Rippling

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. 

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... 

... 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. 

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. 

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?