Candy cane
A hooked candy cane charted as a curved stripe, an instantly festive holiday motif. Its single bold curve makes a lovely repeat along a border. Load it in the editor to add diagonal stripe detail, flip the hook, or cross two canes, then export the pattern or print a clean chart sized to your gauge for stitching.
- Grid
- 21 × 24
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Mesh count
- 504
- Category
- Holidays
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Skill level: beginner
This is a friendly first filet project. The shape reads clearly even if your counting slips by a square or two, and there are no tricky fragmented areas to track.
Yarn and hook
For a larger candy cane, mercerised cotton in DK or worsted weight on a 3.5–4.5 mm hook keeps the blocks square while giving you a usable throw or cushion size. A solid, light colour shows the mesh best; high-contrast yarns make the design pop in photos and in the finished fabric.
Project ideas
Use the candy cane as a festive centrepiece or a repeating seasonal band. It suits a stocking and works just as well on a tree-skirt panel. Scale the grid up for a centrepiece or tile the motif for an all-over effect.
Who it's for
Think of a holiday-lover, and occasions like Halloween — the candy cane lands well for both. Pair it with letters from the alphabet set to personalise the finished piece.
Size, printing, and scaling
Worked at 4 mesh per inch the 5.3-by-6.0-inch result is a guide only — your thread and hook set the true size, so swatch before you start. You can print a numbered chart as-is, or adjust the grid in the editor and export it in whichever format your project needs.
Before you start
- Hook
- 3.5–4.5 mm hook
- Thread / yarn
- DK or worsted-weight cotton
- Finished size
- 5.3 × 6.0 in at 4 mesh/in
- Print or export a numbered chart from the editor
- Have your hook and thread or yarn ready
- 24 rows, worked bottom to top
Learn the technique
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