Babies, blossoms and more blanketyness

I've not had much chance to get on here over the last few days , as my little man has been full of a cold. Poor little thing, its so hard when they can't even tell how rubbish they are feeling, so it's been cuddles, cuddles and more cuddles. We did go for a stroll in hope to cheer little man up, we saw pigeons which little man finds hilarious, and the most beautiful cherry blossoms, so pretty and fluffy like pink clouds of bubbliness.

I took the opportunity of stocking up on new yarns whilst we were out, I went for Robin DK, cheap and cheerful, yet still nice and soft enough for blankets, and got a few colours, but now I'm wanting more.

The colours haven't come out as strong on the photo, but the purple is really rich and strong and the green is gorgeous and appley. Now I have itching to have a go at Lucys Neat Ripple pattern blanket as featured in her Attic24 blog, and ooooh I do love her blog, its just too yummy. After a couple of previous attempts at the ripple pattern, I found I was getting holes in my 'valleys' and I wasn't really liking it, so finding Lucys pattern was a godsend, and here is my rippling so far

I am really enjoying making this one, and can see my other blankets being neglected for a while, I am already thinking of colour choices for more blankets and find my mind wandering back to India, a real inspiration for me, the colours, the textiles, all so beautiful and rich. Speaking of colour, I found this old 1970's craft book whilst tidying up in the cupboard a couple of days back, I'm a little bit gutted that there is no crochet in there but look at the colours, a feast for the eyes. It's funny I have a craft book from the 1990's that looks more dated than this, and it's certainly not as inspiring for colour as this 70's treat. :)