I also got caught up in the ripple craze ... especially when cleaning/organizing my mom's work room. Boxes and boxes of yarn - some for future projects and lots of small plastic bags with yarn from sweaters she's made over the years (30+ years of knitting). Each bag had the year and name of the person she knitted the sweater for. Because of the alkheimers she doesn't remember, and so much of what she has she doesn't want to do any more. So I asked my dad if I could have the yarn scraps and knew this was the perfect project for them.
It's sized to cover a lap rather than a bed - and is more of the soft ripple. Every row is a different color, and it was an interesting process of mixing colors into combinations I wouldn't usually think of.
My brother's birthday is coming up at the end of this month, so I told my dad I want to give it to him for his birthday, and because it's a part of our mom and memories that he wouldn't otherwise have since he doesn't knit/crochet. I'm happy with how it turned out, and want to share it with him. Happy birthday bro!
