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Finished Ripple Love!!

The long awaited day has come:

I give you…..

The Epic Ripple Blanket:

                                                *cue theme from 2001:  A Space Odessey*
 The edging is such a brilliant design from Lucy at the attic.  The entire tutorial and pattern of hers is what mine is based off of.  I'm so excited to have something that goes with everything!  I really, really love that edge.  The little peek-a-boos of blue coming through the purple makes me warm and fuzzy.  Ahh, soft, soft blanket friend.  The yarn is mostly Caron Simply Soft, and Red Heart Soft.  Lots of time, lots of dc, lots of dc2together, many miles of yarn.




I am so happy I have finished with this project.  Don’t get me wrong.  I enjoyed every single ripple-y minute of it.  I enjoyed randomly grabbing luscious color after color, weaving that fluffy thing into a candy ribbon of comfort.  It’s so rewarding to see Blanket finished at last!  I know this fall I will be spending many evenings outdoors (and later in the winter, evenings in my cozy pink recliner)  wrapped up in this delight.  It seems when I plan afghans and huge blankets for others, I always just know the colors I want to use.  I knew from the beginning this was going to be a blanket for me and me only (and perhaps my husband, if I am feeling generous enough to share – haha), and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out colors.  I finally decided, well, I love everything – why not use them all?  As you can see, the result is an explosive spectrum.
A coworker at my old place of work is also a yarn fanatic, and was uneasy at my idea of just randomly adding color willy-nilly.  The plan of having no plan stressed her out.  I've got to say, when it comes to crochet, especially crocheting things for my own self and home - planning is overrated for me.  I kind of like not knowing how it's all going to work out. But work out it did.  I think I might go wrap myself up in this right now!

Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed having your eyes blinded and dizzied by this monster ripple!  Thank you for being so dad gum patient with me!

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