Ok, everyone who crochets gets caught in a time crunch now and then. It happens to all of us. You want to surprise someone with a gift, there is a birthday or holiday coming up, a charity is requesting you make something for a fundraiser, and you just do not have the time to make that intricate afghan done in fine yarn on a small hook. Don’t give up and run to your nearest store to purchase something ready-made, consider this new kit from Mary Maxim, the Simple Stripes Throw.

Using two easy-to-crochet but very different-looking patterns, the throw combines these two patterns and three colors of Titan to build rows of color.

The contrast color stripes are worked in linen stitch, which works up very quickly. After the initial row of chain 1, skip next stitch, single crochet in next stitch, you are then working into the chain 1 spaces it’s a quick and easy way to make the contrast color stripes. The look of the stitch is a woven effect,