The Many Faces of "Candy Cane"!

The Many Faces of "Candy Cane"!

I decided to stop at the simple border/edging on my latest Christmas crocheted throw "Candy Cane". 

 So, "Candy Cane" is all finished.  

This throw was very easy to crochet using Jan Eaton's ripple stitch pattern called "Storm Clouds".  

Previously blogged about (here).  

The border/edging is two rounds of double crochet using two strands of yarn together in red and white.     

First time I have ever used two strands at once.  

I was pleased to discover by using Caron's Simply Soft yarn, it wasn't hard to do at all.  

Although I just finished the first round of white single crochet in this photo I did add another round of single crochet in white.

Here's a close of of the other end in red. 

 This is an earlier photo taken before I finished the final round of white single crochet. 

I love the wide white band on what I call the "white end". 

 It's six rows of the "storm cloud" ripple stitch in white three times with one row of red between.

This is the reverse end showing the wide red band.

And all laid out to see the pattern.   The final size is 40 inches by 60 inches. 

I started out on the white end and then reverse the color pattern for the red end.

Somehow I added an extra little bump (ripple) at the red end that isn't at the white end.  

I didn't even notice it until it was all finished.  LOL! 

That's what makes it unique. 

Color Pattern 

(ripple double crochet stitch used throughout is Jan Eaton's "Storm Clouds")

(Starting with what I call the "White End")

Three rows of white;

One row of red;

One row of white;

One row of red;

Three rows of white.

Three rows of red;

Two rows of white;

Three rows of red.

Six rows of white;

One row of red;

Six rows of white;

One row of red;

Six rows of white.

Now I reverse the color pattern for the "Red End".

Three rows of red;

One row of white;

One row of red;

One row of white;

Three rows of red.

Three rows of white;

Two rows of red;

Three rows of white.

Six rows of red;

One row of white;

Six rows of red;

One row of white;

Six rows of red.

And for the last two bands at the red end I repeated the first two white end bands.

Three rows of white;

One row of red;

One row of white;

One row of red;

Three rows of white.

Three rows of red;

Two rows of white;

Three rows of red.

I think this photo shows how the pattern is reversed from the white end to red end.

Do you think

"Candy Cane"

will be pretty displayed at Christmas time?

Please join Mary at The Little Red House (here) for more Mosaic Monday

And there are more REDs to enjoy with our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!