, but I've now decided it will probably be a wedding gift...

This has been fun, and I'm considering making another!

My second favorite...I love the montone look..

[joanl]

I have had more fun with this. I actually had kids fighting over joining them together. My family calls this afghan "Doilies On Parade" I think I am going to put it on the swing on the sun porch when I am done. It will be an upgrade from the Elvis blanket that is there now.

[TwinkleToes2day]

Okay, here's my layout; I've still not quite decided about how Clue 5 turned out. I may go back and re-do them so that just the first two rows are contrasting colors and the rest of the rows are MC; I think that may fit in better with the rest of the blanket.

I completely LOVE your colour mix!