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.

slowly rippling

Some of you guys are so fast!! This is taking me forever. Well I did have to restart three times.

Anyway here is my ripple after about a week. I'm not a crocheter I'm a knitter, but I really like the look of the crochet ripple. Today I got to wondering how much faster would it be to knit a ripple. So I picked the Frangipani pattern from the 2oo ripple book andgrabbed some Noro and cast on. This is only two rows so far. I really need a longer needle. The stitches are really squished on here. Hopefully tommorow I can run out and get one. I think it will be fun to have both going at once. Of course it will take even longer to finish the first one now that I cast on a 2nd. This rippling is very addictive.

Well, I have succumbed to the temptation to ripple. My knitting has been thrust aside, because my yarn arrived yesterday! It is the Swish Superwash from Knitpicks. I ordered one of every color. As you can see, my knitting buddy is very excited.

Rippling the Day Away!

I've been infected with the ripple afghan addiction......don't send help! Yes, I've got it bad.....very bad. So much so that I'm contemplating beginning a third ripple and this is before I've even begun to complete the two I've got going at present. You all know it's your fault because before I joined your forum I was knitting (bad word, here) and crocheting things in a normal (is there such a thing for us crafters) fashion and now, I'm all into rippling way too much.

Above is a pic of the wave ripple I'm doing for my kitties....yes, even they will get a ripple to snuggle up on. I'm using Red Heart super saver because even though it feels a bit scratchy at first, I understand it softens up with each successive washing and they'll love that. I was having a bit of trouble getting the wave's first row correct but you helped me sort out my problems, so thanks to those who responded.

This ripple is for a baby boy and I'm using Bernat's Baby Softee using 2 strands at once in a solid blue and a marled blue and white and Susan's easy ripple pattern. I think using 2 strands gives this yarn so much more body for the ripple and I really like how it's working up.

Yes, I'm on a roll, but having great pleasure in the whole process and that's what counts, right?

Cheers, Laura

Ripple Progress

I haven't posted in a long time, and for good reason. I have been making very slow progress. Here it is, in all it's 22 inch glory. I started with a 243 chain which ended up being 64 inches. Standard twin size (completely on accident). So because of this happy accident, I decided that the length should be 87 inches. I'm only 25% done! However, thanks to everyone here and their newly completed ripples, I now have a second wind. My goal is 50% done by the end of May! I won't bore you with any more details, but if interested, here is my post on my blog.

An Aussie Rippler

Making crocheted ripple rugs runs in my family. My Oma made them, as does my mum. I own two ripple rugs which mum made, but I'd never made one until now.



I am travelling up for my nephew Hugo's first birthday on May 15, and at the last moment at lunchtime on Thursday 3 May I decided to make him a baby ripple blankie - not too big, not too small, not too heavy, easy to drag around for him and easy to wash for his parents. Unfortunately acrylic was my only choice for yarn, since there isn't that much variety at Lincraft, but I did choose the Patons Tasman 9 ply acrylic so the quality was there at least. I'm using a 4.5 mm hook.



I started the rug at 7.30 pm that night It has been so much fun over the last few days seeing how the rug develops with all the different colours.



I chose 11 different skeins. And it is actually soft! Never having crocheted with acrylic before I was little worried, but at least this rug can be usable and also fully washable.

By day 5 it is starting to look good.

Free Granny Inspired Ripple Pattern

Around the same time as I heard about the crochet blogs: no-end-in-sight ripple-along and the granny-along, I also heard that my friend adopted a new baby. While she had been on the list for years, she actually got the call on the day of the birth, and was told she could pick up the baby the next day! Having saved all of the boy things from her 5 year old son's baby days, she was in serious need of pink thinks...fast!

Da-da-da-da! Crochet power....activate!

I went to a craft mega store and bought a gigantic pink 'Pound of Love' ball, and came home to crochet a blanket until the yarn ran out. I wanted to pay homage to both the ripple along and the granny along, and came up with a new stitch pattern. Worked it over 150+ stitches and the yarn ran out after 40+ rows. The finished blanket is 36" - 40" square, depending on how well your yarn blocks.

The pattern is very easy to memorize after a few rows. I crocheted on overdrive to finish this one quickly: 2 days! Not recommended, but certainly possible.

The free pattern is available here: Granny Loves Ripples Crochet Baby Blanket
Granny Loves Ripples Crochet Baby Blanket

Enjoy!

Free Granny Inspired Ripple Pattern

Around the same time as I heard about the crochet blogs: no-end-in-sight ripple-along and the granny-along, I also heard that my friend adopted a new baby. While she had been on the list for years, she actually got the call on the day of the birth, and was told she could pick up the baby the next day! Having saved all of the boy things from her 5 year old son's baby days, she was in serious need of pink thinks...fast!

Da-da-da-da! Crochet power....activate!

I went to a craft mega store and bought a gigantic pink 'Pound of Love' ball, and came home to crochet a blanket until the yarn ran out. I wanted to pay homage to both the ripple along and the granny along, and came up with a new stitch pattern. Worked it over 150+ stitches and the yarn ran out after 40+ rows. The finished blanket is 36" - 40" square, depending on how well your yarn blocks.

The pattern is very easy to memorize after a few rows. I crocheted on overdrive to finish this one quickly: 2 days! Not recommended, but certainly possible.

The free pattern is available here: Granny Loves Ripples Crochet Baby Blanket
Granny Loves Ripples Crochet Baby Blanket

Enjoy!

The first (or is that the third?) ripple

I thought that I would join in with all the rippling that is going on, but I didn't count on how much ripping I would have to do! This is the third attempt, and I finally seem to be getting it right. I wanted to make a wavy blanket to remind me of the sea, so I got every colour I could find that fitted in, and now I have a bit of work ahead of me. Should all be worth it in about 6 months!












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