I'm almost back!!!

Howdy ripplers!

I'm about halfway back from vacation. Currently fresh off the plane and freezing my tuckus off in Wisconsin. This snow thing is quite a shock once one is used to the balmy 80s gulf breezes in Tampa.

I'm taking a mo' on the in-laws' computer to catch up before we drive yet further north tomorrow. You're all looking great. It's so neat to scroll down through it all. Everyone has such a unique project. I want to start over and over and over again...walking in so many footsteps. I will so never have the $$ to make everything I want to!

Willl post more in the next few days...have some "ripples" of a wetter sort to share with you all, and I so want to get back to my blankets...I can totally face starting the round one again and am ready to roll with the serially frogged one too. I think it's just meant to be more patternish than random, and that's okie dokie. No sense in fighting what it wants to be, huh?

Do me a favor ripplers...if you've seen any comments from newbies wanting to join lurking round bout, let me know. I had for some reason thought I'd be having time to check regularly, but now it's quite the task, and I soooooo don't want to miss anyone!!!

Thanks, and will get back to you soonest! Dawn

I'm almost back!

Howdy ripplers!

I'm about halfway back from vacation. Currently fresh off the plane and freezing my tuckus off in Wisconsin. This snow thing is quite a shock once one is used to the balmy 80s gulf breezes in Tampa.

I'm taking a mo' on the in-laws' computer to catch up before we drive yet further north tomorrow. You're all looking great. It's so neat to scroll down through it all. Everyone has such a unique project. I want to start over and over and over again...walking in so many footsteps. I will so never have the $$ to make everything I want to!

Willl post more in the next few days...have some "ripples" of a wetter sort to share with you all, and I so want to get back to my blankets...I can totally face starting the round one again and am ready to roll with the serially frogged one too. I think it's just meant to be more patternish than random, and that's okie dokie. No sense in fighting what it wants to be, huh?

Do me a favor ripplers...if you've seen any comments from newbies wanting to join lurking round bout, let me know. I had for some reason thought I'd be having time to check regularly, but now it's quite the task, and I soooooo don't want to miss anyone!!!

Thanks, and will get back to you soonest! Dawn

I'm Ripplin' A'ghan !

When I caught wind of the Ripple Afghan-along I couldn't resist. So I began a multi-colored one a few weeks ago...photos can be found at my blog. I have put that one aside for now as I thought I'd make one for my daughter for her wedding shower. I am using Plymouth Encore as I *know* she will end up machine washing it at some point. The Encore is not too bad for an acrylic, in fact, kinda nice.
I have chosen 9 colors and have just completed the first repeat of two rows each color. It is 58" wide and 13" long at this point. Now my question is this, should I continue on with the same color repeats or should I randomly choose the order????
I love all the Ripples on this blog , they are all very inspiring!!

Maven's Frog ripple

I don't think Maven ever took a picture of her ripple. So I thought I should before I get too far into the frogging process. **please excuse the blankets on top of the ripple.. my daughter thought she should add something to the picture**

I've also figured out that some yans can not or should not be frogged. Some are just impossible to frog in one piece. What has been everyone else's experience with frogging yarns and which ones are not the best for froggin?

Ripple are forming!

I've been working on this for about 2 weeks and thought it was time for a post. Here is my blanket so far:

I switched to Caron Simply Soft Brites because of Oiyi's blanket, and I love it! I'm using all 9 colors (Watermelon, Papaya, Mango, Lemonade, Limeade, Blue Mint, Berry Mint, Grape, Rose Violet) and a size H/8 (5mm) hook in the soft waves ripple pattern. I decided to go randomly, but haven't really gotten far enough to see the randomness.

More ramblings can be found here.

Maven... I got your box today

Now I totally understand why you could not frog this beautiful blanket. I about wanted to cry thinking about it once I saw it. But since it was our agreement, I shall frog away. I already have a wonderful idea for the yarn... the browns at least... I will keep you updated..

Megan

Long time, no post

Well, its been a long month, but I'm starting to again make progress on my blue-and green ripple. Between my grandfather's decline and passing away, taking care of him in his last days (spent at home, thank god) and the subsequent flurry of arrangements, and then the exhaustion, my own migraines, forgetting to order more yarn, exams, etc etc etc..... Well, lets just say I'm thrilled to be rippling again!

Heres the latest two stripes... enjoy.

okay, I've made a little progress

. . .found out my green and orange yarns are Perisan Paterna which is a tapestry yarn - I bought it from a lady who specializes in antique ribbon on eBay. One of the skeins was cut in half so I will either sew in A Lot of Ends, or ? I took another shot of the batch of colors/yarns I am planning on, it seems like too much off-white. What do you think?

Little Ripply Purse

Last night I took a break from my ripple afghan to experiment with silk ripples--but silk being as precious as it is, I didn't want to use too much, and so attempted a little bag:



I made the buttons by crocheting a thin tube, three stitches, coiling it, and then stitching the coil. I like the middle button, but am not sure about the purse--I think I'll use it as a makeup case and call it a day.

Ripple Update

I haven't touched my ripple blanket since Sunday. It's been a crazy busy week with meeting, family in town (yes again, but my DH's family this time) and my little boy's 7th Bday yesterday. Last week my internet was down and I got a lot done so I guess that makes up for it.
Anyway this is the newest picture of my sons ripple blanket. I am halfway through the 39th stripe now, and have plans for a rippely weekend!!!!
The picture is a close-up of what I did last week (from the Black-Dark Orange-Burgandy area to the white). I have a different picture of the whole blanket up on My Blog .

Do I still trust the process?

