Thursday 21 November 2013

Ripple me this... A coral and guava vintage fan ripple

When I first started on Pinterest I came across this picture and thought: "wow this is magnificently beautiful. I wish I could make that!"



That was when I first started to crochet again (after about 15 years), and would have never attempted such an intricate pattern- even if there was one... But there wasn't...

 Then, a couple of months later  I spotted this on Pinterest:


Someone deciphered the pattern. Here is the link to the pattern , if you want to have a try.

So now it was only my skills standing in my way...

And for the meantime I made only ripples... Not vintage fan ripples...

But I saw lots of others in the meantime.

For example here is Pip's version from meet me at mike's.

Meet Me At Mike's Vintage Fan Ripple 


Or here is another take on the pattern from chiaki creates:


Chiaki Creates Vintage Fan Ripple 

Another couple of months and about 4 ripple baby blankets later, I plucked up the courage and got to work...

A friend of mine picked theses gorgeous colours Coral and Guava from the Bendigo Woollen Mills classic range for her daughters blanket. A stunning combination that I fell in live with as soon as I held the wool in my hands... 

It was slow going at first trying to figure out the pattern. I found it hard to get the right tension in the fans. I frogged it twice and started again.

Very slowly...

Superfruity Crochet Vintage Fan Ripple Crochet Blanket in Coral and Guava

Row by row...

Superfruity Crochet Vintage Fan Ripple Crochet Blanket in Coral and Guava

Superfruity Crochet Vintage Fan Ripple Crochet Blanket in Coral and Guava

And as I saw the blanket growing in front of me I fell in love with it more and more. What a great pattern. What a beautiful look. And the nice soft feel of the wool. Oh my.

The finished object is just fantastic. 

Superfruity Crochet Vintage Fan Ripple Crochet Blanket in Coral and Guava

Superfruity Crochet Vintage Fan Ripple Crochet Blanket in Coral and Guava

Superfruity Crochet Vintage Fan Ripple Crochet Blanket in Coral and Guava

Superfruity Crochet Vintage Fan Ripple Crochet Blanket in Coral and Guava

I'm sad to send it off to its new home soon, but I know it will be treasured. 

Please contact me through my facebook page if you would like me to make your very own Vintage ripple blanket :)





Stay juicy Planet Earth,

Superfruity 


3 comments:

  1. Superfruity & marvelously fantastic! I absolutely love it! I am adding this to my (ridiculously) long to-do list...and it won't be at the bottom. Thanks for the eye candy :-)

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    1. Oh thanks Mary! It actually looks more difficult than it really is, especially after you get the first ripple and fan done. Hope you enjoy making it as much as I did and please share your eye candy too!

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