Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Rippling On

There are going to be a lot of ends to sew in. But let's face it, if you're using up scraps you're going to have to deal with ends one way or another. One day I'm going to try a 'magic ball' where you join all the bits before you start. In the meantime I'm having fun with colours and resigned to sewing in the ends when I've finished.

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  1. When I have lots of ends, I stop and sew them in every so often so that I don't have all that work to do at the end. Ends can seem very overwhelming! I love the way your ripple patterns looks in all the different colors. Now I have to go look up magic ball!

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  2. It's so pretty, so,ethnicity ng very soothing about it. "Magic ball?" - got me wondering...

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  3. I like the colour flow, but I don't envy you all those ends.

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  4. You are creating ripples :-)
    Have you tried the Russian method of joining yarn ? I think it will work splendidly in projects such as this, with no sewing in later.

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    1. I think that's shown in the article about the 'magic ball'. I'll look it up and write about it tomorrow.

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  5. Oh, and those colour spots in the variegated yarns look like little flowers !
    Also, the moon flower you showed us, is from the Ipomea family (the morning glory flowers). I hadn't realised that they have different diurnal niches

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    1. They do look a bit like morning glory flowers except that they're flat where mg are tubular. Interesting, thanks.

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  6. Interesting I have not seen this "Magic ball" be fun to see this

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  7. If you have "more" left overs, you can always put those ends into tassels rather than sewing them in.

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  8. That's stunning and all made out of 'bits and bobs'! I always sew in ends as I go. I'd hate to be faced with all those ends when it's all done but each to their own way, eh?

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  9. I don't know if it would work on this project, buy my grandmother-in-law used to make afghans of one row crocheted across, and the ends on both sides left out to make a fringe.

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  10. What a great way of using up bits and pieces, looking lovely
    Margaret

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  11. This looks like an afghan my Grandma crocheted. Using up tons of yarn scraps. She called it her "coat of many colors".
    P.S. The Demoiselle Cranes are from central Eurasia however they do Winter in Africa.

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