Last weekend, I completed not one, but two (yes TWO!) crochet projects. I have only recently taken up the craft, to take little break from my recent cross stitch embroidery, while I start to draw and come up with some of my own design ideas to work on. This scarf was my second yarn project, I started it when we took a trip away to stay at the Down Hall Country Hotel. I was grumbling that I couldn’t take my first project with me for the trip, so my boyfriend requested that I started to make him a multi-coloured wool scarf instead.
I began my search for the pattern by searching crochet images on pinterest and instagram, and asking the owners of interesting work where their stitch came from. I’m always big on bright colours (life is far too short to wear grey) and like me, Ross wanted the scarf to be as multi-colored as possible, almost rainbow. The finished scarf has a bit of a Tom Baker about it, and will defiantly brighten up any rainy day. It took me just under a month to make, on and off, growing to be over 6 foot long. In the end he was very chuffed – well I hope so anyway!
The crochet stitch itself a ripple stitch, or wave stitch. I followed this AMAZING tutorial on Attic24 - this blog is an idea haven. The only tricky part was learning the tr2tog (treble two together), but if you have mastered the granny square, this pattern is a piece of cake. I started with a chain of 45, and did go a little wrong in the beginning as I didn’t follow the pattern as strictly as I should have, but it just made on of the ends a little uneven – but to be fair this stitch isn’t known for being straight!
The thing that make this scarf so special is the mesmerising nature of the ripples, you are instantly drawn into the relaxing nature of this pattern – and I reminded me of my water ripple photographs from my trip to Spain. I have seen many blankets created in this pattern, and it truly does allow you to experiment with the colours as much as you like. You don’t need to use the same colours to again, or repeat the same ones again. But for me it was defiantly the graduated effects of the multi-coloured rainbow that I thought looked the best.
So there it is, my rainbow ripple scarf! And a very big recommendation to any crochet beginners!
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Wonderful scarf Rosie. I like. Little ripple myself. I also have a request for a Doctor Who scarf but mine won’t be as vivid as I’ll use scraps.
Reblogged this on Aventures with wool and cotton and commented:
I was pointed towards Rosie’s blog by a mutual acquaintance and was delighted at the colours of her ripple scarf. Ripple is good.
Hi Sarah, thanks for the kinds words and the reblog
Yes, this scarf is great for using up lots of scraps of wool, the more colours the better!!