Granny Square Ripple

Goodness, it's a long time since i posted here isn't it! I do apologise for my absence - i hope my latest project will make up for it ;o)
So, a few weeks ago i saw this blanket and thought how pretty it was and how much i wanted to make one for myself. After some link following i found a tutorial on how to make the central granny strip and as i already know how to make a granny ripple i thought the rest would be easy!
Apparantly i like making things difficult for myself! But i am so glad i do as my finished blanket is something that i am really happy with and better still it's something that i made myself - mostly!

This was my first attempt at the central granny strip but i wasn't happy that it was "random", i mean, how was i going to decide what colour order the ripples would be in?!

granny squares ready to join

So, as the main purpose of the project was to use up the orange and pink stash left over from the giant granny square blanket i decided that i'd make strips of each colour i had and then join them.
this series of photos represent the construction of a granny ripple strip.

joined!

let the rippling commence!

almost there

that'll do it!

So, i had one strip made, now to work on the other colours...