My first attempt at the ripple pattern!

Here it is! I actually did this before Christmas when I had time to sit & play at the shop, but wasn't ready to do more stars & snowflakes as it felt a bit late by then. So I sat & worked through Lucy's terrific tutorial. It really is well done with good pictures & explanations. I am still not sure I did it quite right. I am guessing it will curl up to a certain degree. It is a bit tricky to do & like she says, the first row it quite hard. I'm not sure I ended up with the right amount of stitches either, even with counting so carefully at the start. I am not sure how to count how many are on there either, so I had better learn that a bit better before I go & attempt this ripple in a giant size like Lucy's. I really covet her beautiful ripple blankets! I want mine to look just like hers! lol It will be a miracle if it happens to even closely resemble the shape. Mine will probably end up rippled up the sides as well simply because I am not good at it! I will spend more time doing practice pieces like this though before I ever attempt the real thing.

How's the new year going for you? Kept those resolutions so far? I don't make them. No point. Waste of energy as I wouldn't keep them anyway! lol

We did get to move stuff to the new place yesterday. That was cool. We have access to the shed at least so that is a help plus we could put some in the dining room. That cleared out our place enough that we could start again & get to more of what we need to pack. So we are getting there & definitely feel like we are on the move now!

Got in your car, you never turned around

And I hope you're happy in your new town

And I hope you live where nothing goes wrong

And the bars stay open all night long

Hope you live where everyone's happy, and I

Hope you live where nothing gets crappy, and I

Hope the sidewalks and the streets are clean, and I

Hope you've got good weather and everything, this is

Just a phone call from the place you once lived

Where we're still waiting for the sleet and rain to give

It's just a line from you're old town

Where we're still drinking to the times when you were around

Days were we gave you good times and more

Enough for you to break down and call this town yours, you gave us

Remedies for everything shitty

Back when girls were pretty, yeah this is

Just a letter from this house you once blessed

Where I'm still waiting for the forwarding address

Just a note from the past we once shared

Where I'm still waiting on a present from the future to get me there

I know your new town is so far away

That I could maybe come and visit but could never stay

It's just me calling from a town so far

And I'm still waiting on directions to wherever you are

Times were I wouldn't hold your arm

For fear of letting go of the other one

Fears I had to kiss you

With my eyes closed I might miss you if you

Looked at me in some way I hadn't seen, if you

Took my words in some way I didn't mean

If your smile showed signs of some inner frown

Of thoughts of packing up and moving on to some new town

Some New Town - Slobberbone