Here's a new craze that has hit the art needlecraft areas. REVERSIBLE CROCHET ITEMS, made with the double ended Cro-Hook^TM from Boye^®.

If you've never seen it before, it's like magic, using the double ended crochet hook and two colors of yarn. You can create a completely reversible fabric that is thick and fluffy and ideal for afghans and throws.

The stitch used to create this reversible look is much like the basic afghan stitch, but the two ended hook permits the alternating of different color yarns for a completely new look!! You will work with one color at a time, carrying the color not in use loosely up the side!!

We are introducing this new type of crochet here with two patterns you can start with (see Other Exciting Links below). The first is a dish cloth and the other is for a handy terry towel topper to hook over your oven door. Both these projects are perfect practice items to help acquaint you with this type of crocheting and get you ready to make that large, reversible afghan that will make you the envy of all who see it.

There are several books in the marketplace which explain the HOW TO of this type of crochet, and several of the mail order catalogs carry the hooks, yarn and books. American School of Needlework and Annies's Attic are among the leading publishers of books by Darla Fanton on this method; and their books can be purchased on their own web sites or wherever books on needle art are carried.