FO #17 Stella's rippled blankie

OK, so these aren't in exactly the right order, because I finished the shrug before the blankie, but I haven't got any good pictures of the shrug yet, so you get the blankie first. And what a blankie it is!



Of course my camera focused on Stella, not the blanket, but you get an idea of how big it is, right? You can see where the sides bulge a bit, which is where I accidentally kept increasing, because I'm not such a good crocheter, but I sort of got myself back on track, and fudged it enough so that it came out relatively square anyway.



I am extremely pleased with how this came out. I got rid of a lot of acrylic yarn, and the stripe pattern came out pretty regular, even though there are a few irregularities where I ran out of one color or another.

Pattern: I used this pattern, because it was the easiest to understand with my beginner crochet skills. I wish she had a bigger picture of how it looks though, just for reference.

Yarn: Acrylics of various weights (mostly worsted) and sources, although most of them came from the Unfortunate Ebay Experience. There is a bit of stuff from Target too though. I used up all the hot pink and pink variegated boucle that I had left from a while ago when I made a scarf and hat for Spanky's niece. And one of the balls of lavender was just so much bigger than the rest of them, that I decided to use that for the border, which I just made up. It's just double crochet all around, and I fudged the corners by doing several stitches in the same place the way you do the ripple points.

Hook: I can't remember now, but I think it was a G maybe? Is that the same as a 6?



Notes: This was pretty fun to do, although I messed up a lot, and about half way through I got really tired of it and put it away for about 6 months, until one day I just got tired of looking at the bag with the project in it and decided to finish it up. It didn't help that Stella went back into the hospital a second time (hemorrhagic gastroenteritis) still with no blankie.



Now she's feeling much better, and has a scrumptious blankie for lazing about on the couch. All in all it was a good way to use up the yarn and get a fantastic result that I didn't have to wear!