rippling along...

Well I took a short ripple break this week, but I'm back at it now.
Though I do need to take a day to tie dye this week. Things have been selling this month and I need to restock my store.
Anyway, I was able to find some "Tangerine" in the Red Heart Soft. With the addition of that and some more white, I think the blanket is coming along nicely. Though, I am rather tempted to keep adding new colors from my stash, but I know it will look all wonky if I start adding now. Next time!

started rippling

Pattern: Based on this pattern
Yarn: Mostly Red Heart Soft and some other scraps of softer acrylic

Getting started:


Making some progress (with flash, excuse the shine):

My goal is to have this at the foot of Peanut's bed someday... you know, when he gets a big-boy-bed.

I started using a super low tech "random color generator"... scraps of paper with the colors written on them. I randomly pick one to determine my next color. Of course if the color clashes or if I just used it I have veto power. This is a fun exercise as I normally want it all to be matchy matchy or follow a specific ROYGBP pattern. I love how the personality of the piece changes with each row added. Everytime I start a row I'm not sure if I like it but by the time I'm finished it grows on me. I think it may need more white and possibly some pink or orange. I don't want it to look too girly though. I have some Red Heart Super Saver, but I wanted to only use soft acrylics in this one. I will probably go exchange some colors.

What do you think? Do you think it's missing something too?

Because I Need Another Project

I just joined the Ripple-Along! Click over today to see my intro. I had been eyeing up those pretty, modern ripples at that seem to be popping up all over.

I couldn't resist starting one after learning of the Ripple-Along.
This is a great stash-busting project!

Com'on, you know you want to join me.