Van Gogh's Closet

[judianne]

Andrea, sometimes it takes several rows of color changes before you see much of anything emerge. You're doing the 2 strands the same, then dropping one, introducing the new one with the old one, etc??

[andrea2006]

I am not sure about the bottom right color but it is close enough that one and the top left one when doing them seemed to not blend together well so it looks like I have a very large center, now that i am on to the bottom left one it looks ok well at least that part of it.

[andrea2006]

okay here is where I am at so far, I just added my last color in but only on the right side of the pic so far. I think it looks better in the pic than it does in person lol.

[busy-bee-lmt]

It's looking great, Andrea. Good job.:cheer:yay

[judianne]

Andrea, see! I told ya you wouldn;t be able to tell much till you had more done! It REALLY, REALLY looks beautiful.

Fantastic job!

[andrea2006]

Linda and Judy thank you so much for your compliments it means alot to me. The only part I dont like about it is cuz the whole dark center is actually 2 different colors and you cant tell. Im still trying to decide if I should continue on and do more just reversing so I end up with the dark again. Any suggestions?

[thery4]

Andrea...I love it! I think it looks great! Keep going, girly, keep going!

[judianne]

Andrea, you mean ending wth the dark colors? Hmmmm....maybe the next to the last section should be dark, then go a little lighter to finish - this is only MY opinion - when Linda comes on here...well, we all consider her to be the Queen of RRs, so see what she says if youre still not sure.

[yarnjeannie]

I wish I'd read this thread earlier! I started a baby's round ripple with 2 strands of Caron SS to make a blended rainbow afghan. I also used a 4-row repeat before changing colors. It wasn't too long before I realized that it was going to be too heavy for a baby afghan. So I set it aside and made another RR using single strands in rainbow colors for my friend's newborn granddaughter.

 

Now that the weather is chillier, I decided to get this one out and finish it. It's all done, and I really like the look of it. But it sure is heavy! It would make a great snuggle-on-the-couch afghan. It measures 88" from point to point and it used a LOT of yarn!

 

[busy-bee-lmt]

Jeanne, WOW!!! That is gorgeous!!! Great job!!!:cheer:yay

Andrea, I think your RR is coming out beautifully. I'd just reverse the color scheme and continue on. Several of mine have dark middles and outsides with light in between and they look fine when they are done. Don't worry about the dark changes being subtle. Happens to me all the time and in some ways I like those the best. The shading on the one I'm working on now is going to be that way. It's there, it just doesn't hit you between the eyes with the changes. You look at it and realize the colors switched in there somewhere and go looking for it to see where it happened, because you missed it initially. :devil

[andrea2006]

Theresa thanks for the compliments

 

Judy thanks for your ideas

 

Linda I know one you showed had started with dark and ended with dark

Just wasnt sure what was better to do It is for my nephew who is only 11/2 so not to old didnt want it way to big either I suppose I will just wait and see.

 

Jeanne WOW that is just gorgeous.

[yarnjeannie]

I also like the idea of going from dark to light to dark again - that was a very nice blend!

[judianne]

Jeanne - that is amazing! Great job!!

[Aussie]

Andrea and Jeanne your RR's looks beautiful. Well done.

 

Linda your RRs are just amazing. I think I will make one for my Grandma for xmas.

Not sure what colors to go with though.

[JulieKay]

Andrea

I think it'll look fine. The more you add, the better it'll look and the more the color pattern will show .

 

Jeanne- wow, now that is one big RR and very pretty !

 

Wendy- what is your grandma's favorite color ?

[andrea2006]

Thanks everyone for the imput, it really does go sort of fast, now that I sort of have the hang of using a P hook lol, that alone took me a while to catch on to.

[busy-bee-lmt]

The big hook does take some getting used to. I had my neighbor put thumb and forefinger indents on mine which made it much easier on my hand.

[busy-bee-lmt]

I finally got a picture taken of nephew #2's RR. It's the only one I've done that isn't blended. I figured that for a freshman in college this would work better. And here's a picture of the one I'm making for me. It still has about 10 rows to go.

 

[andrea2006]

Linda those are great I still havnt decided if I should now go from light out or just do it with the light ending and go around the edging in sc on the last row and be done. I have 3 rows left on the spiderman ripple then the webbing and I am done with that. All in all it took me less than 2 wks to do that one so I didnt think that was to bad at all.

[busy-bee-lmt]

That's very good, Andrea.

[Aussie]

Ok I have started my blended ripple using Blues and starting with the dark color first. Boy the P Hook takes getting used to doesnt it.

[busy-bee-lmt]

It does take getting used to, but it's worth it, Wendy. I have just 2 more rows to go on my sunshine RR. With luck I'll have it done tomorrow.

[busy-bee-lmt]

My Sunshine RR is done! 30 rows in this one instead of the usual 26. It's overlapping the sides of a queen-size bed. Trouble is our miniature schnauzer and loves the rr, too.

 

[judianne]

WTG, Linda!

[darski]

That is wonderful. it will be so cheerful to have around.