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Creative Edgings: Twisted Single Crochet
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Feb 21, 2024
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Hey everyone, it's Jane and today I've got another crochet tutorial focusing on a crochet technique
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In this video I'll be sharing how I work the twisted single crochet
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I often use this stitch to add a unique edging to my granny squares when I want to make them
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into trivets or coasters. It's a great way to join two granny squares together to make a nice thick trivet, a pillow
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cover or even a little handbag. It creates a stylish corded or braided look and gives an elegant finishing touch to your project
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It's very versatile and can be used on any variety of shapes. So it's great for hexagons as well as squares and even on circles
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Perfect for creating cute little coasters. This is my wispy willow square and I've used two different versions of the square and joined
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them together using the twisted single crochet stitch. So what we're going to do is take two other squares
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Now this one is my Adelaide square. The cool thing is you can do this with any square at all
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You just make two of the exact same square and I like to do them in two different color ways
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I'm using the same colors. I'm just doing them in a different order so that it gives me some variety
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Now you either use the hook that you used to make the square or go up half a size
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I like to go up half a size just to give myself some space. If you're really loose crocheter you want to be careful with that because you don't
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want it to flare out too much. But generally going up half a size is a good idea when you're doing this twisted stitch
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So choose one of the colors that you want to show up on both sides
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So I'm going to use one of these colors and I think what I'm going to go with today is
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it was either the gray or the brown so I think I've chosen the brown
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And what we want to do is we want to join it in a corner. So you're going to take your two squares and you're going to put wrong sides together
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So you want the right sides facing out. This right side facing me, that right side facing the table
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And you want the wrong sides of the work together. Exactly how it's going to be when it's finished
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We're going to take our hook and we're going to go through the corner. And I have a chain two corner on this square
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And then you're going to go through the corner at the back. So we're going to be working these two squares together
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And then you're going to pull up your yarn through both of those pieces. So we're always going to be working through the two pieces at the same time
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You want to chain one. Let's zoom in so you can see this better
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So what I like to do is to start with a normal single crochet because when you come around
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at the end you have to join your round and I always find it easier to join into a regular
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single crochet and it doesn't make that much of a difference one stitch
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So go ahead and do a single crochet worked under both of those chain twos
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Just a regular single crochet and we'll get started. So we're now joined and we're ready to go across
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So here's the basics of the twisted single crochet. You want to keep your stitches loose because you're going to be twisting your hook and
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it's hard to twist if you have tight stitches. So I'll walk you through this
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We're going to go into our first stitch on the front square and the first stitch on the
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back square that corresponds with it. You're under two loops of each stitch
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So it actually looks like four loops on the hook. Wrap the yarn around and pull it through all of those, both of those stitches, which is
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all of those loops. You have two loops on the hook. Here's where we twist and you're going to twist counterclockwise
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I'm talking about right handed crochet. So you're twisting towards your other hand and from the top down
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And you've twisted the stitches on the hook. Now if you're right handed, you do not want to twist clockwise
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It won't give the same look. As with everything, if you're left handed, you will do everything reverse to what I say
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So if you're left handed, you're actually going to want to go clockwise, but I don't
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want to get into that. I don't want to confuse you. So just know that you'll do it reverse
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So for right handed, you are doing a counterclockwise twist. So now we have this twisted, two loops twisted on our hook
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Yarn over and see how I want the hook to be able to move
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It should be able to move or it's too tight because you want to pull this loop through
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So use your thumb and your forefinger to pull that through. Can be a little tricky, especially at the beginning
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And you have your first twisted single crochet. We're going to work these all the way across into both of our pieces
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So going into the next one, we go into the next stitch, both loops and the stitch behind
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Again, this is how we're working all the way across. Pull your loop up and make it nice and loose
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And now we're going to twist counterclockwise. So these two loops just got twisted on our hook, but I should still be able to move my hook
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So it's easier if I have my thumb and finger at the base. So then I'm holding it still
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If you don't, it can get a little kind of confusing and floppy
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So use your thumb and your finger of your opposite hand just to keep it stable
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You want to be able to move the hook. Yarn over and complete the single crochet by pulling the loop through
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And again, you have a twisted single crochet. So one more time, we go under both loops
