![]() I didn’t want the cream and navy to be next to each other as the colour contrast would draw too much attention, so I decided to go from dark to light and back to dark etc. To strengthen the sea inspiration, I used shades of blue ranging from navy to powder blue, and cream. (It amazes me that they used a green yarn to demonstrate a sea themed pattern… strange don’t you think?) Atlantic Wave! The perfect pattern for my sea theme ripple blanket! The raised Fpdc adds the texture I was looking for and enhances the 3D effect of my dark to light to dark colour sequence. ![]() Guess what this ripple pattern is called. I paged through the Crochet Visual Encyclopedia and immediately fell in love with this pattern. I wanted my ripple / wave pattern to be a little different and special, with texture and lots of interest. It just felt right that I should use this pattern for my Dad’s blanket seeing as he loves the ocean and he loves blue. The term “ripple” or “wave pattern” always evoke images of water, the sea, waves breaking and water receding against a shoreline to me. Lovely at it is, I didn’t want to make a Lucy ripple, but I did want to make a ripple. Oh the things you do in the name of crochet!Īlmost everyone that crochets knows Lucy of Attic 24’s easy ripple blanket. Here you can see me, wind-swept and wet taking photos of his blanket. ![]() Hey-ho, my Dad and I now have a good story to tell about The Wet And Windy Photoshoot. That was also the one day out of my 10-day holiday that it rained. That meant that the next day had to be the day of The Seaside Photoshoot. We drove the whole day and was only just able to catch the last rays of sun at the southern most point of Africa. My Dad and I went on a roadtrip to Cape Agulhas (where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet) on Wednesday morning. so I managed to finally take the photos just a few days ago! and the recipient of the blanket is my Dad…. my family is from Cape Town which means we are surrounded by water and encased in blue skies and sunshine…. Luckily I have been on a South African holiday for a week…. Seeing as the English weather have been grey and cold for, what feels like, a million years, I couldn’t go to the beach to photograph the blanket. Hence, it is only fitting that I should photograph it on a beach of some sort. You see, the Atlantic Waves ripple blanket is inspired by the sea and made for someone who loves the sea. Hopefully you will understand why I have been hanging on to this one for so long, when you hear my excuse reasoning. It’s been a draft post since February 2013! Shock horror. Ooo, wee this ta-daaah post has been a very long time coming.
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