I started a ripple blanket this summer, yesterday I finished
it and today I can show you some photos:
I used the Neat Ripple Pattern by Attic 24 for this blanket.
You can find the pattern on her blog: http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/neat-ripple-pattern.html
In the original pattern the ripple are just two rows thick.
I tried that:
and in the colours I was using I decided they needed to be
thicker to get the effect I wanted so I ended up doing 6 rows before changing
colour:
Now, this wasn’t the first time I’ve used a ripple pattern
but this is my favourite one so far because the stitches are close-knit, or
should I say close-crochet? :), and I really wanted a solid blanket with no
open stitches. You can easily adapt the pattern to any size you want and change
the thickness of the ripples like I did to get a project you’re really happy
with.
Now for some maths….there are 140 double crochet per row,
each ripple is 6 rows wide making a total 840 stitches in each ripple stripe.
There are a total of 15 stripes so that makes a grand total of 12600 stitches!
Twelve thousand, six hundred stitches!! That is a LOT of crochet! I loved
making this blanket though, the pattern is so simple and it was the perfect
project to work on when I was watching tv and wasn’t paying much attention to
my crochet project. In the beginning before it got really big I even took it with
me and worked on it outside of the house
In total I used 6 skeins of Caron Simply soft, 2 of each of
the colours: white, soft pink and neon pink. This yarn has quickly become one
of my favourites to work with. I’ve used 11 skeins of it so far and I’ve not
found a single break or snag in any of them and the colours are amazing. It’s
100% acrylic but it’s really soft and doesn’t hurt my hands at all.
I’ve made this one for me for when I’m working at my desk. I
get so cold when I’m sitting still; it’s 21ºc right now in my house and I have
two pairs of socks on and my feet are still cold! So, this blanket is for me to
snuggle under when I’m working on computer.
I have a little yarn left over, there wasn’t enough to get
another ripple of each colour but there is enough to make a cushion so my next project
is going to be a cushion to go with my new blanket. I’m trying really hard to reduce my WIP mountain before the
end of the year and not start new projects but I’m going to make an exception
for the cushion :)
I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week and have a happy,
crafty weekend!