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Yarn over and pull up and make it nice and loose by pulling up on this hook
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Gives you a little bit of extra, but don't make it too loose that the stitch itself falls off
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And then you're going to go counterclockwise, up and around, yarn over and pull it through
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So I'm actually making them a little tight because I'm going so slow
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I find that once I get my flow going, they loosen up. So practice, practice, practice
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That's what will give you this nice stitch. So I'll do this one a little faster so you can see the flow
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So I'll do the next two stitches. I'll try not to go too fast, but fast enough that you can see there's a flow to it
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So you see there, we're starting to create a nice little edge on the front and the back
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And it looks pretty similar. There's a little bit of a difference on the back, but not substantially
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So that counterclockwise twist gives you this nice look. If you're twisting in the opposite direction, you're going to get a different look
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And it's not going to be as nice of a twist. It's actually going to look a little chunkier
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So if you think it's not turning out right, notice what direction you're twisting your hook
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And if you're having trouble with the clockwise, counterclockwise, because it's not a language
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that we use often, just try twisting it in the opposite direction and see how that works
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for you. But be consistent with your twist. Always twist in the same direction and at least you'll get a consistent look
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But I recommend with this stitch that is always, for a right handed person, it's always a counterclockwise
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twist and for a left handed person, it'll be a clockwise twist
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So let's keep going here and work through our stitches. Always make sure your stitches are lining up with the one at the back, because when
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you reach the end, you're going to have to have the exact same number of stitches
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So again, you have to make sure that with these being identical squares, they will match
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unless I screwed up on my last round. So again, stitch counts are always important, but you want to end up at the same place
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If you're off by one stitch when you get here, you either missed a stitch or you didn't
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have the stitch count right on the squares to begin with. So always make sure you check that as well
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So let's go ahead and work our way across and I'll just let you watch me get to the
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Now let's go back and take a look at what we've done here
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Now you can see that nice twisted look. This stitch I always say is very similar to the reverse single crochet stitch
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However, when you're working two pieces together, it's easier to do this one. There is a slight difference between them, but they both give you this nice corded edge
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that actually looks nice on both the sides of your work. So it's really great for reversible and it gives you that nice finished touch
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So let's go ahead and work to the next corner
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So we've reached the other side and I'm going into my last stitch before the corner and
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the corresponding one on the back. So you should come out to the same number of stitches
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If you don't, then either you missed one or you didn't have the same number to begin with
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which was very important. So we finished this last stitch and then we go into our corner
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So this is how we're going to turn. We have one whole side finished here
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You can see how it looks the same on both sides. Now we're going to work into our corner
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So there's your chain two space in both pieces. You're going to insert your hook into those
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You're going to drop a loop. You're going to do your twisted single crochet
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And at this point, I do a chain one just to ease yourself around the corner
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And then you're going to do another twisted single crochet into that same space
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So it's almost like you're doing single crochet, chain one, single crochet. You can do chain two if you feel the chain one doesn't do it, but we're trying to round
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our corner out. So again, twist and this is our second single crochet in this same space
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And we've turned our corner. You'll see it better once we move on
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And then we're going to go across the next edge the exact same way. And that's all that you do all the way around
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So let's get started on our next edge. You go into the first single crochet stitch and you go into the corresponding one at the back
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Yarn over, pull through, make it nice and loose. Twist counterclockwise. It's important that it's counterclockwise or you'll get a completely different look
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It will not give you the same look if you go the other way
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Yarn over and pull through. And again, next stitch, pull the yarn up
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Counterclockwise twist and pull through. And there we go. You're going to work all the way across
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Turn your corner the same way with that chain one. So twisted single crochet, chain one, twisted single crochet into the corner and then continue around
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So go ahead, finish that and we'll meet you back here at the end
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So I'm coming across the last side here and I always have these little things I like to
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encourage you to be creative and find new ideas as you're creating things
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And I was thinking as I'm telling you this to use this as a trivet when you finish this
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last round. This is another method that you could use to make a little crocheted bag, which is kind
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of nice. So you can see here it's joined on three sides and then you have your nice little opening here
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So if I was to finish that off up here, which I'm not going to, but you could make yourself
