Stitches for ripple blanket

How goes it crafters?!

I feel like I'm bombarding you with posts today because I've been away for so long. Lets call it the postathon, so get stretching, grab your crochet hooks, on your mark, get set.... stitch!

I realised that some of you may be unsure about the double crochet stitches used in the last pattern so I thought I should whip out a tutorial :)

Firstly, yarn over the hook,

Insert hook into the next stitch and yarn over again,

Pull through so there are three loops on the hook,

Yarn over

and pull through the first two stitches on the hook,

Repeat and pull through the last two stitches on the hook.

Tadaaaaaaa! you have just made a double crochet.












Now, to make the three dc's st, repeat the above process twice, each time in the same stitch. It will look like a little fan.

Next, on to the dc 3tog.

Work up till the point you need to make this stitch, then yarn over and insert the hook into the next stitch.

Yarn over and pull a loop through.

Then, instead of finishing this stitch as you normally would, insert the hook into the next stitch and pull through again, you will now have three loops on the hook.














Do this once more so you end with four loops on the hook.


Yarn over

 pull through the first three loops.

You'll now be left with two,












 yarn over and pull through the last stitches to complete the dc 3tog.

And your done!  It will look like the little fan of the last stitch in reverse.













So, I hope that was helpful! While these stitches are vital for the ripple blanket, they are used frequently in other pattern so a very useful thing to know :) I did all of this while eating a peanut butter and jam sponge cake sandwich, which I made yesterday. I feel that I should post the recipe in the spirit of postathon! look out for it Jellies.

Happy stitching.

Crochet ripple blanket.

Goood morning Jelly Beans,

I have as promised a new tutorial for you, for a crochet ripple effect blanket. Im giving you the baic instruction for this stitch becasue it can really be applied to anything, cusion, scarf, jumper. Whatever you want rippled! I have done a few experiments with this pattern before, using different wool and alternate row stitches.  However, I am currently home in London and I only have the pictures for the original on my phone. When I get back to Kent I will update this post :)

So on to the pattern! This is what my finished blanket looked like. 

Chain 63 for a four pointed, fairly narrow blanket. Its a good width to start with :) 

*1 dc in the first 6 sts. 

Dc 3tog 

1dc in the next 6 sts

3 dcs in next st*

Rep till the end. Chain 1 and turn. 

Repeat this, changing the colours as and when you like. In even or uneven stripes, this pattern is very versatile.

Enjoy gang!!