Baby Ripple Ta-dah

Hello Lovelies ,
I felt so lucky when I peeped through  the bedroom curtains this morning ...sunshine and blue skys....perfect weather for my day off. I've been desperate to take some photo's of the beautiful Autumn colour we are enjoying at the moment . And of course  I was also eager to take some pictures of my latest finished object. I've been so enjoying being part of the Ripple-along arranged by  lovely....Attic24 and Little Tin Bird. So here is my latest finished object..............

Ooooooooooh look at all those colourful neat ripples. I love how this project turned out. These pictures really made me smile :0)I think it's funny how you see a project through new eyes when you look at photos of it...or is that just me ?


I'm now thinking I should have gone for a bigger project as this was so enjoyable and I was a little sad it was finished so quickly..............

 As I mentioned before I have not had a good relationship with the ripple in the past. Indeed there were a few moments during this project I got rather frustrated . Having to pull back a couple of rows at one stage. All the way through I seemed to miss count regularly but at least I worked out how to spot my errors sooner so there were only small amounts to pull back.

It's a baby blanket and the finished size is 28" by 32" ( 71 cm by 81 cm) A good size to use in a pushchair or for nap time. ......

I only used one pink....raspberry ....so I think it would work well for a boy or a girl.........

I love the way ripples don't have a back or a front. Both side are slightly different but I like both the effect of a slight ridge in the centre of the ripple .....

As much as the other side with a slight ridge at the edge of each ripple........

I copied Heathers method of starting her edge with two stitches in the end of each row.............

 I also straightened up the two ends by making longer stitches in the bottom of the waves and short ones on the tops of the waves.
ie double crochets ( U.K. trebles )  , then half doubles (U.K.  half trebles) then single crochets ( U.K. doubles ) ..........

I then did a further round of U.S. half doubles and finished off with a pretty picot edging in red.
Here are the colours I used...all Stylecraft special DK.......

Top row L-R lemon,saffron,lipstick,meadow,fondant,aster
Bottom row L-R raspberry,turquoise,spring green,grape,apricot,lavender,cloud blue and shrimp.


I loved working with these bright happy colours but I'm not sure what to do with this blanket now it is finished ...save it till somebody I know has a baby ....or maybe I could sell it ?! Now that would be a first :0)

I'll leave you with some leaves ( no pun intended ) I snapped today...the trees around here are just fabulous at the moment.......

Ahhhhhhh, isn't mother nature wonderful . Today was the most perfect Autumn day and I'm so glad I was able to get outside and enjoy it . Being able to share  these photos with you lovelies makes  me appreciate it all the more.
Hope you are finding things to cheer you this week.
Jacquie x