This stitch is known by a few names for this Crochet Simple Texture Scarf. It's called the Moss Stitch or even the Linen Stitch. This is a free pattern available on Yarnspirations featuring Caron Cakes Yarn, exclusive to Michaels.
You will use only 1 ball of Caron Cakes. The colour transitions are as they come out of the ball. So you don't have to fuss about changing yarns in order to get an array of fun colours.
Ann says
No blue button
Marina King says
button added
Brandy says
I made the scarf following the pattern on the Caron Cakes wrapper. My scarf looks nothing like the one pictured. Instead of a variety of stripe widths I have large blocks of equal size. Also pictured are two colors of the yellow which are not present in the skein. The only yellow in my skein is school bus yellow which goes immediately becomes orange at the color change following and was green at previous color change. I am disappointed with both the pattern and the representation of the yarn.
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