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in today's tutorial let's learn how to
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do the woven plaid blanket another free
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pattern available by yarnspirations.com
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welcome back to the crochet crowd as
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well as yarnspirations.com i'm your host
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mikey today we're going to work on the
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woven plaid blanket this is a really
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simple idea and we're going to be making
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some mesh work and then we're going to
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be using some yarn strands in order to
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weed through to create a plaid looking
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project it's actually really quite neat
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in order to do
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today's yarn is asking for caring united
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but if you cannot find this in a store
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near you or you cannot order it online
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you can also substitute with burnout
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super value a yarn in order to make this
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work just realize that the caring united
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yarn balls are not as big as the bernat
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super value so you will not need as many
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balls and i will provide that
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information on my website if you'd like
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to see what the conversion is in order
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for making this in super value instead
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so let me tell you a little bit more
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about this patterning and how it's going
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to work for today
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so today's patterning is all about
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making the mesh and the mesh is actually
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what is holding all of the yarn strands
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that are coming down through and the
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mesh is made up of double crochets slash
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chain one and the double crochets are
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just sitting on top of each other to
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create a mesh like a window um
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like a window screen really in order to
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keep it all in balance so because
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they're all stacked up on top of each
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other all of the gapping spaces will
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align with each other to make the
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spacing uh perfect and make sure that
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you can have this woven effect as it's
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going all the way through but let me
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tell you a little bit more about this in
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order to follow these instead of
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instructions really quite easily
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so in the patterning we have to do the
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amount of rows in order to keep the the
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effect looking plaid so what i've done
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here is on the instructions it asks us
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to do
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some repeat patterning okay so we're
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going to start off with and i'm going to
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provide this information on my website
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if you wish to crochet crowd.com and
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essentially the patterning is a
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repeating of rows number three all the
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way to 14 and we have to repeat that
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eight times so what i decided to do for
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myself is that i created this chart so
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whenever i get something done i can just
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check mark check mark check mark all the
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way down for the repeat number one
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repeat number two so the first time we
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have to run through all this on its own
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and then we have to repeat eight times
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and i have boxes here in order to check
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it so you can see here's what the color
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orientation is so it starts off with
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cherry cherry dark green cherry cherry
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white white fresh green green
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white fresh green fresh green cherry
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cherry so when we go to end on 14 we're
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going to come right back to number three
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again and start once again do you notice
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how we started off with cherry up here
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and because we started off with cherry
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when we get to the final one of the p8
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we're going to finish off with cherry on
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the other side so you end up with a
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really nice looking and balanced afghan
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when you see it all done like so okay so
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let's begin to do some of the mesh work
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and i'll show you how to do the strands
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coming through and create these fringing
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because the fringing is done at the same
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time of the strands as well
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so while we're on the patterning all
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these strands that are coming through
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there's actually an order on how they're
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coming through so if you look at the
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weaving diagram just like this so in the
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first space you'll start off with these
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colors just like you see it within the
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diagram okay so these are all the
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strands that are coming through and you
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just have to follow and just check them
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off as you do it once you start seeing
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the repeat patterning that you can see
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here
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it becomes really quite easy in order to
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do you may spend a bit of time doing all
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the strands through but this is a plaid
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look and this is what it takes in order
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to get the look as well
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so let's start this patterning and i'm
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going to use bernat super value size h 5
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millimeter crochet hook today and let's
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put this on the hook so if the
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patterning calls for 165 chains but if
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you'd like to change the size of this
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it's very easy to do just know if you
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change the width you're going to change
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the patterning of the striping so just
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be very conscientious of that so if you
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would like to change the size and come
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up with your own concepts for the the
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plaiting look i just re keeping it on an
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odd size so for example it's 165 for
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your chain so you can do like 157
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you can do 145
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as long as it's an odd number so i'm
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going to do 17 today so one two 3
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4
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5
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6 7
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8 9
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10 11
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12 13 14 15 and 16 and 17. so there we
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go so there is my odd number chain you
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will have 165 if you are following the
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patterning just like um it suggests
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to start the first row we're going to go
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fifth chain from the hook so we have
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that chain so we got one
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two three four and five turn that chain
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over and get the back hump only and i
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want you to double crochet into that
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fifth chain
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so in the rules of crochet what's going
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to happen is that chaining of three
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counted as a as a half double sorry as a
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double crochet and then we have a chain
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one so that's where all of this is
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coming into effect so we're creating the
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mesh on the outside
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so to go to the next one we chain one
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skip the next chain and go to the second
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one over for another double crochet and
