ripple afghan

I was taught to crochet in my teens by a nurse I worked with in the nursing home. I soon came upon a pattern for a ripple afghan and proceeded to make a few.

The first had a cream background and the stripes were in brick, salmon, camel, soft green and a mossy color. All wool, back when three and a half ounces of wool cost three dollars. I had also been learning to knit, and found myself with small amounts of several colors leftover, so decided to make another one to use up those bits. I used black for the background.

In the first afghan was a consistent pattern and color, but what is it about a black afghan with colors? Think of the classic granny square - usually black. This is my favorite. 

It was all single crochet - it used to take me twenty minutes to do one row.  Back then I had less to do.

All done in the back loop, which makes the ridged effect.   The cat hair is a recent addition.