Ripple dreams... part 2

After I printed the instructions last week, I couldn't wait to get started on my ripple dream.
I do not like making test squares but I'm glad I did follow Lucy's advise to do so. After all, I'm not an advanced hooker. I even managed to mess up the test square because I didn't count carefully enough but in the end I managed to get it right.
Then I started off with 283 stitches. When I finished 2 rows, I was wondering if I had enough yarn left to make 2 more rows.
So I made a 3rd row and still wasn't sure I had enough yarn left for a 4th row...
If not, I will make the blanket with 3 ripple-rows in one color instead of 2.So I decided to try and see how far I got. Looks like it will be tight but I'll manage.
So I unrippled it all and started with my second ripple row...
I'm excited for the progress now but not sure how long a row takes me yet as the first rows were kind of slow. Will keep you updated of course...

Ripple dreams... part 1

After finishing my Babette blanket, I have been pondering if I should continue with my Granny squares blanket or start my Ripple blanket.
The yarn has been sitting here for ages and my hands have been itching a lot to start using it.

When I saw Jess' blanket in her creative space the other day, I knew I would start my own. So, off to Attic24 to find the pattern. I love Lucy's blog. Everything about it makes me happy.
It's colorful, happy and it's just comfortable to spend some time there once in a while. Besides that, Lucy is a lovely person and her work is very inspirational & I'm certainly not the only one who thinks that way. The first step is to copy the instructions into a word file and make the pics a bit smaller so that I don't have to print a whole book.
The instructions are fabulous & I can't wait to get started. Well, I suppose this is a start already but for me the adventure starts when I pick up my hook and make a little test square...