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DIY Crochet Happy Petal Pillow Top – Brighten Your Space with Style!
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Dec 16, 2024
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hey gang Jane back today with a fun
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crochet project using a simple granny
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square this adorable pillow has been a
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favorite since I shared the happy petal
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granny square tutorial so today I'm
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going to be showing you how to make your
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own version the original happy petal
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square has eight rounds but this fun
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little piece uses a smaller version that
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only has the first four rounds this
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makes it a quick and easy project that
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leaves plenty of room for colorful
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creativity these first four rounds of
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the happy pedal work out to a 4in square
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I'm going to make a 16in throw pillow so
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I'll be using 16 of these squares for
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one side of my pillow you can either
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make two identical sides for your pillow
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or like I did you can switch it up with
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a different granny square design on the
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back because then I can just flip the
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pillow to instantly change up the vibe
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of my space you can just make two of the
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pillow tops I'm going to show you today
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join them together and you'll be good to
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go hey if you haven't already be sure
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you hit that subscribe button and if
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you're enjoying these tutorials give
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your friends your support helps me keep
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the free content coming and encourages
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others to join in on the creativity as
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with all my squares you can find the
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free patterns over on my blog at www.
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jspc create.com along with inspirational
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picks detailed closeups and color
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variations I've used 100% acrylic easy
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care yarn for this project as well I
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have a 16in square pillow form that is
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also washable this makes washing the
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entire pillow easier because I sew my
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pillow pillow forms right in to the
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covers so these squares were made using
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a 5 mm crochet hook but I will be going
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up a half size of hook to a 5.5 mm to
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make sure my seams are not too tight in
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addition to your squares and your
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crochet hook you'll also need a pair of
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scissors a darning needle and one of
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your colors to use for the seams I'm
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using the same color as my flowers you
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can find the directions for the happy
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petal Square over on my blog and there's
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also a full video tutorial for it so
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I'll leave the link in the description
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for you to follow for making your
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squares but this tutorial we'll be
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focusing on assembling the pillow all
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right let's jump into our happy petal
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pillow tutorial I'll be joining these
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squares today by crocheting them
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together from the wrong side so the
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wrong side will be facing me and right
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sides will be facing together I've done
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up two samples to show you and these are
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the wrong sides of the cover I'll be
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using a slip stitch but you could also
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use a single crochet stitch both will
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work they just give a little bit of a
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different look when it comes to cushion
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covers or bags it doesn't matter to me
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what the inside looks like as much
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because I'll either have a lining or
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it's just not going to show when I'm
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doing blankets however I do like them to
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be reversible and the back is going to
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show so I tend not to use this method
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for blankets this is the slip stitch
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method and you can see there's a ridge
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of texture to it but it joins them nice
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and secure it's easy to work and the
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right side looks like this all even but
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it still has enough to give it that
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really nice handmade made flare this is
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done with the single crochet and you can
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see it has more Ridge here than the slip
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stitch does so it's still joins it
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nicely it's secure but you've got more
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of a ridge if this is for a bag and
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you're lining it or again we're making a
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pillow it's going to be on the inside
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you're not going to see it and this side
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looks pretty much like this little bit
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of a difference right here at the center
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where these four squares join it's a
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little looser here because the Stitch
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itself sits away from the FB fabric here
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it's pulled in a little more so the slip
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stitch is my preferred method but either
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one will work now that you know what
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they look like on the wrong side and on
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the right side you can choose your
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method and I'm going to show you how to
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do the slip stitch method to begin with
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I'll lay out my 16 squares in four rows
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of four squares each I'll be joining
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them by first working the horizontal
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seams and then I'll work the vertical
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seams I find it best to have these laid
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out in front of me on a flat surface so
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I can visualize what square is coming
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next and they all stay neat and tidy
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because it's really easy for these
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squares to get out of order once you
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have everybody lined up the way that you
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want to join them I start in this bottom
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corner with the bottom two rows like
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those rows that are closes to me and
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you're going to take the second row and
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flip it onto the first row so right
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sides are together wrong sides are
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facing
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out and we're going to work along the
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top here
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so one at a time we're going to join
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them into a strip so I want to put a
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slip knot on my hook to start with so I
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do this by wrapping the yarn around my
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finger Crossing it in front and holding
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that with my thumb and flipping it down
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so it looks like a pretzel and then I
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take my hook and go under that Strand
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and pull the two ends together and up to
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the hook any way you can get a slip knot
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onto your hook that's what you're
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looking for so take your first pair and
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you're working along the top here and
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you're only going to be working into the
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chain spaces so it's easier to see on
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this closeup that's already done you
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will not be working into any stitches
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only the chain spaces of each of the
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squares and we're going to do the slip
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stitch method so you're looking for the
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first chain space after the corner
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double crochet that's where you want to
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start in each of the squares it have to
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Cor Bond so wrap your yarn around and
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pull through and through the one on the
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hook so there's your first slip stitch
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then I chain one because each of these
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chain spaces are divided by a stitch it
