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Web-Letter, Issue 109 – Classic One Fifty Frothy Crochet Set

Different yarns suit different purposes and seasons. When days are short and frigid, I reach for cozy yarns with fuzz and halo for knits that are snug and warm. When days are cool but it’s still too early for down parkas and sturdy boots, I like to reach for a scarf and mitts that meet the season without overkill. 

Today’s Frothy scarf and mitt set—oh so CROCHETED—are worked in Classic One Fifty, a smooth, round sportweight yarn that’s perfect this time of year. We love Rebecca Velasquez's use of a stunning stitch pattern used to good effect with a solid and contrasting color. Read more…

Pam Allen
Creative Director


The Story:

From Rebecca:

When I began work on the design for my scarf and mitts, I spent countless hours flipping the pages of my crochet stitch books, marking patterns of inspiration with thoughts and ideas.  There has always been something that I love about the pattern, Single Crochet Magic. It’s elegant yet common, lacy and simple.  I’ve worked many projects with many yarns.  Now, finally, I feel all my experience has come together and my persistence has paid off with this hand warmer & scarf set.

Visit Rebecca's website.

The Yarn:


Classic One Fifty
100% fine merino

Classic One Fifty is a smooth, soft, 100% merino yarn. Its lovely hand has to do with the softness of the fiber and the structure of the yarn. It's made from fine, fine plies which are themselves, fine, fine, fine plies twisted together. All the plies and the twisting create a round, tube-like lightweight yarn with very little fuzz on the surface.  It’s a great yarn not only for knitted projects, but for crochet ones, too.

Classic One Fifty comes in a palette of 31 colors that offers many options for great color combinations. It knits up between 5½ and 6 stitches to the inch.

The Stitches:

A simple edging can often add striking detail to a garment. The picot edging around the outer edge of the scarf and the wrist edge of the mitts is easy to make, and it can be added to any edge.

It is worked by simply working 3 single crochet stitches, chaining 3, then working a slip stitch into the last single crochet that was worked. By working into that single crochet stitch the chain-3 forms a tight loop making an elegant little picot.

Learn more crochet stitches here.

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The Pattern:

Here is the free downloadable Classic One Fifty Frothy Set pattern.

If you have difficulty downloading or printing the PDF pattern above, try these: page 1, page 2, page 3

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