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Rippling

5/7/2015

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A few weeks ago I started a mini ripple blanket for a friend's baby. You might remember I had a few false starts, but once I got going, it rippled along most speedily and enjoyably. 
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I've got plenty of wool, so I didn't buy any new for this project, which meant the size of my blanket was dictated by the amount of wool I had. Fortunately it got to a reasonable size before I ran out. 

I followed these instructions to make the edge, and I so very much wanted to use all three colours to edge it. I bravely set off with a row of red... 
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... and it did look rather fabulous, but sadly there just wasn't enough to go all the way round. How vexing! Still, three rows of purple (for some reason I had FAR more purple than anything else) and it was all finished. 
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TaDa! 

I confess I'm not usually that diligent about blocking, but as I still haven't heard whether this baby has arrived (and it's not really the done thing to pester the parents-to-be too much), I reckoned I probably had time. 
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So now it's all nicely flat with non-wavy edges, folded neatly and awaiting the little one's arrival. 

I had ever such fun making this. Such a small, manageable project, not too much to think about, no complicated stitches, not too much to think about. It wasn't really a carry-on-the-train project (too much swapping of wool colours) but it was nice for sitting with for an hour of an evening, winding down. 

I'm wondering what else I can start now (all the timing reminding myself I'm meant to be sorting the house so we can move...).

Have you had anything cheery on your crochet needles lately?
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Barbara Lavender link
5/7/2015 11:40:16 am

Hi, only just worked out how to leave comments on your new site!

Good luck with the move, whenever it happens, I know how much of your life that will take up! Hope you find somewhere with character and a good garden area for you to make your own.

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Auntie Lou
7/7/2015 01:27:38 pm

Lovely ripples! Only crocheted small blanket recently but have been knitting neurons! Perhaps you could knit or crochet some of those?! x

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TDQ Karen
21/7/2015 02:32:07 am

Must try this do I just google crochet rippling? I have been learning crochet at a little class in a cafe in Rotherham, you would probably love it, crafty people rent shelves to sell their products in the cafe. We have been learning to recycle tshirts by cutting them to make fabric thread which we crochet on very large hooks into bowls

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