Ripple blanket statistics

I was in so much of a hurry to get my sea and sand ripple blanket post out that I forgot to add some statistics about it. And the weather is now dry too , so I managed to get a photograph of the whole completed blanket. Of the fourteen balls of Stylecraft yarn that… Read More Ripple blanket statistics

11 September 2014 Rainbow Junkie13 Comments

Sea and Sand blanket completed

I’ve just had a very exhausting but fun week with my granddaughter but I have so many photographs to show you that I need a bit more time so I decided that I will show you something that I completed just before my granddaughter arrived. My sea and sand blanket Here it is folded up… Read More Sea and Sand blanket completed

1 September 20143 September 2014 Rainbow Junkie28 Comments

Half-way there!

I am now just over half way through my ‘sea and sand’ ripple blanket. Over half way in that I have decided to reverse the order of the colours for the stripes of the second half and the top royal blue stripe will not be repeated. I calculated before I started the blanket (in the… Read More Half-way there!

28 April 2014 Rainbow Junkie15 Comments

Ripple blanket update

Just a quick update on my sea and sand ripple blanket. The weather is dry so I was able to take it outside to photograph. I am about three eighths of the way through (43 rows). At five rows a week I should have reached forty five but I am still on course for not… Read More Ripple blanket update

3 April 20144 June 2014 Rainbow Junkie15 Comments

Ripple blanket recap

First month {= five week(end)s} of blanket making. (We’ve had some decent sunshine recently so it was very foolish of me to wait till today to take a photograph, when it is dark and wet, but here it is!) Just to recap: the pattern I am using is this from Jan Eaton’s “200 Ripple Stitch… Read More Ripple blanket recap

3 March 2014 Rainbow Junkie7 Comments

Another cushion cover!

[The colours in these photographs are not completely true to life I am afraid. Some are better than others.] I’ve finished the cushion I wanted to make with the leftover yarn from my spectrum granny ripple blanket. I started using one colour for each row and was very pleased with the effect. But then when… Read More Another cushion cover!

13 January 201425 January 2016 Rainbow Junkie17 Comments

Trying out some ideas

The last couple of weeks I have allowed myself to try out a few ideas instead of starting on a new serious project to run alongside the CAL and granny ripple blanket. One of these was to make a dishcloth out of ‘dishcloth cotton’. I bought some dishcloth cotton a while ago with an eye… Read More Trying out some ideas

9 February 20133 September 2014 Rainbow Junkie9 Comments

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