Thursday, October 24, 2013

Made-By-Hand : : A Blanket

I'm playing along with Christina's 'Made By Hand' meme tonight...

Tonight I'm working on a ripple for my littlest, Tobie (1 next month), for Xmas. 
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I'm making it using Cascade Sierra (80%cotton/20%wool), a 5mm hook and Lucy from Attic 24's super easy pattern - tutorial here. I was originally only going to use 3 shades but now that I've started am thinking that an ombre of blues would be much more fun... 
sierra 5 (2)
What do you think???

28 comments:

  1. I love the colours, I have a bit of a thing for blue and green together though :)

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    1. Thanks Kelly... I have a thing for blue and green too... :)

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  2. Oh yes, ombre absolutely. Lucky little boy.

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  3. Oh yes. Those colours are all stunning.
    Lucky little Tobie. x

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  4. I love ripple blankets...that reminds me, I have one of my own that is being neglected! Beautiful Jodie

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    1. I love ripples too Kate - it's now my go to blanket pattern... :)

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  5. Blues are my favourite. I think a ripple blanket might be in my near future.

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    1. Blues are my favourite too Tracy!!! :) Have you checked out my precious post? You won my give-away... ;)

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  6. Oh yes...use all those beautiful colors! He's going to be one year old already? Time flies. I'll have to try the Cascade Sierra as it sounds lovely and I love the look of your blanket.

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    1. I know - I can't believe he's nearly 1 already too Sam... :)

      Try the Sierra, you'll love it for sure...

      Take Care... xx

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  7. Ombre without a doubt!! Bit of an injustice to your selection of colours if you only chose 3!

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  8. So gorgeous! I've made this blanket a million times and have done it in ombre too - it really does work out well. Aren't Lucy's patterns the best? Loving the blues :) Kx

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    1. Thanks Kylie... Lucy's patterns are the greatest!

      Thanks for popping by... :)

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  9. Over the last couple of days I have been thinking of a large crochet project and came up with a blue ripple blanket for my king size bed. Will have to save up to buy all the wool and will reference your choice of colors.

    As a big fan of Lucy I was going to use her ripple blanket pattern and liked the idea of crochet waves of blue. If you don't mind me asking how much is each skine? I have never used them before... Just trying to work out my budget.

    Many thanks for sharing!

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    1. What a coincidence - I love the ripple pattern by Lucy and these blues look so great together... :)

      This yarn is 80% cotton/ 20% wool. It comes in 100g skeins and is $10.50 per skein.
      You can buy it from here; www.jellywares.com

      Hope this info helps.

      Thanks for popping by!

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  10. Love the colors. Can't wait to see the finished project. Yes, yes to all the colors. That would be gorgeous! xxoo. JO

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    1. Thanks Joanne... :)

      I only ended up using my 3 original shades in the end... Will share some more progress pictures soon...

      Thanks for popping by!

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