I had to iron off a couple issues as I kept having to fudge a stitch at the end of the row–it had to do with where I put the first dc after chaining three. If I put the first dc into the stitch one over from the chain (where it should go, if I remember right), it throws it off, so I’m doing it into the bottom of the chain area and so far so good. I hope to finish off the navy row today and move on to the light blue (the one color I’m not sure of, I’m afraid it’s too light for the rest, but we’ll see). I had to really mess with Photoshop to get anywhere near accurate colors, and this was in good indirect sunlight–I’m not sure why it isn’t photographing well. Anyway, the blue is really a navy. The afghan ended up being a solid foot longer than I had planned–I was aiming for 5 feet wide, but it is a solid 6 feet. I’m not really interested in pulling it out and restarting, and by not interested I mean–it’s not happening, so it’ll either be nice and wide or I’ll make it a vertical stripe afghan and stop when it’s as wide as I want it. Purely whim will decide that down the road.
I want to put a small, easy project onto the needles tonight as well, so I think I’ll cast on for this Bainbridge Scarf–it looks easy, quick, and it’s a nice look I could think of a couple people I could make this as a gift for. I have a couple yarns in stash that would work out for this, so I’ll play around and see what I come up with.
April 17, 2007 at 8:45 pm
That is sooo pretty!!! Should I learn to crochet? Do you think I could make something that wasnt 3 feet on one end and 5 feet on the other?
April 23, 2007 at 2:05 am
Hello, I came to visit your site from a link on Yarn It’s site. I decided to post a comment because it looks like you are making the same ripple blanket as I am! Is your pattern Soft Waves from Jan Eaton’s book? If it is I just wanted to mention that your first double crochet after a chain 3 is supposed to go into the same stitch as the chain 3…so it sounds like you are doing it correctly after all!
Take Care,
Shannon
April 23, 2007 at 8:45 pm
I love your colors, your patten and your blog. I followed a link from the ripple along blog to find your lovely blog.
April 23, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I have been searching for a pattern that I could Do (begginner). I love single crochet…would you please share your pattern with me?
April 24, 2007 at 2:00 am
I really like your color progressions. Lovely colors, very gem-like/deep.
November 11, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Is it challenging? im only a mere child and WOULD LOVE to make this afghan..
I hope its EASY!
take care, CALI