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Giant Ripple Afghan

This was my first afghan I had ever made. I made it with the intent as a gift for a friend and he absolutely loved it in the end. It was my first attempt at both an afghan and the ripple pattern. I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn (this is how I fell in love with Red Heart yarn for afghans), and a size K crochet hook. The entire pattern is double crochet, with 4 rows of each color, repeated 8 times. Total = 128 rows and approximately 32,000 stitches. I was proud enough of my afghan to attempt to calculate that, ha! It measures 68.5" x 90" so it is quite large and even fits on a king sized bed. I added tassles on each "peak" on both ends of the afghan, containing one strand of each color, and added a black edging around the afghan. The pattern is homemade, but I found a very helpful formula to generate the correct number of stitches for my foundation chain. I found it at pumamouse.com labeled as the ripple formula. Extremely useful for all ripple patterns!

10 comments

Mar 11, 2010. 12:50 PMJElhajj says:

I would love to have this pattern, I am wanting to make one for my daughter in law. She just loves it!

Jan 28, 2010. 12:08 PMLadyLelan says:

Simply wonderful !!

Oct 19, 2009. 4:12 PMcamare0923 says:

i need help pleeasssssssseeeeee! I think this is the rpple afghan that i used to do as a teenager and now i want to make another but can't find the directions for. I tried pumamouse and I cannot get it. If someone has this pattern i would really appreciate your help

Aug 27, 2009. 1:49 PMtalithaborealis says:

Would you happen to have your pattern for this afghan, and how much yarn you need handy? I love it! And I'd like to give it a shot. :) Sadly the pumamouse.com website is down.

Mar 17, 2009. 3:13 AMsj8gam says:

pleaseeeeeeeeeee i need help i have been trying to find a giant ripple afghan and i did to day but i have lost all i use to know about croucheting. please any one e mail me and help a little ole lady who is trying to come back.i need help to at least get me started god bless you all MARIE