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evens it out if I didn't chain one it
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would pull it in and kind of pucker my
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work so I do a chain one in between each
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slip
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stitch into the next chain space on each
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of the pieces so they
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correspond yarn over pull through both
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and through the loop on the hook and
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chain
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one continue to work in each of the
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chain spaces that correspond with each
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other working through both pieces and
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then a chain one slip
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stitching and then chain one and make
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sure that you're in the chain spaces and
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not the
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stitches being consistent like that is
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going to give you a nice consistent look
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on the front of the work remembering
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those chain ones in
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between and then chain one and we're
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back to the next corner you want the
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chain space before the double
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crochet slip
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stitch and chain one there's our first
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slip stitch set done if we look on the
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right side there it is nice and
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even we're going to continue to join the
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squares across so pick up your next set
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and again they're right sides
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together starting again in that chain
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space just to the left of the double
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crochet and holding this one still on
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the hook you want to pull this up so
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that there's no gap between the squares
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insert into the chain
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space so there's a little bit of uh
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there's a lot going on here as far as
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you're holding but it just it's okay it
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works we're on the wrong side so pull
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the Aon through through and through the
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loop on the hook and chain one and we're
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off and running again exactly what we
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just did so let's work across this
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one slip stitching and chain
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one into each of the spaces making sure
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you're working through both of the
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squares and trying to keep it Loose if
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you're finding that it's too hard to
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keep it as Loose as you think it should
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be then go up another hook size that
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really helps you get looser and stay
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consistent so here we are at the corner
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just before the double crochet and we
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want a slip stitch and chain
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one now we have two of them joined
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together so let's continue and do the
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next two batches and then we'll take a
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look at what we've
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done into the chain space to the left of
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the double crochet slip stitch and pull
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it through don't leave too much of a gap
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here make sure this chain space here
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isn't too large or you'll end up with a
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big hole in your center of your
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squares try to keep everything as
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consistent as
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possible and then the front side will
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look
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consistent it's not going to be perfect
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you know that's handmade for you and
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that's kind of the beauty of it but
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within reason try to to keep it
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consistent this can feel a little
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awkward at first
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because you're trying to hold these two
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pieces together you have all these
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pieces hanging off the back
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here so now we have three of them put
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together it's like this long chain of
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squares and I have one more batch to put
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on and then we'll take a look at what
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they look like on the right
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side remember you're always going into
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these chain
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spaces this one might be easier to do at
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a table cuz you're you have a lot going
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on back here and it's nice for it to
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somewhere to sit if you're doing it on
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your lap uh sometimes it kind of falls
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off there's not enough
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space but just make sure you have
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somewhere for them to to sit out of your
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way while they're still attached to the
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piece you're working
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on okay we're in our last
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Corner we end with a slip stitch and
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then we just bring the yarn through
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we're going to cut it because we're done
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with this row cut it about 3 to 4 in cuz
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you will darn that in at the end and
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then lay them back out let's unfold them
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and just take a
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look so that's nice that's pretty
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consistent it doesn't pucker it in the
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the chain stitches in between helped
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with that you have one row joined so
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we're going to continue to join you
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bring in your next row and you're going
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to work them one at a time so this time
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I'm not going to lay them on top because
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when I pick this up the whole thing is
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going to get picked up it does get a
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little more Awkward as you join the rows
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because you've got more of this and
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they're not held in place yet this way
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so they will kind of twist and
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everything but they are secure don't let
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that bother you and we're just going to
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join one at a time and I'm going to
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leave them on the desk so I can pick
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them up as I need them so the first one
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I will pick up put right sides together
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we want to get a slip knot on our hook
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to start with again same way that we've
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been doing it looping around pull it
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down like a
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pretzel there we
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are so this brown one see they they they
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get out of their position put them back
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into their position we're going to pick
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up this first corner now remember it's
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joined to everything else so don't get
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too rough with it same place we go into
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the chain space and remember this is the
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wrong side facing me we go into this
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chain space right here
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and the one at the back to the left of
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the double
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crochet pull through a slip
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stitch chain one into the next chain
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space slip stitch chain
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one continue to the next and we'll go to
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the corner here and I'll show you how I
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get the next one in and then I'll let
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you finish this whole piece off
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chain one always remember those chain
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ones slip
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stitch keep a nice loose
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hand coming up to the
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corner chain one and into the corner
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which is just the chain space to the
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right of the double
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crochet and slip stitch and chain one
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now we have another one joined so now
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we're creating the this strip but we're
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also joining it to the
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rows the next one will be joined to this
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and I have it right here ready to go
