Attic24 sampler blanket part 4

So I thought I'd start today's post by sharing a little about myself.. When I'm not crocheting, I'm home educating my youngest child, or helping with various things at our church. I also enjoy reading crime novels and historical fiction. During term time I usually fit my crochet time in in the evenings, hence the need for an apology for my photos! I'm normally fighting a losing battle with the daylight, and I sometimes feel the electric lights really don't do justice to the colours. But on the nicer days - and lets face it, they're not super frequent here in Scotland 😂 - I do try to get outside as much as possible. My crochet blankets have thus been spotted in many local parks!


One of those rare nice days! See if you can spot K, Where's Wally style..

So here they are, the next set of stripes. Now, I love a ripple blanket, and I've made a few; the coast ripple went off to uni with son one, the summer ripple is in my living room, and baby ripples have made their way to various friends.. 

 


But how to create those gorgeous ripples from a standing start, and with the wrong stitch count?! I'll admit it took some frogging 🐸 but I got there in the end..

Row 45: Switch to Cornish blue, chain 2 (counts as first dc), dc in each stitch to end.
Row 46: Chain 2 (counts as first htc), htc in each stitch to end.

Row 47: This row sets up the hills and valleys of our ripple. Switch to cypress; chain 2 (counts as first htc), htc in next stitch, then *tc, tc, dt (this is a double treble stitch), dt, tc, tc, htc, htc^, dc, dc, dc, dc, htc, htc*, repeat from *-*, your final stitch will be the htc marked ^.

Now come our ripple rows..
Row 48: Switch to lemon, ch2, tc in next stitch - these two make your first tc2tog, tc, tc, *2tc in next stitch, 2 tc in next stitch, tc, tc, tc, tc, tc2tog, tc2tog, tc, tc, tc, tc,* repeat from *-* until you have 6 stitches remaining, 2tc in next stitch, 2tc in next stitch, tc, tc, tc2tog over final 2 stitches. This is your ripple row.
Row 49: Repeat ripple row.
Row 50: Switch to gold, repeat ripple row.
Row 51: Repeat ripple row.
Row 52: Switch to copper, repeat ripple row.
Row 53: Repeat ripple row.

And there you should have it, three neat ripple rows, with peaks and troughs aligned.

So now we just need to fill in those mountains and valleys..

Row 54: Switch to pomegranate, chain 3, *htc, htc, dc, dc, dc, dc, htc, htc, tc^, tc, dt, dt, tc, tc*, repeat from *-*, your final repeat should end on the treble marked ^.
 
Row 55: Switch to magenta, chain 3 (counts as first tc), tc in each stitch.
Row 56: Chain 2 (counts as first dc) dc in each stitch to end.



 



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