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Crochet Colour Journal #1 - Unlock the Magic of Colours
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Dec 16, 2024
Crochet Colour Journal #1 tips and Colour Ways Let's Stay in Touch, Sign up for my Newsletter Here https://jspcreate.myflodesk.com/newsletteryt SHOP PATTERNS: https://www.jspcreate.com/patterns/ All my patterns are available with full symbol charts in my shop ** Tutorials are done with US stitch terms ** Square Tutorials in this Video: Adelaide: https://youtu.be/ehR-1uxO7YE Sweet Pea: https://youtu.be/r39gjOOLp88 Sand Dollar Squared: https://youtu.be/c92lq0LC3Ns Wispy Willow: https://youtu.be/VcQZ53jc37o Wispy Willow with a Chart: https://youtu.be/wKRhtQax-rk Colour Tips on Value: https://youtu.be/b4Q2r15Z_XU My fav place to order yarn online is Mary Maxim Yarns https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1898317&u=2292235&m=117712&urllink=&afftrack= they have awesome colour selection, brand variety and offer regular sales and coupons through their site
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hey gang Jane back with a different kind
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of crochet video today this one is the
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first of a new kind for me where I plan
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to get more into my creative process
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such as color choices and where I choose
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to put them in the design and give you a
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peek into my crochet Journal you guys
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have been asking about my color combos
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that I use in my granny squares I love
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to grab my scrap baskets and spend the
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evening coloring with yarn when I asked
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recently in a community post you guys
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asked to see the specific colors the
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names and the brands and you wanted them
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in video form here on YouTube so I'm
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going to start adding these color
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Journal videos into the mix today in
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this first video I'll be sharing five
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squares with you and remember you can
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find the links for the tutorials for
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these squares in the description below
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so I'm going to show you a full color
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pick of the square I'm going to list the
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colors I used with the brand info in
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each of the particular squares and just
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a side note I'm not sponsored by any of
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these Brands so I use these Yarns
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because I like them and they have the
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colors I want they're easy for me to get
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my hands on and they're affordable keep
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in mind Brands change their colors often
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so some of these May no longer be
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available but they give you somewhere to
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start today's mix will be a random pick
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of squares but some weeks I'm going to
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focus on one color palette done in
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different squares and other weeks I'll
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pick one square and use various color
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palettes for it and then some days I'll
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just mix it up like today this is kind
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of a real reflection of my creative
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process because every day is different I
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often don't know what will come up until
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I sit down with a box of yarn beside me
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and a hook in my hand so let's dive in
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to today's combo so our first square is
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Adelaide this one's a really popular one
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with you guys and it's done in a nice
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Autumn tone or maybe holiday colors so
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I've used five colors for this Square
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the first one is called putty and that's
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impeccable I get that at Michaels that's
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my neutral the next color is swagnum
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which is a moss green also impeccable
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the third one is topaz nice gold color
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from Bernat Super Value the fourth one
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is Redwood Heather also Bernat Super
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Value nice Fleck in that one and my
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final color is caramel Bernette premium
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a nice amber color so the order of
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colors that I do in this square is round
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one is the putty a nice neutral I
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started with in the center round two is
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the the moss green I'll call it that cuz
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it's easier than sphagnum round three is
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the topaz and round four is the Redwood
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Heathers those those three colors are
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very short rounds so they blend together
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nicely the next round again round number
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five is going to be putty back to my
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neutral and then round six is a bigger
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round and I have caramel in there then
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round seven is a nice border round I use
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the sagum moss green color and then
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round eight is the squaring round and
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that one I do in my neutral color to
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frame the entire piece then we have
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round 9 10 11 and 12 those are the
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borders so nine is radwood Heather it's
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the widest one and that leaves round 10
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with caramel round 11 with swagnum and
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round 12 finishing off the entire square
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with a neutral so your colors kind of
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tie into each other and you keep pulling
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them out of the design as you go further
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outward the next Square I'm going to
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show you is called sweet pea and it's a
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hexagon shape this time and it's done in
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an nice palette of Blues so we have four
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colors today the first one is blue mist
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and that's impeccable the second one is
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putty I use this as a neutral a lot also
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impeccable the third one is called soft
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taupe also impeccable you can tell I
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have a Michaels close by it's actually
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like a 5 minute walk from my place
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across a nice park so I kind of use it
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as an excuse to stay fit but really I'm
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just stocking up my earing Supply and
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the fourth one is teal Heather and
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that's Bernat Super Value it has a nice
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Fleck in it so the rounds that I use for
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this one round number one I use Blue
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Mist so the lighter of the two Blues
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round two I go to my neutral which is
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putty round three I stay with a neutral
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color but it's a little deeper so that's
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the soft Tae then I go back to round
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four is my petals and that's going to be
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in my neutral my putty then we move on
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to round five which is also petals and I
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do a contrast here cuz I use the teal
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Heather in that space then we have round
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six which is a nice little border and I
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do that in the soft taupe and then we're
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back into petals again on round seven
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with the blue mist that's the lighter of
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the Blues and then the last two rounds
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create a border which I use to pull out
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colors from the main part of the square
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so round eight is done in a neutral
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putty and then round nine is done in the
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teal Heather which pulls out the petals
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from round five the putty and the soft
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taupe both work as neutral that give
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breathing space to the blues so I can
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use two blues that are close in shade
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because I break them up with these two
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neutrals but because I have two
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different neutrals it gives a little
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more depth to the design so next up we
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have the Sand Dollar squared which is an
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octagon shape that I squared up into a
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regular granny square and the color
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palette is similar to the last one it
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has four colors first one is putty
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impeccable you'll see that one a lot
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second one is malard by Red heart with
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love this is definitely one of my faves
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it's a very rich blue the third one is
