The end!

The ten pound ripple is complete! It actually weighs "only" 7lbs, but it's lap size, so that's a whole lot!


Fatcat was perplexed...

On to the next ripple adventure...

The 10 pound ripple

Yes, I think this one will weigh at least 10 pounds when it's done. It'll probably squish whoever tries to snuggle under it. But I still like it...

Out of yarn - again

So this is how far I got this time...

The three balls of white yarn from eBay arrived, but the rest hasn't yet, so now I'm stuck again and suffering from withdrawal symptoms.

Starting the "pretty" ripple

After completing the ugly ripple, it took me a while to find inspiration for a pretty ripple.

I finally found one in this little book I discovered at Half Price Books.

This is where it gets complicated as well as a lesson well learned.

The yarn called for in the pattern is $6 a skein, which, I know, is not a whole lot in the crochet world, but is a little steep considering that I've already spent my "allowance" for May and it's, what, the 10th???? On top of that, the white has apparently been discontinued and I need 3 balls of the stuff. So......I compromised and bought different yarn in different colors...

...and started my new ripple last night. And absolutely hated it because I fell in love with something else to start with and this was not it! So...

...I frogged (I LOVE that word!) what I had done, went online and searched for the "real" yarn. Then I went to Michael's and bought 2 balls of the stuff just to get started, since I had a bee in my bonnet about this ripple, came home and ordered the rest online (I even found 3 stray balls of white!).

An hour later...

...I only have two rows left to go and then I'll be stuck waiting for the ordered yarn.
(and, yes, that is a size N hook!)

Lesson: Do NOT compromise, it just wastes a load of time.

the end of the ugly ripple

Woohoo! It's done. I'm out of yarn and not a minute too soon. I'm SO ready for a pretty ripple. (Well I have to admit - it's not nearly as ugly as I thought it would be...)


Now I'm ready to make some yarn choices. What yarn are you all using?
I'd love something soft but not too pricey.

the story of the ugly ripple

I was sorting out my workroom,
the yarn tote runneth over,
everyone was rippling,
although I swore "not sober"...

So, long story short, I'm making a really ugly ripple blanket with my really ugly leftover yarn. Hopefully it'll keep someone who doesn't care about aesthetics warm this coming winter.

I started with the nicest colors,

but don't have enough, so I had to add in one of the uglier colors,

but there were some that I absolutely could not bring myself to incorporate.


Stay tuned for more...