Oh my

Hi everyone

Mrs Twins sent me instructions for her ripple which was written by her friend Brenda. If you view Mrs Twins blog you might just happen to notice that she has a few ripple blankets (read that as a lot). I wanted to try someone else's instructions after not feeling so pleased with my Green Baby Ripple. So I grabbed some yarn (very old acrylic - yuk) from a bag that my MIL gave me to give it a go.

See Mrs Twins & Brenda it worked - I did it - just my starting chains are too, too, too tight (any advice with this would be very much appreciated).

It is very easy once I got started ......


and then I went to the shops to pick up some food for home and have a quick peek in a few shops for some specific Xmas presents that my DD3 & us were looking for and

oh dear!!!!!

what happened ......

I found something else ????????

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which insisted on coming home with me, even if .....

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its not wool ..... it is a combination 55% acrylic & 45% cotton. Not overly soft like the Luxury yarn, but way soft enough for me. And the colours are what I was looking for. They did have a dark, warmish blue - should I have added that too????? Looks like I needed something nicer than the old acrylic to practise a ripple with.

Can I also please get some advice from the ripplers as to how many stitches I should start with for a smallish blanket?

And then I found this .........

I'm sure Mrs Twins would like to attempt this ........ although the ones she has already stitched are so very, very nice

and her skirts are so much prettier than this one, but maybe its one I will attempt (don't feel like stitching!) and the pleating reminds me of her latest plays with her ripple blanket

Xmas is one its way!!!!!

Bye for now