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flipping it right sides together and
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picking it up to start it so it's
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important to have everything lined up so
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you know what square you want next so we
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go into the first chain space to the
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left of the double crochet on the new
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squares and do a slip stitch chain
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one and away we go on to the next Square
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keep working this way till you get to
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the next corner
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and then into the corner which is to the
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right the chain space to the right of
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the double crochet and chain one now we
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have two of them
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joined and when we flip them
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up we're getting there see how the
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strips are coming together so keep
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working like that you've got these two
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squares to join across here and then we
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have one more row sitting out camera
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here that has to go on to the next row
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and you do it just the way we did this
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one
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and I'll meet you back here when we have
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all four rows joined this way and I'll
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start to show you how to join them this
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way now we have all of our squares
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joined
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across now we want to join them
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lengthwise so your whole piece is joined
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together now but it's floppy because
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your strips aren't joined on the
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vertical we're going to start on the
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right hand side and flip this first
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strip over top of the second strip with
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right sides together rotate your work
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and we're going to do the exact same
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thing as we were doing before all the
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way across these four squares and I'll
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show you what we do when we hit this
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spot right here same as before you want
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to slip knot on your
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hook so get that on
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there and that's how we begin we pick up
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our first batch of squares
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that we're going to be working
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across and we're going again into the
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chain space beside the double crochet to
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the left of it and working a slip
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stitch and then chain one so exactly
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what we were doing before into the next
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chain space work them together slip
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stitch and chain
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one now keep working this way until we
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hit that join
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and I'll show you how to get across that
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to the next
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Square so you got a lot of fabric here
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that you're working with and kind of
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tossing around but it's all joined
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together you just have to make sure you
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don't twist it when you join join it so
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I just went through the chain space to
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the right of the double crochet did my
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slip stitch now I do a chain one but I'm
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going to incorporate this strand right
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here into it this is the chain stitch
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that we worked in between joining our
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squares on the horizontal seam we want
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to incorporate this into the vertical
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seam to add more security and it looks
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better from the right side so we go
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underneath the chain stitch in between
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the squares yarn over and pull that
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through and through the loop on the hook
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that's my chain stitch and I incorporate
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it into this seam as well and then I do
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one more chain stitch so there's
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actually two chain stitches going on
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here then I work into the chain space to
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the left of the double crochet and we're
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off and running again so let's just take
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a closer look at what we just did there
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so the way that we made it across here
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was the chain stitch after our last slip
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stitch
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went
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underneath this piece right here pulled
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it through so it Incorporated it and
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then we did a chain stitch over top of
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it so let's work to the next one and do
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the same thing so we did our slip stitch
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in the first corner of this Square chain
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one and we'll work our way across until
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we get to the next Corner the same way
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that we did for all the other squares
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only working in the chain spaces and
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working slip stitches
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so I just worked a slip stitch into this
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chain space right at the corner now
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we're going to go under the chain stitch
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of the Crossways seam wrap the iron
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around and pull it through and pull it
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through the one on the hook so that's a
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chain stitch that incorporates this
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right here and then we do another chain
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stitch and we're off and running for the
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next Square we'll keep working to the
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next corner
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and then we're in our next corner and
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before we do the chain stitch we go
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underneath this cross piece right here
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yarn over pull
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through and then another chain
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one and back into the next Square so we
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go to the chain space beside
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the double crochet to the left of it
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every chain space gets worked into
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whether it's on the horizontal or on the
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vertical
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[Music]
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and we've come to our last
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Corner we do a slip stitch pull the yarn
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through and then we're going to cut
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it pull it all the way through and you
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finished that
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one so that was the first row that we
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did in the opposite direction and now
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you can see it's all come together nice
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little joins here and then on the back
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see how it's all nicely attached it
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actually is kind of pretty but you won't
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see the side cuz it'll be on the inside
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of your pillow
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cover so now all you have left to do is
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the same thing we did here you do across
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this one and across this one and your
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whole piece will be
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joined now with all the vertical seams
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finished we have a complete pillow top
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you can make a second one to cover the
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back of the pillow once I have a front
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and back ready to go I sew my pieces
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together using a simple whip Stitch from
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the right side this is just one way to
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do it but it's my preferred way your
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happy petal pillow is all set to
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brighten up your home or make a
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heartfelt gift for someone special with
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how simple and fun these are to create
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try playing with even more color
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combinations remember to check out my
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blog for more free patterns and project
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inspiration and while you're there check
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out my shop where you can find the PF
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pattern versions of the squares and
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projects for sweaters blankets and Home
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Decor using many of my squares if you
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