The bedspread has begun

When I originally saw the pic in a design book called "Blue Ribbon Afghans" I wanted it, just like the one in the book, but, frankly theres far too many colours, you'd need a bazillion colours, in the following picture you can make out that the diamons are divided into 3x3 diamonds, well, its the same design as the dad blanket, only bigger, so the original had 9 different colours in those 3x3 diamonds, where they crossed and went towards the centre and so on.. the colour list really was *LONG*

So, this is the simplified version. Ive texturised the 3x3 diamonds by using a purl stitch for one set and simple stitch for the others.. giving a subtle but nice effect

Well, I think so anyway! Btw, Im making this for me - or at least my spare room or as a huddle blanket or something.. I hope I love it as much when Im done.