Cool new stitch: the basket weave!

There's a reason I haven't posted here in almost a month. It's not because I haven't been crocheting! It's just that the bulk of my time crocheting this month has been spent making granny squares for projects that haven't yet come to fruition, and posting about a stack of 5" Red Heart Mexicana granny squares isn't terribly fascinating. Of slight interest may be the fact that I tried out Red Heart's new All-in-One Granny Square yarn, which has been receiving mixed reviews across the board. My thoughts? I love it! My granny stitch color changes are still pretty clumsy, so having a yarn that does all the heavy lifting for me is a great help. Sure, you will need to keep adjusting your tension... a lot... for the color changes to occur where they need to, but it's all worth it for me. 

Anyway... here is my latest completed project: a basket weave scarf! There are two factors that make a crochet stitch truly great in my book: 1) it is texturally interesting, and 2) it is easy to learn. The basket weave stitch is a slam dunk in both regards. If you can believe it, it looks even cooler from far away than up close. I wouldn't be surprised if a non-crocheter thought this was achieved with an actual basket weaving technique – it looks that convincing, at least to my eye! It really is dead simple to work up. If you can do front and back-post double crochet, you can do the basket weave! This video on it is very easy to follow. 

This scarf was made with Red Heart Super Saver in Aran Fleck. (I like this color because it's unisex – I could easily see this scarf being worn by a man.) It measures in at an approximate 71 inches long by 5 inches wide.

I will be including this scarf in my next box of donations to Warm Up America. Click the link to find out more about how you can donate crocheted goods to people in need.

– Em <3