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a nice little pouch or a little warming bag for the kitchen, or you can use it as a purse
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and put some handles on. Just an idea. You know, things come to you as you work through your projects
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A lot of my projects start out one way and then they take a hard right or a hard left
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and I make something else out of them. That's the fun of creativity
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Staying on course, I'm going to finish this last edge and we're going to be a trivet
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Okay, folks, we're at the very last stitch of our entire round and I'm going to finish
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that one. Give it a twist. Pull it through. And now I'm back to where I joined and all I have in there is a single crochet
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So I'm actually going to do a twisted single crochet on this side
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And then I'm going to do a chain one. And then I'm going to join
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And again, it's personal preference. I started with a regular single crochet
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I could have started with a twisted single crochet, but I do like to do a slip stitch
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join and it's so much easier to find that stitch if it's just a regular single crochet
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So I'm slip stitching and then I'm going to cut my yarn
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Pull it through. That's my last corner. And then I'm just going to darn those two ends in
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One of the sides, I say the back, but it's a reversible product
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But easy enough, you just go underneath and you can see here that you probably won't see it
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If you just tuck it up underneath here or even on this side, it'll just disappear in
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because now you have two pieces. It can go down the center, darn it in two directions if it makes you feel more secure
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or even knot it right there because we're working with so much fabric
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You're not really going to see that knot because all these twists are kind of knots
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as well. Right. So I don't generally knot my ends, but if I have a lot of texture going on, it's really
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easy to hide that knot. And then I know they won't come out
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So here's a question you say now that I'm finished and I darn this in and perhaps I
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do a nice little blocking to just give my square a finished look
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This is loose like this and that's okay. That actually is fine like that
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But you can see on this one that I did, I tacked it in the center
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Just gives it a little more of a solid look to it and it's not floppy floppy like this
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type of thing, which is okay. Again, you know, personal preference. But I didn't do it with this one
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So there I have two options here. I can either take another piece of yarn, one of these colors and go in there and just
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do a little knot between the two. But the thing is it might show up on this side because this side's a different color
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So I'm going to bring in two more squares in here. These are not matching squares, but I could use them together
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What I would do is sometimes I work my ends in and sometimes I don't
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As you can see here, I got lots of ends to work in or to darn in later
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But what I do like to do is keep this one in the center and this one over here in the
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center, leave those to the end before I before I put these together and start joining around
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the edges. And I would knot these two. So let's pretend all these other ends are darned in
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So disregard all the other ends. They're all in now, except for these two centers
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Literally the ends coming out of the centers. And what I would do there is I would tie them in a knot
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So see how I'm doing that there? Just bring them right to that to each other. And then I would tie that again
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I'm not going to because I'm not going to join these two. But what I would do is I would just create a nice solid knot so the two are right next
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to each other. So we'll just do a loose one there. And see now they're joined at the center without me having to do anything else
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So make sure that knot in there is tight and you can do it again
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And you probably could darn these in once you've done your knot
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Darn this one into this side, this one into this side, because then they're darned in
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their own colors. And then you don't have these ends wiggling around on the inside to poke through any of
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these nice airy holes that you have for the design. But that's how I do it
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I would use the two center ends, knot them together nice and tight, then darn these two
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in while you still have this all loose and you're able to do that
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Then you have the wrong sides together automatically and they're joined at the center with that knot
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And now you can work your way around and your center will be joined
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So see how I did that? That is how I would join the center without it showing
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If you're joining two identical squares, you could easily join it after because the two
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centers will match. But in my case, I always do different squares
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I can never do the same square twice. And my centers aren't going to match
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Therefore, if I sew them together from the outside, one of the sides is going to show
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So that's how I would do that. Sew them together before you join them
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And then your center won't do this. It'll do this, which is kind of nice
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Little tip. And now you know how to work the twisted single crochet
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Nothing else to add to your repertoire. Use your imagination and turn some of your granny squares into fun home decor projects
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