16 Octagons

I didn't have anything scheduled this morning so I started the 16th octagon. I finished it early this afternoon. The last one is in the bottom row, second from the right - mustard edge.

Just for a change of pace, I'm going to start doing the triangles except for the bottom ones because I'm definitely going to add 4 more octagons to the bottom. 

This is the order Lucia Dunn used in her colourway. I love the randomness of it. Kinda reminds me of how my mind works. It would probably drive crazy any folks that crave order or who want to use a colour palette suiting their décor. I think a turquoise or more purple would look cool, too.

This would be such a great design for using up lots of colours in the same weight. The centre part is usually one of the 'fans'. All octagons use the same colour for the 'x' rounds and the round two rounds below - Buttermilk in this case. The last 5 rounds alternate with that colour and whatever colour will be on the outermost round. 

I'm going to weigh each colour of the remaining yarn after I do the triangles and will use the 'heaviest' ones for much of the next 4 octagons. 

I haven't really looked at what the border is like but will investigate and also take a look at what variations other people have done. If I have to buy more Astra yarn for the border, I'm OK with that.