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I started on my ripple blanket this week after a failed attempt at knitting the French Market Bag from Knitty. Everything was going so well until disaster struck in the washing machine - somehow the bag felted onto itself and I had this big uneven droopy mess. I felt so frustrated! I had been working on this for 3 1/2 weeks! So I crocheted something to take the edge off...again. That yarn is Knit Picks in Get Away and Vacation. I got them on sale, like seven months ago and they've been wallowing in my stash ever since. I had over 20 skeins of this stuff so I needed a project that would take care of them in a big swoop.
The pattern is from Jan Eaton's 200 Ripple Stitches and its called 'Pink Ripple'.
The pattern is from Jan Eaton's 200 Ripple Stitches and its called 'Pink Ripple'.
I fear I'm gong to have a bunch leftover when I'm done with it. I'm only doing two color repeats since its a baby blanket and I'm STILL going to have a ball leftover in each color. I plan on doing a boy version with the other colors and then just doing another baby blanket using all 8 colors. Oh, and the yellow (Sunshine) is so incredibly soft and soothing to look at. I would not object to a blanket made only of that it - it felt like butter going through my hands!
The yarn itself is very stretchy and while it is a bit awkward to crochet with it took care of the elasticity pretty well. Its a thick'n thin yarn and the blips of cotton made for a very weird and uneven foundation chain but the end product is actually quite even. Still easier to work with than boucle yarns, though.
