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Crochet Colour Journal #3: Soft Pastel Inspiration & Yarn Quantity Tricks
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Feb 25, 2025
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hey gang Jane here with another
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installment of my color Journal today
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I'm exploring a soft and subtle color
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palette and I've got six squares to
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share with you for today's session I'm
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leaning towards lighter Hues with gentle
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pastels there are two versions here one
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with a focus on the blue greens and one
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with a focus on soft greens accented by
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hints of pink and gold these palettes
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can also be mixed up and work nicely in
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any combination together keeping within
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a cohesive color range can really spark
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ideas for mixing and matching squares
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perfect for creating a blanket and yes
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mixing and matching squares is
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definitely on my list for future
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tutorials once we've had a look at
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today's colorways I'll introduce you to
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a simple yet invaluable tool I use
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during my Square making process a basic
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kitchen scale it's incredibly helpful
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for tracking yarn quantities and I'll
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share how I use it a bit later ready to
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dive in let's get started on today's
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squares so we'll start with our first
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square and that's the date Daisy and the
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Daisy has done in a very soft nice
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pastel color palette we have four colors
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going on here the first one is soft
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taupe by impeccable a nice Light Beige
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the second one is a nice bright white by
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Red Heart Super Saver the third one is a
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frosty green by redart Super Saver and
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that's a nice soft pastely green and the
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final one is putty by impeccable just a
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little off from the white itself now the
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order of the colors we we start with our
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Center which is the nice soft taupe so
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that really pops out then we surround
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that with a petal of white flow which is
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round two round three we go to the
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frosty green and you might not be able
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to see it in there but it just gives a
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nice little border to it before we go to
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the next set of petals which will be
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done in the putty color on round four
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then round five we frame and square up
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our piece with the frosty green and then
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round six seven and eight are all border
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rounds done in single crochet chain one
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style we have round six with the soft
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taupe round seven going to the bright
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white and round eight going to the
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frosty green and those pull all the
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colors from the square out to the Border
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our second square is the wispy Willow
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one of my favorites and that's just done
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in three colors very simple palette and
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it stays with the bluey green tones so
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the first color is called Green Lagoon
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by impeccable the second color is winter
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white by Bernat Super Value so that's a
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soft white and the third color is this
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Frosty green by redart Super Saver and
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it is a nice Pale Light minty green the
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order of this square is your only
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working with three colors so you start
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in the center with the green Lagoon
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which gives it a nice pop for your
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Center and then we go to round two which
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is our petals and we go straight to the
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winter white so you create that nice
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white flower in the center then we frame
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that with the frosty green Green in
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round three round four is just a very
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thin border all the way around so we do
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it in the green Lagoon to mirror the
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center and then in round five it's also
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somewhat of a border but we have some
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chain stitches in there and we do that
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in the winter white what we're doing
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here is setting up between the two
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shades of green so then we're moving out
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to round six which is where we Square
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this piece and that's done in the nice
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Frosty green then we moved round seven
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which kind of mirrors round six again
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squaring out and that's done in the
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green Lagoon so we have the two greens
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creating that square frame and then we
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have rounds 8 9 and 10 again which are
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border rounds so round eight is done in
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the winter white round nine is done in
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the frosty green and round 10 the final
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one we bring back the center of our
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square and we make it green Lagoon I
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love doing squares where I do the
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borders usually anywhere from two or
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three rounds sometimes I go as far as
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four and I like to bring all the colors
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that are in the Square out to frame the
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Border moving on to our next piece it's
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going to be Rosal Lee and she is a
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beautiful little hexagon and she again
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is done in the same color palette as the
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previous one so we only have three
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colors our first color is the winter
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white by Bernat Super Value the next
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color is Frosty green red heart Super
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Saver and the third color is the green
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Lagoon by impeccable now we just have
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them in a different order here now the
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order of the colors starting with the
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winter white so we have a nice little
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white center in the middle of our flower
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then we move on to the frosty Green in
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round two and then round three we go
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back to the winter white there's not a
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lot of solid color going on there and
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then we move on to round four which is
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done in the green Lagoon so round three
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gives a little break between the two
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greens round five we go back again to
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the winter white and that frames our
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petals round six we're going to Frosty
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green for another set of petals and then
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round seven we go back to the white
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again to frame those petals moving on to
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round eight we're going to the green
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Lagoon so we're going back and forth
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between the two greens with whites in
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between so round nine is the winter
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white and round 10 finishes it off with
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the frosty green color so we ended with
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a lighter color on this one the next
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piece we have is a simple hexagon this
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Blossom is a beautiful simple little
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square to work on and we've changed up
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our color scheme we've added in some
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pink and taken out that deep green so we
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start with our Prim rose color that's by
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Bernat Super Value and nice light pink
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then we have Frosty green Again by
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redart Super Saver and finally we have
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that white by Red Heart Super Saver A
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nice bright white so the order for this
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one is we start with our Primrose so we
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have a very small little Center in this
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one which is the single crochets and we
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start with the pink then our Center
