Here is the main body of my latest granny ripple blanket completed. (So hard to get a good photograph this weather.)
Keeping to my playing with the colours and trying to have as few sequence repeats as possible while remaining harmonious, I did work towards a certain mirroring for the later part to offset what had seemed to be unbalanced in the first part. if that makes sense!
In the event. I slightly underestimated the size and over estimated the amount of yarn I would need.
So the 3ft x 6ft that I expected at this stage is now more 3ft 3ins x 6ft 3ins and I thought that each ball of yarn would only give me six completed double rows but in fact I think it would have stretched to seven of each colour without any risk of running out.
However that is quite good as I will use the remaining yarn to make a cushion cover.
I am planning a fairly subdued border as I don’t want it to up-stage the body. I am using one of the borders from this book. Most of the borders in it are very ornate but this seemed to echo the main body to a certain extent and in fact I could almost have worked it out for myself. Will have to modify the corners though as I have decided to leave the ripple ends.
I will be using silver and lavender.
It’s really beautiful. And I don’t think any border will manage to upstage the main part 🙂 I have that book myself, you’ve just reminded me, I think I lent it to someone last year……
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Thank you! Always good to remember if you lent a book to someone. I have lost books that way!
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Gorgeous colours and I really like your choice of border. I shall look out for that book it looks really useful.
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I think I bought mine in Waterstone’s but it was a while ago.
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It is beautiful. Your color choices really give the ripples movement when you look at it.
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Thank you! I was aiming for a flowing efect.
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Really pretty, the colors are perfect too..eager to see how your border is going to look on those waves 🙂
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I’m just working on a firm edge to work the border on!
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Is great, I really need to get on with my ripple blanket for Josh but it just doesn’t appeal to me at the moment!
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Well I’m sure it will wait till you feel in the mood. I do feel creativity should be a pleasure not a burden.
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Pretty, I love that border! I have her other two books and I’m thinking about getting this one too
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She does have a lot of lovely borders though some might work best on very plain things.
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Beautiful afghan. i have that book also. 🙂
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Thank you! It does seem a useful book to have.
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