Crochet Ripple Blanket Ta-Da

approximately 66 inches by 58 inches

This past week I finally finished my crochet ripple blanket that I started back in October.  It is my first ever crochet blanket and I love it.

The pattern is Lucy's neat ripple.  If you have never crocheted a blanket, you might want to try this pattern.  Many, many people have made it -- there's lots of visual inspiration out there.

I love the random stripe look.  Each small section has its own color personality......

and yet the blanket as a whole fits together.

My blanket is certainly not perfect.  The ending width is wider than the beginning width.  At first I was crocheting too tightly, plus I made the foundation chain too tight.  Learn from me and make that foundation chain very loose.  Hopefully, these kind of issues will lessen as I become more experienced.  And I don't think anyone will notice when they are curled up in it.  

You can see how my earlier rows (top) are tighter than my later rows (bottom).  The foundation chain is the royal blue in the middle.

I used 16 different colors of I Love This Cotton yarn from Hobby Lobby.  All the colors are together in a shoebox here.  There are 67 double rows, four of each color plus three colors got an extra row.  It took a little over one skein of yarn, so I had to purchase two of each color.  Needless to say, I have tons of yarn left over, but that is fine with me -- it just gives me that much of a head start on another blanket:)

The cotton has a good weight and feels great across your legs.  The color changes kept it fun.  I arranged the 16 colors in different ways for each round, for the most part not duplicating any combination.

Making this blanket was such an enjoyable process, and I think staying warm underneath it will be just as pleasurable!