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we're gonna do the entire
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chain like that so chain one skip the
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next chain and then double crochet into
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the next one
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so i want you to do that all the way
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across and i'll show you how to turn
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around and do the
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the next row and all of these rows are
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identical to each other it's just a
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matter of changing the color
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strategically as it suggests in the
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pattern
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and
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it's really quite an easy pattern to
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work on and it will go fast because
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you're just putting all these mesh kind
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of stitches in so you'll come up to the
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very last one
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here and double crochet so let me show
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you how to turn around and make sure
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that the mesh stays on top of each other
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so in row number two we want to come
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around
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and we want to just turn our work and
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we're going to chain up again so we're
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going to this time chain up four so this
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counts as a double crochet and a chain
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one so one
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two three
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and four
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and we're going to half double crochet
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right or sorry we're going to double
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crochet right in the top of the other
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double crochet
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followed by a chain one
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and then we double crochet right into
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the next double crochet
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followed by a chain one
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okay double crochet in the next one
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followed by a chain one double crochet
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in the next one
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chain one
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double crochet in the next one
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and you're going to do that all the way
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across that's how easy this patterning
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is
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when you come up to the edge remember
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that you do have four chains here so
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you're going to chain one you want to
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come up to the third one so one two
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three you got to make sure you have this
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extra one left over because that is
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considered your chain one
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okay so when you turn your work it's
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just like what you did and all of these
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double crochets should sit on top of
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each other when i come back i'm going to
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show you how to change colors and i'll
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show you how to do that next
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so whenever you have to change a color
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what i would recommend is cut your yarn
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just like so and just yarn over and pull
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through and i like to fasten off
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completely when i'm doing projects like
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this and i want to use this yarn and i'm
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just going to weave it through some of
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the stitch work that is existing already
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because it is green and this color and
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the straggler is green if you weave it
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in the green it's going to be very hard
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to tell to see where it is the next time
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you're going over so i want you to turn
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your work
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and let's get your next color i'm going
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to switch to blue and i'm going to start
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off with the slip knot it's just my
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personal preference
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and i want to come into the top of the
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first double crochet and i want to just
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join it so i'm just going to join it
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just with the one strand only
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so i just pull through
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and then i'm going to use both strands
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and i'm going to chain two so one
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and two with both strands
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and then the next two i want to keep
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just the one strand one and two you see
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i've i've been crocheting so long that
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i've almost got that down to a science
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so then i'm just going to do exactly
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what i've already done before i'm going
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to double crochet in the next double
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crochet
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and because you weaved in your other
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color in there it's going to get stuck
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underneath so it's great so chain one
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and double crochet into the next
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double crochet
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chain one
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okay and that's all you have to do for
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these the mesh to create it
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so i've now just i've gotten back to
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where the stragglers that i will
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weaved in i can throw it in behind i can
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safely cut that afterwards and i'm not
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going to be worried about that falling
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out on me
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so i just keep on going to the end
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remember it's how you finish the end
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which makes the world a difference so
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chain one there's four chains here make
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sure you come to the third one there
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should be a chain one that you don't
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touch
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and i'm going to turn my work and have
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to show you one more time so turn your
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work chain four one two three four
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come into the first double crochet
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chain one
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next one
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so i'm going to then show you how to do
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the strands next
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so you're going to do the whole project
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just follow the color schemes
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that it's asking you to do
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for going in the horizontal direction
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that you're doing right now and then i'm
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going to show you how to do the strand
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work right after this so just when you
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get to the end make sure you skip over
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go to the third one only and i'm going
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to fasten off so once you're done
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completely
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just going to trim my yarn
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and i'm just going to weave in the ends
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so we did a plateau chad
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bernat blanket where there is no fringe
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but this one does have fringe and
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because of that it has a little bit of a
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different look and
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i think it's kind of nicer in my opinion
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but
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it's up to you you are the creator you
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can do what you like for yourself
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so i've just
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weaved that in see this was already
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weaved in from my last one
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so you can trim that and then of course
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you can trim that one that you just
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finished off as well and let's begin to
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do the strand work next
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so we're now ready to apply the strand
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so you're going to have the whole thing
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all crocheted up and now it's time to
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put the strands through so going on page
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number two of the instructions you'll
