Ready… Steady…Ripple!

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Ready… Steady…Ripple!
Welcome to the Ready… Steady… Ripple! Afghan…
I don’t like repetition much and I can stand crocheting the same pattern stitch up and down the rows. I
badly wanted to crochet my son a ripply afghan though. So I decided on a ripple sampler! It took a lot of
math and lot of frogging, but here it is.
This project is fun and not boring at all!
If you don’t have access to Moya Organic Cotton, use any yarn you want. Just do a test swatch first.
A special word of thanks to Rachel Steyn and Marlene Botha. They are the best crochet testers in the
entire world!
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This pattern may not be reproduced, or copied either by photocopying or in any other way, including online sharing and
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Skill Level
Intermediate – Difficult (It depends on the stitch pattern used.
You require proficiency in the following special techniques:
Standing
double http://www.mooglyblog.com/standing-double-crochet-joining/
crochet
Twisted
double https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aic3jyblnN8 (The video is in Afrikaans, but
crochet
the visual is good enough to learn the technique.)
Special Notes
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The pattern is written in US terminology.
Wherever necessary, special notes will be given throughout the pattern in a little sticky note like
the one below.
I never use turning chains to replace stitches. As such, a turning chain will never be shown in
any of the diagrams. For double crochet, I use a twisted double crochet (TDC) when I start a
new row in the same colour, and a standing double crochet (SDC) when I start a row in a new
colour. There is no special notation for either of these, it is just another way of doing a double
crochet. The TDC and SDC will also seldom be mentioned specifically in the written pattern.
Side stitches, mountains and valleys (see the test swatch section) will be shown in dark grey
throughout the diagrams. This is to make it easier for you to see the different parts of the ripple
in the diagram.
The stitch pattern repeats will be indicated as follows: {small, medium, large}.
This ripple works in multiples of 23 plus 1 stitches.
Abbreviations
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st – stitch
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
sk – skip
ss – side stich
o at beginning of a row – TDC/SDC, dc in the same st
o at the end of a row: dc2 in the last st of the row
val – valley: dc, sk2, dc
moun – mountain: (dc, ch2, dc) all in the same stitch / 2-ch space
Afghan Sizes
The afghan comes in three sizes: small, medium and large.
The difference in pattern repeats is indicated as follows: {sml, med, lrg}
Requirements
4.0mm crochet hook
3.5mm crochet hook
5.0mm crochet hook
Moya Organic Cotton DK (50g / ball)
Colour
Colour 1
Colour 2
Colour 3
Colour 4
Colour 5
Small Afghan
4 balls
4 balls
4 balls
5 balls
5 balls
Medium Afghan
9 balls
7 balls
5 balls
9 balls
8 balls
Large Afghan
13 balls
10 balls
10 balls
10 balls
15 balls
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Colour
Pink Petals
Candy Floss
Ocean
Blue
Turquoise
Forest
Ferns
Natural
Earth
Tones
Natural
Winter
Mist
Natural
Boho
Brights
Apple
2
3
Dusty Pink
Bubblegum
Silver
Charcoal
Amazon
Avo
Shiraz
Pomegranate
Denim
Ice Blue
Khaki
Autumn
Silver
London
Sky
Charcoal
Thunder
Turquoise
Canary
4
5
Vanilla
Burnt
Fudge
Sepia
Taupe
Pastel
Dreams
Candy
Floss
Peche
Mint
1
Watermelon
Tangerine
Lilac
Sherbet
Abbreviations and Notations
bpdc
Description
crochet direction indicated on the diagram – crochet row with
the right side facing
crochet direction indicated on the diagram – crochet row with
the wrong side facing
back post double crochet
ch
dc
chain
double crochet
dc2tog
double crochet two together (dc decrease)
dc3tog
dc 3 together
dtr
double treble
fpdc
front post double crochet
hdc
half double crochet
Moun
Mountain: (dc, ch2, dc) all in the same st
pop / puff
The same symbol is used for both the popcorn and the puff
stitch. See the sticky note above the diagram; the note will
indicate whether you should do a popcorn or a puff stitch.
pop-corn-stitch: dc5, extend loop a bit, remove the hook from
the loop, push the hook in to the right of the first dc, put the
loop back on the hook and bring it around to the front while
pulling the stitch tight.
Puff-stitch: (yo, pull up loop) x5 times – 11 loops on hook, yo,
pull through all, ch1
single crochet
standing double crochet – same notation as normal double
crochet
Abbreviation
Notation
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sc
sdc
SS
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st
Side-stitch – at beginning of a row: TDC, dc in the same st
Side-stitch – at the end of a row: dc2 in the last st of the row
stitch
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tdc
twisted double crochet – same notation as normal double
crochet
tr
treble
v
v-stitch: (dc, ch, dc) all in the same st
Val
4
Valley: dc, sk2, dc
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Test Swatch
I strongly recommend that you crochet a test swatch before you start your afghan. You need to build
confidence in the pattern, and you need to ensure your afghan will eventually be the size you anticipate it
to be.
Method
With a 5mm hook, ch 47
Change to a 4mm hook
Row 1: ss, dc9, val, dc9, moun, dc9, val, dc9, ss
Repeat row 1 at least another 9 times – 10 rows in total – so that your ripple can take shape. Count
carefully throughout to get the pattern settled in your mind.
The width of your swatch should be about 25cm. The height should be about 13cm. If too big, redo with a
3.5mm hook. If too small, redo with a 4.5 mm hook. But then again…. this is a blanket. It is not a form
fitting garment. What is a few cm on a completed blanket between friends? To calculate the estimate width
of your finished blanket, multiply your width measurement with {4, 6, 8}. You can adjust the size of your
blanket now by deciding how many pattern repeats you want to do if you don’t want to make the standard
sizes.
© Hilda Steyn 2015
This pattern may not be reproduced, or copied either by photocopying or in any other way, including online sharing and
sharing via email. All rights are expressly reserved by Yarn in a Barn, Hilda Steyn and MoYa.