Rippling along

A friend who has just become a granny for the second time requested a blanket, so I made a few for her to choose from!

The top one is made in Scheepjes Softfun Lace (2426), Orchid (2657), Lavender (2658) and Periwinkle (2619) on a 4.5mm hook. It took 50g each of the pale colours and 100g of Periwinkle, including the border.

I call the bottom one my ‘Modern Ripple’ blanket. It is also made in Scheepjes Softfun, but this time in Snow (2412), Cloud (2530), Blossom (2618) and Flamingo (2653).

I also have a blue version of the Modern Ripple – made using Scheepjes Softfun, in Snow (2412), Cloud (2530), Light blue (2432) and Sky (2613)

The ripple pattern is Attic 24’s neat ripple. The blankets are 7 ripples wide (so have a starting chain of 102) and 19 wide ripples long.

Now, I wonder which one she will choose?

January challenge – the big ripply one

This was of course a December make but I couldn’t do the big reveal until after Christmas, so it has now been re-named:

Made in Drops Nepal off white (0100), light grey mix (0500) grey mix (0501) and medium grey mix (0517) on a 7mm hook, using Attic 24’s neat ripple pattern. I used 9 balls of white and 6 each of the greys and had a little of each left over.

I started with a chain of 129 stitches to make the blanket 9 ripples wide (97cm). This worked out quite well yarn-wise as each ball was enough for 4 rows, without any mid-row joining. The blanket is 37 wide ripples long (170cm) which will hopefully be a good size for snuggling under.