I can't remember the exact name -- it's something like "mock ripple" since it looks like a ripple pattern but it's really just shells done alternately -- VERY easy and pretty!
Great pattern! I'd tackle that with knitting needles any day, but with a crochet hook? Never! *g* I never learnt to read and understand crochet instructions.
But I do love taking up the knitting needles -- that's the projects I'm working on now, matter of fact!