A Little Bit of Ripple and a Few Small Things

Have I told you that I'm loving this blanket? I love the rhythm of the stitches and the soft wave they produce. I love the softness of the yarn, so good for an acrylic! I know some people prefer all natural yarns but to be honest, I can't afford them and this Stylecraft Special DK works up beautifully. I've been told it washes well too.
I did have a few doubts with some of my colour choices but as the blanket progressed they seem to work. Now I am not so sure! What do you think?
So a little peek for you, to be going on with.

When it's spread out it's bigger than I thought, whoop, whoop not so far to go now! For the second time of using all the colours I went in three's and reversed the order I had them in to start with, if that makes sense. So Wisteria, Cloud Blue, Magenta the first time of using them was ordered Cloud Blue, Wisteria, Magenta the second time and will rotate again for the third time.

In my last post I showed a picture of the new blanket I'm starting in the Crofter DK. The first colour I used was May, see below. The ball made 12 squares.

Here is the ball band with shade details and this is all the yarn left from the first ball. As I complete the balls I will post the squares.

You can't see the range of colours from just looking at the ball and in the next colour I am doing I have been very surprised by the contrasts.

Next up is a little piece of Tunisian Crochet. I saw that Sue of Sweet Pea family had tried it here and wanted to have a go. So hooks were ordered, waited for (not very patiently) and arrived. I got busy with a practice piece and here it is.

Tunisian crochet goes VERY curly so I will have to give it a good press as I dont think I can block acrylic yarn. It also has a definite right and wrong side, you may be able to see that on the curled up bit!

This is just my first trial piece using Tunisian Simple Stitch. I started off with a 4.0 hook with the DK yarn but it seemed to be very tight, but that could be my tension! The 5.0 gave a more supple feel to the piece, but I am still experimenting. This type of crochet would be great for bags as it has less stretch than ordinary crochet. I'm thinking of making a cushion cover, so another reason to watch this space!

My goodness I have half finished items all over the place! Just the way I like to work, so exciting, and I can pick which one I work on according to my mood. Also it's good to have a small project on the go as it is much more portable. I don't think I would haul my ripple blanket round to my friends for coffee, but a little bag with a ball of yarn, a hook and a square on the go is easily managed :-)

See you all next time, have a good day wherever you are.

Wave Blanket - completed!

Before I let you see any pictures of my Wave, I must give credit to Lanas de Ana for her pattern, see here. Look around the rest of her blog while you are there, she has some lovely patterns and projects.

So, are you ready?

Do you want to see my Wave?

Oh, go on then!

Here it is, and I love it! I think I said previously it is done in Stylecraft Special Aran. Yes it is acrylic, but it is so soft, warm and snuggly so I don't care.

Lovely coastal colours, Parchment, Cream, Lemon, Aspen, Meadow, Aster and Denim.

A little border action!

I was going to do a wavy border but then thought it would be too much so I just did a plain one with rows of dc and treble.

Oh it's just delicious!

Overload of photos maybe? Nah, I don't think so!

Do you want to know the best bit of all? I sent the first pic to older son and he said,

'Looks quite good actually!! Good pattern'

I almost fainted! Did you read that Ana 'Good pattern' that is praise indeed from older son!

Phew three posts in one day, there's value for you. I have more in the pipeline too, so watch this space! :-)