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topaz and that's a Bernat Super Value
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and the fourth one is Clay Bernat Super
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Value and it's a little deeper than the
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putty so the rounds that we have for
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this one again I start with a neutral
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and that's the putty and then I move
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right into a dark color so I go to the
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malard which is the nice deep turquoise
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blue next I have a small accent round
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that I use the topaz 4 and then we move
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into the two petal rounds which are
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round four and round five so round four
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I use putty and round five I use clay so
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that gives you kind of a monochromatic
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look because they're so close in color
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and they're both rounds for petals so it
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kind of gives it a cool look then we
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move into round six which takes us back
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to the contrast it again is like a
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border round and I use the malard for
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that to kind of echo round number two
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then we move into round seven which is
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the putty this is the squaring round and
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it gives the frame for the Octagon round
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8 9 and 10 are border rounds so round
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eight I use topaz round nine I use clay
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and round 10 I go back to the malard I
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almost always finish off my squares with
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uh simple border rounds because it
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echoes the colors that are in the design
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and it lets me pull them out and kind of
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complete The Look by mirroring any
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colors that were in the design already
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the next Square we're going to do is
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wispy Willow and that's actually the
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next two squares the last two and
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they're going to be in Holiday colors
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Christmasy colors so different versions
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so we start with the four colors that
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we're going to use first one is putty
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impeccable the second one is burgundy by
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redart Super Saver and it's a nice rich
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red the third one is winter white by
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Bernat Super Value and it is a soft
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white not a stark white and finally we
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have the sphagnum which is also
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impeccable and that's a loops and
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threads but you find them at Michaels
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and it has a nice golden tone to this
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green so I will be using these same
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colors in the next Square but here's the
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order that I used for this particular
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one that you see on your screen round
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one starts with the putty and the putty
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is uh it's a neutral and it's an off
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white but it's a little beiger than a
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regular white then I moved on to the
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burgundy so there's a bit of a flower
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look there and I used the burgundy for
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that then on round three I went to the
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winter white and that also has a bit of
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a flower but it it gives a nice frame to
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the red flower then on round four I went
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to the swagnum so that gives a nice it's
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a very thin border round round five I
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went back to the putty just to give some
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breathing space between this round and
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the next round and then on round six I
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went back to this fnum so round four and
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six kind of worked together if you know
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what I mean and the round in the middle
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just gives a little bit of breathing
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space and now we're going
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outer towards the outer edge uh the last
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round did some squaring and now we're
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going to go ahead with more of that
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border so round seven we go back to
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putty round eight we use the burgundy to
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pull out the flower in the middle round
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nine we go to the winter white and round
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10 we go to the putty so the last two
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rounds that create the Border are again
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that monochromatic look of the white and
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the putty together I like to play this
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monochromatic thing with my neutrals
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because it gives it a little more depth
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and a little more texture without being
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busy and taking away from the main part
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of the design so by using two very
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similar whites I can still create a
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little bit of um pattern in there
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without it taking away from the
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beautiful Reds and greens that are in
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the design itself and now we have our
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final square and it's the second version
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of the wispy willow also done in the
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same holiday color scheme so we have the
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same four colors that we had in the last
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Square the first one again is putty and
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that's impeccable the second one is this
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nice rich red which is a burgundy by
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redart Super Saver the third one is
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white the winter white by Bernat and
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super value and the fourth one is sagum
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and that's by impeccable now we're
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working with the same four colors and
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the same square as the last one but
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they're going to be in a different order
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for this one so it creates a different
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look we start with the putty our neutral
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in the center and this time round two we
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go to the winter white so we have a
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white flower in the center instead and
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then on round three we go to the
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burgundy so you've reversed those two
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rounds from the last one so now the
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white flower sits and it's framed by a
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red Center then round four we used putty
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and round five we used the sagum those
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created a border and then round six we
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go back to the putty so the same idea as
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the last last one where I used round
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four and round six together and then
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round seven was a framing with the
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burgundy and then round eight was the
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sphagnum round nine was the winter white
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and round 10 is the putty again that
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monochromatic border on the outside when
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I'm making my blankets I like to use
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this idea of taking the same square and
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the same color palette and just shifting
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them around in a different order and
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maybe making anywhere from 2 to four
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combination of it when you take the
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square and desaturate it you'll see the
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values that little value trick I showed
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you in the last video you'll see how it
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can make the square look different so if
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you're looking at it from a black and
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white you think it's a different square
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but really it's the same square you've
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just moved your colors around so that's
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a really cool trick when you're making
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blankets so there you go that gives you
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a little peek into my color journal and
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my thought process hopefully this helps
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inspire you to play with more color and
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use these as jumping off points to try
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your own color combos let me know in the
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comments ments if this is something
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you'd like to see more of and if you
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