Roses and Ripples

I nearly called this post 'Halfway House' as that is precisely where I am with my rippling blanket - halfway through.


It also reminded me of - the 'not to be' heading not the blanket that is - of an Only Fools and Horses episode where they take a day trip to Margate and stop at the 'halfway house' which is actually a pub (now closed down) called the Roman Galley on the A299 - on the way to, well Margate. Which coincidentally isn't a million miles away from where we live so in theory it also means something, well three things if you're counting - to me that is.

Also it is one of my all time favourite episodes - long before we moved here. That and the chandelier one 'oh' and not forgetting Batman and Robin!!!!!


But if you're not familiar with most of the above then it would make no sense at all plus considering there are just two things in my photos - well three really......roses a ripple and my crochet hook that is!


The roses are from our garden by the way and I think Mr T took a cutting from our old house and transplanted them here.

Anyhow, they smell of the sweetest sherbet in a musky kind of way and 'oh' how I do love these roses. These were the last ones to be picked though (fingers crossed) hopefully they will bloom again later in the year.


Hope you're still following?? Sorry for the sideways (verbal) step, roses and all.

As you can see I am now halfway through my ripple - uh huh, we got that bit - sorry.


Well anyway when I say halfway through it is in a rippling sense of the matter because........when doing my foundation row I didn't actually make it all that long - wanting to try again *big sigh* and fathom out the whole gist of the doings of the cursable mystery of rippling soooooooo it's kind of started to become a long skinny thing of a blanket which is why I have decided to put the breaks on and stop scratch my head and work out how I can start to make it bigger?


So here it is :: do I make several more lovely long rippling skinny things and then sew them all together to make one great big blanket 'orrrrrrrr' do I start to go around and around the outside edge in 'maybe' more ripple - now that would look interesting in a totalistic ripple on the inside and edged in more ripples kind of way?

Mmmmmmmm that could be a whole new twist on a ripple and is certainly worth thinking about 'orrrrrrrr' do I just go around the outside edge in a normal 'how's you're father' kind of normalish double crochet way?? Straight and wavy.


The possibilities 'wow' I think I've even outdone myself with that thought process - phew!!


Unless of course you can think of some other superlicious way of expanding my long and skinny ripple blanket into something of great width, warmth and voluptuousness??

Answers on a postcard please to............!

Only joking though all suggestions would be gratefully accepted and considered in achieving my rippling goal.



Well that's me done - I'm all rippled out. Thanks for listening and in advance........you're wonderful comments and suggestions.

Not being too presumptuous that is - I hope not 'gosh' that would be ever so rude of me, sorry.

As always - much love

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