Oh how I love the Ripples!

I am constantly working on a ripple of some sort ... but here is my current... Stash busting some Bernat Softee Chunky ...



I think it will be a baby blanket size ... probably to donate. I love seeing everyone's ripples ... such inspiration!

The End Draws Nigh, Alack Alas

I'm almost done with my first (you notice I said first) Ripple--just a few more ripples to go. To stave off withdrawal, I already have Ripple Two on the back burner, yarn chosen and purchased, even a test run done...but nothing will ever take the place of my darling Ripple One...we've been through so much together, Ripple and I...




Here's my fave color run:

More online crochet help

Howdy Ripplers!

I seem to be running across crochet tutorials everywhere I look right now. Here are another bunch at Stitch Diva Studios for you to check out. Covers the basics and some more advanced techniques as well. Very clear pictures that walk you through step by step. No help specific to ripple patterning, but they cover decreases well, and hey, ya gotta start somewhere, right?

New Rippler (With Questions)

Hi everybody! I'm the new rippler in town. I've got one skein in every color of Knitpicks Shine Sport and a size G hook just waiting for some free time. I'm so excited!

In the mean time, I've been swatching, and I think something is wrong. I did the whole borrow-the-book-from-the-library-and-copy-down-the-pattern thing, and I think I made a mistake in the set-up rows. The pattern is (you guessed it) Soft Waves. In the version I scribbled all three rows are identical (except row 1 starts with the 4th chain instead of the 1st stitch), and I feel like that just can't be right (otherwise why would the pattern be three rows and not one or two?). Also my swatches have strangely sloping edges.

If anyone can shed some light on this by emailing me with the set-up rows (1&2), that would be fantastic! The book is already checked out elsewhere, and I don't know how else I'll get a look at the pattern. You can't expect me to wait a month to start rippling, can you?

claudzilla [at] gmail [dot] com.

Thank you!

Getting there...

I am finally making a little more progress on my ripple. Working lots of hours, sore hands and busy kids do put a damper on the rippling. But....

I have managed to get this far, and I really love it. My blog is here if you want to read more.

It is so fun looking at all the great pictures and color choices. Do the rest of you plot new ripples in your sleep? Or is it just me? Hehe.

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...

On my way...

A big thank you to everyone that helped me figure out what I was doing wrong on the Soft Waves Pattern. I finally got off to a great start and now I can't put it down!!! I worked about 8 rows in one colorway and it wasn't quite working, so I frogged it all, went to the store and bought all new yarn. Now I'm loving it!

Yarn: An assortment of cotton yarns that includes Sugar'n Cream, Lion Brand Cotton-Ease and Plymouth Jeannee.
Pattern: Soft Wave from Jan Eaton's 200 Ripple Stiches
Hook Size: J

The color inspiration comes largely from Heather Bailey's new line of fabric Freshcut. (Specifically the 3rd colorway) I'm a big fan. :)

Hello Again!!

First, I just want to say all your ripples look BEAUTIFUL! :) Wonderful jobs and keep up the good work!! :)

As for mine, I had to frog it once and then start over!! ICK!! I am now half way done it, yet again, and going strong. I think I may need to go to the craft store and get more yarn for it. Oh darn. lol I also want to do a tank top for my daughter in a ripple pattern as I just bought the 200 ripple pattern book. :) I think she would look sooo cute! Well I hope everybody has a wonderful ripple day!

Monet

The Prerogative of All Ripplers

After agonizing over whether to use blue...

...or chocolate brown as the oddball stripe in my new ripple,
I finally chose green.
This green doesn't photograph well. It's actually quite a bit yellower than it appears here - more of a slime green, in fact. I am constantly amazed at how much yarn these afghans take. As a previously-non-crocheter, am I just unaware how little you get from one ball of yarn? Or do they really gobble yarn??
And I think I am finally running out of rippling steam. It's been an obsession for two months but my stamina is failing me :(
I think I can, I think I can...
Kirsty xx twolimeleaves

Done the 2nd blanket

Do you remember that I'm working on three blankets - a granny square ghan, a scrap ripple ghan, and another ripple that will be a bridal shower gift? Well, I finished the gift - and in time too! It's not as wide as I was going to do it, because I switched it to be vertical instead of horizontal. It's blocking right now, trying to even out the end... heh. It's totally different colours than she requested, one by fault of mine, one due to the fault of Walmart's selection. But anyway, here's a photo from May 11th.

And since that shot, I've added two more rows - white and dark green. And now it's complete. Tada!!