Oh this is such a challenge for me! I'm really struggling with giving control to the yarn Goddesses and trusting their choice in colours. I don't like it so far. I'm tempted to frog it all - which would also be a huge lesson in letting go of control (Can you imagine all that work - puff gone!?). Anyway, I've noticed a trend: this blanket is turning into something quite similar to my granny square afghan. The colours are the same! See? I don't want two blankets that are the same especially when my granny ghan is so pretty! (I think the ripple would pale in comparison). With that said, I've put out the next eight colours, and I think that my worries may blend in with the new shades.

I have to disclose something: I absolutely love decreasing! I attempt to reach that time anxiously... that time to not fully finish each stitch. Oh valleys!

Jen - Persephone's Awakening

Ripple progress

ripple progress
Originally uploaded by Fiber Star.

The colder weather, here in Kansas, has me snuggled under my ripple hookin' away. So I'm slowly making more progress.

Thanks for looking.

I'm still alive & slowly rippling

I really feel slow at this compared to everyone else, but what's a girl with too many projects gonna do.

I've used up one of my multi-coloured balls of yarn & I only have one left.

I should be able to get the blanket to about double the size, I hope.

If all else fails, I'll just buy some new yarn that matches & add a wide border around the whole thing. I'm off to ripple along now :)

Float Away Scarf

Float Away Scarf
Originally uploaded by kpwerker.

This scarf is one of the reasons I was so jacked up about making a ripple blanket. I designed it back in December as my staff project for the spring 2007 Interweave Crochet, and I absolutely loved making it. The yarn is delicious and I dig the ribbed ripple texture.

Here are the specs:

Pattern: My own staff project in the spring 2007 Interweave Crochet (it's in yarn stores now)

Yarn: Austermann Bambou Soft (65% wool, 35% bamboo; 110 yd [100 m]/1 3⁄4 oz [50 g]): #07 teal, 2 balls. Yarn distributed by Skacel.

Hooks: 6mm and 5mm

I'm still working on my ripple blanket, of course. But I travel a lot and it's way too big to take with me. In my travels, though, I do pick up odd balls to play with, and of course they'll end up in the ripple...

Riss' Ripple - Big 'n purdy

Well, here it is. I'd have to say that its about a quarter of the way finished. The big gray stripe is actually a silver and a lighter green. I'm kicking myself for that decision. I still have 5 more colors to add today, and then i'll have done a stripe of every color I have. Then its time to start repeating. Looking at it in these pics makes me regret using the verigated yarns... but it looks beautiful in real life. They don't call out as much attention.

I have all night to ripple too, as the bf is closing tonight. He's actually been suprisingly supportive of this endeavor.

Well... back to the ripplage.

Learning to Ripple

My stack of Lamb's Pride Worsted awaits myrippling. I am using it now for some other things that have inspired me, too, while I get better at crocheting. Have been INTENSELY inspired by Mason Dixon book
to begin a log cabin square, which I am working on and will post on my blog soon.
In the meantime, I am practicing learning to crochet-just doing lots of chain stitches and single crochets to try to get my wonky left had to hold the yarn correctly while I crochet with my right. For some reason (maybe because I am learning at a late age, it is hard for me to manipulate the yarn and get the tension, etc correct.
So I have Jan Eaton's Ripple book, and hope to begin soon! I love this blog and check it daily and am so inpsired by all the ripplers I see!

A mini ripple finished

I finished up a mini ripple blanket for the shop last week sometime. Its really a perfect size for car seat, stroller and as a woobie to drag around. Big enough to cover but not so big most of it ends up in the puddles.I also did a single crochet around the edge, matching the stripe pattern.Specs-
Yarn: Cascade Cherub Aran, Blue, Green, Yellow and Red
Pattern: 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns, "Smartie" pattern.
Hook: H
Finished size: 24" x 30"

Next up I started a ripple in knit to match "Smartie". Pics coming to a blog near you soon....

Bad pun alert

So I've done the second row of the bluey-green colour and am ready for the solid green. Long weekend coming up and there'll be lots of progress to photograph and post next week. Yippee.

But this post is to report a recent realisation. It occurred to me last night that this project is a terrible killer of time and therefore my blanket has a new name. Ready? It's Jack the Rippler.

Sorry, just had to do it. Jack made me.

Daisy.

Happy Rippley Wednesday!

I set my blanket aside on my desk and got this squiggle of color.

I am now about this far through second row of green. Then I will have, um, gray? and then a pale, pale, pink and then maybe a dark green. These wools are so interesting. The brown is Cascade 220, very soft and polished, the white and pink are fairly coarse and harsh, the white a little less so becuase I washed it. Now this green is some wool from the middle east that I bought on eBay and it has three plys, but they are not twisted together. I could separate it into a very fine yarn if I wanted. It has a glossy texture and is very nice to work with. I'll try for a close up next photo session. :-)

Ripplin' Machine...

I crocheted 6 stripes yesterday. Thats roughly 6 hours of work. When I posted yesterday morning, I'd already added yellow and red and was starting the gray. Then I added the green, multi and bright blue. I love the last two together.

Today starts the chocolate chip ice cream yarn. Its a beautiful creamy tan with flecks of different browns in it. Subtle, yet lovely.

My ghan now measures 17.5". I'm absolutely addicted to this thing.

Yesterday was such a great day for me. It's been kind of dark and rainy for the last few days (hence the dark muddy pics), but yesterday was productive. In addition to doing 6 stripes, I also had a riding lesson where I jumped my first course of 5 jumps! *does a little dance*

Well, I'm off to start todays rippley goodness.

--Riss