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see here is the instructions as the
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strands coming down is if you were to do
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it okay so what i'm going to show you
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next is how to make these strands this
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will be a little bit labor intensive i'm
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not going to lie to you
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just to getting prepped and it's up to
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you in order to make this really work
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but it's really not hard it's just a
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matter of just just a little bit of time
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so we're going to be cutting lengths of
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96 inches okay and it says take three
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strands together
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and then thread them onto darning needle
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to begin the lower edge
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if you don't have a darning needle it's
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not a big deal in this particular case
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so what you're going to do and what i
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would do
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is that you're going to take three
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strands at one time so if you have extra
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balls of the same color you can just
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grab all three and just measure 96
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inches and then just cut it so then you
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have three done at the same time so i
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would do something like that okay so
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in this case because it is a tutorial
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i'm going to just
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just kind of wing it so once i get one
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done what i technically do is that i
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would just grab the one that's already
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cut and i will feed it from the yarn
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ball and i will keep pulling
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until
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both strands are the same
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so the more
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yarn balls you have for this the more
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strands you can pull through just like
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this and you want a total of three
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strands each
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in order to go down some people like to
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chain instead of just using strands
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that's up to you so let's begin the next
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part of the tutorial
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so you'll want to go uh basically from
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one side to another just make sure you
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have the right amount of chain spaces if
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you're following the diagram as as what
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it says
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and you're just going to start up and
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you're just going to come through
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and
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just taking all three strands you don't
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need a darning needle with this you can
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use it if you wish but you can use your
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fingers and just go in and out of the of
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the gapping spaces
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okay and just keep on going
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sometimes i use a big
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tunisian
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needle as well and i keep going and you
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go all the way down through
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and what you want to do is that when you
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go to do this you don't want to do it so
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that the afghan is starting to bunch
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like this you want to keep it nice and
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consistent you see it's just kind of
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floating in there
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and then basically the next one what
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we're going to do is that when we do the
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next one we want to maintain and come up
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from the other side so let's just say
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for example you're doing the next one
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you want to make sure that it's opposite
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to each
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other okay so the next one it'll be
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like so
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okay and this will get gives you the
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plaid look if you go opposite
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okay you're going to use a different
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string i'm just showing you this way
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just to prove it
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to you at this point
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okay
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so you can see that the strands look
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like they're being woven in just like
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that so you just got to be conscientious
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on where you're starting so you want to
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leave about a nine inch
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space
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on one side of your afghan and to the
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other and so you're going to work all
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the way down you're going to get them
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all into position you'll have your ups
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and downs in order to
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have the woven effect
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so now it's time to secure these in
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permanently into position so what you're
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going to need is the same color strands
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that these are so if you have a
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different color in the next one you'll
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need a different color strand so we're
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going to be using white
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so you have to use three strands of 18
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inch lengths
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okay and you want to fold that in half
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just like that so you're going to come
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in to the very end like so and you're
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going to fasten it around so go right
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into the corner or go right into the
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space and pull through
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but stop what i want you to do is with
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this new loop like so i want you to not
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only grab the yarn that is part of that
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strand but i want you to grab the three
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that are part of the woven effect and i
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want you to put it right through this
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loop
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like so
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be gentle about it
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and this is going to lock that strand
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going across and the fringe together as
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as if it's one so it looks like that the
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fringe is actually part of it which it
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is in some way so let me review again so
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here's the other side so i want to grab
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another
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group of 18 or sorry 18 inches so
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there's three strands
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there
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and i want to use my darning needle or
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sorry my crochet hook and pull through
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okay
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just pull the loop
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and i want you to put that strand
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through
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that
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and i want you to grab the three that
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are part of the woven
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side and i want you to pull it all
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through that new loop
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oh i've got to make sure i stay to the
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outside on the on this
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and so that will keep the strands
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relatively snug with each other
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as it's going all the way across plus
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you'll have some really awesome effects
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when it comes to doing all your your
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fringe work just like so so that would
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be how you do it so until next time i'm
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mikey on behalf of the crochet crowd.com
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as well as your inspirations this is how
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you would do it all the way across just
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use the same techniques and you can have
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this afghan if you wish until next time
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it's mikey on behalf of your
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inspirations
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