The Wavy Ridge Super Scarf

Published: June 18, 2021  ~   0

Happy Friday to our wonderful T.H.R.I.V.E. Association family! This week, the crochet train continues on with our look at Yarnspirations’ Wavy Ridge Super Scarf. This scarf weaves up super fast and past the first two rows, has a simple one round repeat that goes for as long as you want it to (as always, we suggest all donated scarves to be 5ft long). The wavy effect is caused by repeating increases and decreases that are a joy to behold and leave you with an effect that looks much harder than it appears. Unlike some other crochet scarf patterns, the Wavy Ridge Super Scarf moves and folds well, is dense enough to keep our underprivileged veterans and their dependents warm, and the pattern also looks good in camouflage! Here’s the links to both the free pattern and a convenient and helpful tutorial video if you want to tackle this beautiful scarf:

Pattern: https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dw099f7dac/PDF/RHC0125-016921M.pdf

Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdcXWt1hbNo&ab_channel=MarlyBird

The Mosaic Stitch Crochet Scarf

Published: June 11, 2021  ~   0

Happy Friday, T.H.R.I.V.E. Association Family! This week, we are continuing our focus on crocheted scarves with Yarnspirations’ “Mosaic Stitch Crochet Scarf.” This pattern creates a lovely geometric effect that looks more difficult to craft than it actually is. That being said, this is still a pattern that requires that you pay close attention to every round and stitch that you make. Fortunately, this free pattern also has a corresponding tutorial video that makes this a breeze to learn!


Here are the links to both the pattern and the tutorial video:


https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dw7d2826f9/PDF/CAC0125-030136M.pdf


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMYgVSqOhog&ab_channel=Yarnspirations


In our example, we chose to make our scarf without the fringe and used cream and blue as our color pair. There are countless other wonderful color combinations that would work with this pattern, but please keep in mind that if you intend to craft this as a donation to our cause, the scarf still needs to be in acceptably dignified colors for our veterans and/or their dependents to choose to wear. Darker shades of blues, blacks, grays, greens, and sometimes reds are most acceptable and desired by our dear underprivileged veterans and their dependents.

Looking Good in Plaid!

Published: May 28, 2021  ~   0

Happy Friday T.H.R.I.V.E. Association Family! We had our first official in-person knitting group at Highland Park Presbyterian Church! We are so very grateful to the church committee for all of their amazing support for our cause!

Last week, we promised to give our crocheters some love and attention. With that in mind, this week we’d like to share this lovely pattern from Red Heart, the “Scotch on the Rocks Crochet Plaid Scarf.” This awesome moss stitch scarf utilizes intarsia techniques for the lovely color blocking and three surface slip stitches for vertical lines along the length of the garment. While all of that sounds complex, the pattern is actually fairly simple once you get a feel for the repeats used in the pattern.


You can get your free copy of the pattern here: https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/ demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwc73d0f11/PDF/ RHC0425-029771M.pdf


We used colors that resembled Black Watch plaid and chose not to use tassels in our example. Feel free to have some fun and use whichever plaid color combinations inspire you! When crocheting this pattern, make sure to use two balls of each of the Main Color and Contrasting A color. This will make the color changes cleaner and easier to pick up as you go along. The only drawback is that this leads to a lot of ends to weave in, so we suggest that you weave in the tails as you work this garment.