Baby, it's a crazy eight-sided blanket!

I've been working on this Octagon Baby Blanket for a week now.   The yarn is Bernat Baby Coordinates in the color Fun Prints.  And this is the pattern I'm using.  It was pretty fast going at first, but now that the rounds have gotten longer it's slowed down a bit.  It's an enjoyable project, but after crocheting each row of every segment, it's very important to count the stitches just made (I've learned the hard way).  Yes, that means counting every single stitch.  A tad tedious, but oooh, the trouble I've seen when I didn't. 

I expect I'll have it finished in a day or two and it will need a blocking (or maybe just a light steaming) to flatten out the edges.   I'm trying to decide if I will trim it in single crochet with a solid blue that goes with the print, or just finish it with the same yarn.  The pattern has directions for a picot edging, so that's a possibility, too.  Simple, clean edges seem nice to me for a boy's blanket, but infant blankets can be a bit daintier without looking girlish, necessarily.  Then again, maybe "daintier" isn't the word I'm looking for.  I'm open to suggestions on the edging.

And then I just need to figure out how to photograph it nicely so the octagon shape shows!   Or maybe just the hint of the octagon is enough?

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