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grows so we use the frosty green for
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round two then in round three we have
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our official Petals For The flower so
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they're going to be done in the nice
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white color then we move back to the
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Primrose in round four what we've done
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there is that's where we created the
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hexagon because before that it was just
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a circle with the flower then in round
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five we go to the frosty green and then
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we're left with round six and seven as
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the Border rounds so I bring back in the
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white and then we finish off on round
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seven with the Primrose that mirrors
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this very center of a flower you'll see
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I do that a lot with my flowers whatever
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I have in the center often becomes the
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final round of the piece it just kind of
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gives me this sense of completion
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whatever I started with that's what I
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end with not always but it does give it
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a nice look the next two squares are
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both going to be the Mandela square or
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Mandela square and they are both done in
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a version of the same colors so this
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first one is done in five colors the
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first color being Primrose by Bernat
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Super Value the second color being
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winter white by Bernat Super Value the
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third color is sagum by impeccable and
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that's that golden green and the fourth
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color is Honey by Bernette Super Value
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so also brings the gold color in and
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finally we have parchment by Bernette
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premium the order of these are we start
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with the Primrose so we have a nice soft
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Center and then on round two we go to
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the winter white so it kind of looks
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like petals it's not a solid round it's
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got a lot of chain stitches in it but it
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actually creates this look of petals and
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the white really makes it pop so on
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round three we go to the vagum so it
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looks like it's just framing that nice
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little flower in the center and then
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round four we do a border with the honey
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color so we've created kind of a nice
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little flower in the middle of a framed
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piece now on round five we move back to
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some more petals and I go to the winter
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white for that and it creates an outside
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flower that mirrors the inside flower
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then in round six we do nice green
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border to emphasize the white petals and
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in round seven we go back to the
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Primrose to create a frame and then in
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round eight we frame that frame with the
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honey color that's the end of the
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eight-shaped piece so round N9 and 10
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become the squaring rounds and I wanted
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to do them in something different than
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what the flower was done in so the
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flower really pops so I introduced
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another color and that's parchment by
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Bernat premium those two rounds work
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together to give us a final frame to
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this octagon one piece so the last
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square is also the Mandela square and
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the colors are very similar and in this
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case we've added one more color so we
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have six colors that we're working with
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the first one's Frosty green by Red
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Heart Super Saver then we have winter
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white by Bernette Super Value nice soft
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white then we have Primrose by Bernette
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Super Value and again we have the
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sphagnum by impeccable that nice Golden
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Green then then we have parchment by
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Bernette premium and we have our final
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color is honey again a golden color
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Bernette Super Value so the order of
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these colors we're going to start this
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one with the frosty Green in the center
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and then we move to the second round
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which is winter white and then in the
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third round we have the prim rose color
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the the nice soft pink and that kind of
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creates your flower a little bit
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different than the one before then we
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move on to round number four and we
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frame it with the
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swagnum now in round five we're doing
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our petals in parchment this time so
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we're staying with a white but we're not
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using the winter white then in round six
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we go to the golden color to frame those
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petals which is the honey now in round
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seven we go back to the swagnum to frame
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our flower and round eight we go back to
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the winter weight to frame that part of
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the Octagon 9 and 10 again are squaring
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rounds so they create the frame they're
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often done in the same color because
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they create the square and I did them in
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the frosty
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green so if you look at these two
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squares the one we did before this one
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and this one they would work really nice
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together in a
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project so I mentioned at the beginning
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that I was going to share another one of
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my tools I use to help me create my
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squares one question I receive often is
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how I determine how much yarn to use in
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a project and how to know how much of
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each color a single single Square takes
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this little scale is one of the handiest
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things I've ever picked up it's a simple
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kitchen scale so it's able to do small
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increments in weight I just picked this
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up on Amazon they're easy to find and
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they're inexpensive it has different
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units available to use but I use the
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grams for my yarn I can weigh individual
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squares multiple squares or even a full
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project I like to use it to determine
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how much yarn one square will take and
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then I can multiply by the number of
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squares I need to finish my project
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usually I use multiple colors in my
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squares so if I feel there's more of one
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color than another color I can rip out a
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completed square and weigh each color
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individually if I want to be super
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accurate if I need to weigh larger items
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such as Stacks squares that don't fit on
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the scale or blankets or sweaters I can
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use a container and just zero out the
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scale with the empty container on it now
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I have a much bigger container where I
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can weigh out blankets Andor sweaters
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this is just a little introduction tip
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I'm going to do a much more in-depth
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tutorial on how I use my scale for an
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actual project in the near future so I
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can walk you through the steps I use to
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determine yarn quantities with the help
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of this handy little scale I hope this
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inspires you to work with color and play
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around making new project ideas of your
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own if you enjoyed this tutorial please
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much for joining me today and I'll see
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you in the next tutorial
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