Your days are numbered, ripple afghan March 9, 2008
Lately, I have had visions of ripping this out.
It is sized to become a queens sized afghan, so it is several feet wide. There is a lot of crochet going on there. I an unhappy with how strictly I striped the colors. Each color row is actually two rows and I feel like I have to keep doing that over and over. Oh, and I hate the pattern. Working one direction is fun, but working back the other direction is boring (sc) and doesn’t make much progress. Oh, and I kinda think I am doing it wrong.
I originally chose this particular ripple pattern (from 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns[Ravlink]) because i liked the rounded ripples, and i had this crazy idea that afghans HAD to have little holes in them. So you could stick your fingers through them, or peek out when you are all wrapped up in it. Then I realized this is not a lap afghan, it s a bedspread. And I realize that crocheting something the size of my bed is crazy (jobs like that are for sewing) and maybe I should downsize to a practical sized afghan.
Since I have tons of the yarn (Cascade 220 superwash wool from webs) I think I am going to start a simultaneous afghan in a pattern akin to the ever-popular soft waves ripple pattern [Ravlink], it will be still for my bed, but I might decide to downsize it so that it may someday be complete.
The original rippled afghan will survive another day.
What a coincidence! I started a ripple afghan just last night…I was suffering from cabin fever and David and I had a bottle of wine so I am still on the first row…We might venture out into the world today…
I recently ripped a heinous, soul-sucking crochet afghan and it felt REALLY good. Just sayin.
Heh. My crochet ripple afghan is probably going to meet the same fate, with not having touched it for over six months and all… I wonder how many baby hats I can make with 20 some ball of microspun????
hmmm, i use that exact yarn for a lot of amigurumi work because it comes in good solid colors. you could rip it and use the yarn for that… i see some neapolitan icecream in there.