I finished my round ripple afghan. I had run out of yarn and the yarn finally arrived and I finished it in a couple of hours. Here's a photo of my round ripple afghan:
Here's the pattern link which I found online from a very talented fiber arts artist named Doris. Her designs on truly amazing. As you can see, I changed the schemetics of the colors. I did two rows of each color, followed by three rows of each color, followed by four rows of each color and ending with three rows of dark green (the white was added as needed for highlight).
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I made a rose motif for the center of the pattern. It is a six petal rose motif. After making the motif, I started with row three of the pattern.
I also made 12 smaller rose motifs (five petals) and attached them to the points as I was crocheting the last three rows.
The final design turned out fine but I wish my yarn colors were more subdued. They look a little too bright (and old style). I used the following Red Heart Super Saver skeins: 1 skein light raspberry, 1 skein baby pink, 1 skein light sage, 2 skeins dark sage, 2 skeins soft white.
As to to the "two" skeins of dark sage and soft white, I had to buy these extra skeins although I needed only a little bit of each of the second skein.
Anyway, I would love to hear your comments. And, I would love to hear what you have been working on. I will leave you with this picture of Lilly (who sends her love to each of you), sitting next to my stripey blanket I am currently working on.
Have a wonderful week and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Happy crafting,
Pat
P.S. If you have time, stop by Handmade Harbour where you will finds lots of lovely things!
Your Afghan certainly has the WOW factor. Great design I've never seen one like it before. It would look beautiful draped over a round table I think.
ReplyDeleteLily looks so cute sitting up in the big chair.
Jean x
It's amazing, I love the colours you've used and the rose motifs set it off nicely.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely and the colours you have chosen are beautiful - I like the rose motifs you have added, very pretty. That is a lovely photograph of Lilly. Hope you have a good week.
ReplyDeleteJill, Christmas Pie Crafts
Well done on finishing your blanket. It's stunning. Such an unusual shape and I just love the colours - it makes the pattern really stand out.
ReplyDeleteMy, isn't Lilly looking splendid and serene... xx
Well done on finishing your blanket. It's stunning. Such an unusual shape and I just love the colours - it makes the pattern really stand out.
ReplyDeleteMy, isn't Lilly looking splendid and serene... xx
Well done in finishing your blanket. It's stunning. Such an unusual shape and I just love the colours - they really bring out the patten.
ReplyDeleteMy, isn't Lilly looking splendid and serene... xx
Love that afghan, I'm almost tempted to have a go
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderful blanket and I really like the colours you have chosen, the pinks and greens go really well together :)
ReplyDeleteJan x
Lovely blanket and the colours look fantastic together. I adore your cat! She's gorgeous and very elegant
ReplyDeleteI love this afghan. I have previously considered using a Crocodile Stitch flower in the center and then blending in a few single rows of crocodile stitches from time to time for the texture effect. But I love your rosy center and the way you accented the points with roses.
ReplyDeleteI personally have a love / hate relationship with popcorn stitches, love, love, love the texture and the way they look but hate how tedious they are to make when using a lot of them. Still I like to toss in a few random rounds of popcorn stitches like a string of pearls. I love your colors. When ask my favorite color I will tell everyone NEON. So I must ask “when you create a masterpiece why would you want to sedate it ?” I think it should scream come in, look at me, wrap yourself up, get cozy and sit a while. I think it is perfect. Thank you for sharing the link. I am honored you chose my simple pattern as in inspiration to display what can be done. My only regret is I don’t often get to see what other create. My entire purpose is to help others think outside the box and bring their own creative talents to life. http://idealdelusions.blogspot.com/