OMG, that set of instructions for the ripple blanket is perhaps the most awesome thing ever and totally why the internet was created!

I'm an ok knitter, nothing fantastic, but reasonably competent, so I decided to give crocheting a go. I made my foundation chain, but I could not, for love nor money make a second (first?) row. I gave up in disgust and have not gone back.

I suspect that I will go back. Once I've got over my completely inability to follow a set of instructions...