I've Rippled it all Up!!!!!!!

Hello!

I'm very excited today.

I'VE FINISHED MY RIPPLE!!!!!

I started it in March last year, when I managed to cut a small piece off my finger and knitting wasn't an option. All of my oddments have now gone.

(Well mostly.)

They've been turned into this.

Ta-Dah!!!!!!!

More views.

I'm so, so, so happy with finishing.

It's very bright and cheery.

There are bits of projects in every stripe, a Clapotis I made ages ago in some Alpaca, the silver on the border, leftovers from a scarf a made for my friend B, another stripe leftovers from a pair of gloves. When I look at it, it makes me smile with the memories of past projects. A feast for the eyes!

The main yarn is Stylecraft Life DK which in itself was leftovers from another ripple I made for a colleague's baby. Here it is.

So, has this finishing made me put down my crochet hook I hear you ask? No. It's made me realise how much I like a bit of hookyness so I got some more (cheap) acrylic and...............

....I'm making little granny squares!

Little piles of hooky colour.

I've also managed ~ at last ~ to get the border on my latest shawl to lie flat. It took an iron and some steam but I got there in the end.

A single ball of King Cole Riot, I bought it because I loved the colours. I'll get the pattern written up soon.

As the weather forecast for today was wind and rain (and it is) I spent yesterday pottering around in the garden. With the recent rain and warmth everything, including weeds is growing at a rate of knots. I had a dig around and added our own compost.

Some lovelies I came across.

A centaurea with a bumble bee.

An allium about to burst into bloom. These are the football sized alliums, that produce the lovely seed heads.

An astrantia ~ I've got red and white ones of these,

and a double flowered clematis.

Well that's me about done for today.

I'm going to work squares for this month as May is creeping away from me.

Have a good week.........Clicky Needles.