Off The Hooks & Co.

  I am a big fan of the herringbone half double crochet and it is the only stitch used in this entire project! Unlike the last scarf I made  with a HHDC, this one is worked length wise.  It can definitely be made in one evening and it is already in the post sent to an old friend of the family's. He never wants or needs much and seems to appreciate the hand written card more so than the actual gift. A homemade scarf seemed perfect for him and living in Canada, we all need scarves. I am a sucker for the texture and feel of yarn and had wanted to make something with Caron x Pantone yarn because it is so squishy and soft.  I Googled it extensively before committing to it because it seems to be quite a polarized yarn. Many on the internet really cannot come to terms with the quantity for the price. They are also wound in individual balls looped together to look like a hank. Each colour will need to be wound with a yarn winder.  My personal opinion is for a small proj...

Hello world!  I am thrilled to share my first free crochet pattern! I made this infinity scarf for my coworker's birthday and learned that if it wraps around only once, it's called a cowl. If it wraps around more than once, it's an infinity scarf.  The pattern is super straightforward - there's only one stitch! I finished it in one evening and loved how it turned out. While trying to pick the yarn for this, I spent a looooong time at Michael's looking at their Caron Cakes yarn but as much as I love the idea of self-striping yarn, I didn't like the idea of sudden colour changes in the yarn.  There are a lot of crocheters out there who break up a skein of self-striping yarn into smaller bobbins to better control the colour changes but that defeats the purpose of it to me.  Next to the shelf of Caron Cakes were Caron Swirl Cakes which when wound, looked like solid colours separated by candy cane striped yarn. Turns out the candy cane stripes creates an ombre effect...