Weldon's Practical Crochet - Twelfth Series - Half Crazy Stitch

After trying and attempting two other patterns from this series I decided to try the Crochet Shawl in Half Crazy Stitch. The Crazy Stitch has been in a lot of patterns during the series and I wanted to see how it worked. It looks a little like a corner to corner stitch but done in rows.

The pattern says, "This shawl is extremely pretty worked with Shetland wool and a No 10 bone crochet needle after the manner of the shawl from which our engraving is taken; or Pompadour wool can be employed if a handsome wrap is desired regardless of expense; while Andalusian wool is very suitable and will afford greater warmth."  Andalusian and Pompadour were probably sports weight yarns and a No 10 hook would have been about 3.5mm or a size E. I chose to use worsted weight acrylic yarn and a 5.0mm hook. I knew I didn't have enough for a shawl so I thought I'd try for a scarf.

The directions say to start with whatever length is required. The stitch is done in multiples of four though so if you just start with a random number you may end up pulling a few out at the end. This is the basic stitch pattern:

Row 1: 1 single crochet in the second chain from the hook, chain 3, 2 double crochet in the same stitch of the foundation as the single crochet is worked into, *miss three chains, 1 single crochet in the next chain, chain 3, 2 double crochet in the same place and repeat from the *
Row 2: 1 chain to turn, 1 single crochet on the first single crochet of the previous row, chain 3, 2 double crochet in the same place, * 1 single crochet on the next single crochet of preceding row, chain 3, 2 dc in the same place and repeat from *, ending with 1 single crochet on the last single crochet of the last row.
Repeat Row 2 until you get the size you want (or until you run out of yarn).

I thought I had two skeins of the color I grabbed but it turned out one was "Wine Heather" and one was "Red Heather." I got through about four rows before I ran out of yarn but I do like this stitch pattern. The stitch is more like partial shell stitches than corner to corner. It creates little pockets that would keep warmth in very well so I can see why it's used in a lot of patterns. 
I decided that the border wouldn't look that great in the heavy yarn anyway but I think this would be better with some kind of border.

Here's what the half crazy stitch looked like before I rewound it.

Now for scoring:
Is the pattern easy to understand? I didn't go on to the border but the directions for the half crazy stitch were pretty easy to follow. 1.0
Does it look like the photo? I think it does, aside from the missing border 1.0
Would someone wear this? Not what I finished but if I'd followed the directions, yes 1.0
Did I enjoy making this? Yes. This stitch has a lot of potential uses. It would make a super cozy blanket. 1.0

This gets a 4.0!