Ripple take 2

Okay.. so before i posted pictures of a ripple in purple.. but instead im doing this one for my brother who will be going away to college in august tpo suny it if i ever get it done... the school colors are blue and white so i was instructed not to sneak in any other colors

A bit of Learn to Crochet FUN!

As I am a horrible enabler and I want everyone to crochet all the time, I'm throwing this under your noses. If it ends up even a fraction of what it is aiming to be, you'll be able to crochet anything anytime. (or it might at least make your rippling easier, faster and more fun.) Crochet newbies rejoice!

There will be a series of 12 online crochet classes over at craftydaisies.com. Each class will run on Tuesdays and will cover a certain theme. At the end of the course, you send the host a pic of your completed project to enter in a contest! The course starts this coming Tuesday, May 22. Click here to get the scoop.

Ripple-me Senseless!

The weather here in SoCal has temporarily cooled off a bit so I managed to get in a few more rows on my Ripple Afghan.

This is the newest obsession project that I am working on from the Feb/March issue of Crochet Today. It is still small enough to fit in a plastic zipper bag and stuff into my purse. The single crochet ribbing at the bottom was pretty boring but after that, the crochet is a lot more fun! I changed the colors to ones I liked better, Tan, Natural and Spa Blue.

My yarn-snobbery has taken a beating what with the Caron Simply Brites afghan and now this vest out of Lustersheen. I'll take my Humble Pie a la mode, thank you.

Opinions on colour please

Hey there. I realise that as I am only about a quarter of my way into my first ripple I should probably not be dreaming of my second (in much the same way that it isn't really the done thing to imagine your second husband when married to your first, but who doesn't?). With that said though, I want to make a baby blanket for an infant of undetermined sex and would love some colour advice. If I make it in cream I think I will be bored out of my mind before I get more than 5 inches in. Also, any advice on size would be appreciated. Don't want to spend until the baby is seven crocheting the damn thing!






Here is the progress on ripple number one, by the way.

Preemie Ripple

I haven't posted for a long time because I keep getting distracted from my ripple afghan by various charity projects. However, I have been trying to work ripples into those projects as well. So far, I have made this colorful preemie ripple:

I worked out the striping scheme myself before I started, so it isn't random. All the yarn used is Caron Simply Soft. I used an H hook and the "soft waves" ripple pattern. However, it took an hour to weave in all the ends, so future preemie ripples will probably be boring monotones that I can make a little more efficiently!

Ripplin' Along

Today I finished the first third of the ripple blanket for Math Guy~~that's 17 stripes (3 rows each stripe). It is approximately 55 inches wide and 25 inches long. I should wind up with a blanket about 75 inches in length. I've enjoyed working on it so far and will likely remain fairly monogamous until it is finished. What a fun project! I couldn't wait to get to the end of the first 17 rows so I could start the colors over again to see how they worked up this time. My son seems to like it~~he even suggested I make his girlfriend one for her graduation, so she could take it to school with her. Hmmm.....let's see how this one goes first. If I do make one for her, it won't be out of wool, but I could handle some Simply Soft or Red Heart Soft (but I don't think any of our local stores carry it.) Something to keep in mind, though.

ETA: I'm using Cascade 220 Superwash for this 'ghan. If you hurry, WEBS still has it on sale until the 25th of May.

Frogged, it's all frogged

Well, this is what it used to look like:
But now it's all gone. All gone.

I found that the queen size width was too much for my large loose stitch compounded by the "textured" effect caused by picking up only the back half of the stitch on every second row. Love the look, but the structure was too weak and stretchy.

So tonight I spent HOURS (I could not believe how long it took!) pulling it all apart. I'll try a smaller ghan with a smaller hook and a tighter stitch. I'm gonna forget the textured stripe too.

Hopefully it'll work out this time.

An Update

I've been knitting and crocheting, working on both a wedding present (the knitting) and baby present (le' ripple). Here's the ripply progress as of last week.

Newbie!

Hello all. Well....I'm new to making Ripple Afghans, and so far it's been very fun.. this was the start of it... let me knoqw what u think

Bacon Ripples?

Must see ripple treasure hunt site of the day:

TWiNKiE CHAN!

Hunt down the bacon and eggs scarf. Yep, I kid you not. So fabulous. The most innovative use of ripples I have seen to date.

I once again have been a lax Ripple Mistress, but there's been chaos on the home front lately that I won't pain you with, you can hunt through my blog if you really want to know why I now jump at slight noises and can't seem to sleep.

Am still working on the site improvements. They should roll in gradually, so keep those peepers peeped!

Happy rippling all!

Dawn