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Mastering the Solid Square Back-and-Forth Technique | Quilt Throw Series #1
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Feb 25, 2025
More info: https://www.jspcreate.com/easy-back-and-forth-square-crochet-quilt-throw-1/ Pattern Can be purchased in my shops: Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/stores/jane-snedden-peever-designs/ Web Shop: https://www.jspcreate.com/patterns Crochet Quilt Throw Series #1: Mastering the Solid Square Back-and-Forth Technique This is the first video in this series for the Crochet Quilt Throw - Carpenters Star Design To Get the Supplies List and More Info on this FREE Series Sign Up Here https://jspcreate.myflodesk.com/quiltblanket ** Tutorial is done with US stitch terms ** Supplies & Tools for this tutorial: To get the supply list and join the updates for The Crochet Quilt Blanket Series sign up here https://jspcreate.myflodesk.com/quiltblanket - my fav is Susan Bates Ergonomic - https://amzn.to/3xZh57i 5.0 mm for sample ~ US 8 / H hook
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hey everyone Jane here today I'm excited
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to share a crochet Square tutorial with
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you this square is simple and quick to
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make using basic stitches and we'll be
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working it in a single solid color this
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is a key element in my crochet quilt
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throw Series where it serves as the main
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Square I use both a solid version of the
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square the one I'm showing you today and
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a two-tone version which is going to be
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my next tutorial what makes the square
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different from many other granny squares
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is the technique instead of working
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continuously in One Direction we'll be
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turning the work at the end of each
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round and working back and forth the
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back and forth technique is especially
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useful for the two-tone Square as it
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avoids carrying the YNS across the work
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to keep the style consistent I use the
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same approach for the solid Square which
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is what we're going to learn today this
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series is inspired by my love for both
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quilting and crocheting and my desire to
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create a crochet throw with a quilt-like
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design I've drawn inspiration from the
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classic Carpenter star design if you're
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interested in following along you can
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find more details about the crochet
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quilt throw Series in the description
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below I'm going to be using a worsted
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weight yarn for this Square today I do
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use a parchment color for the main color
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but because it doesn't show up so well
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on camera I'm going to use this nice
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green today just for the demonstration
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of this Square in addition to worsted
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yarn you're going to need a crochet hook
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I'm going to be demonstrating on a 5 mm
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hook which is a us8 or an H however in
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my crochet throw I use a 5.5 mm which is
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a us9 or an i as I find it makes the
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squares just a little bit softer using
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the larger hook the square on the left
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was made with a smaller 5 mm hook and
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measures approximately 3 and 3/4 in the
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Square on the right made with a larger
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5.5 mm hook measures 4 in while the size
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difference is slight it can become
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noticeable when working with a large
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number of squares so just make sure you
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pay attention to the size of your
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crochet hook when making these squares
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for a throw be sure to leave a long tail
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when fastening off for my crochet quilt
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throw I use a whip Stitch method to join
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the squares and by leaving longer Tails
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I minimize the need to attach New pieces
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of yarn which means fewer ends to weave
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in when finishing you'll also need a
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Dary needle and a pair of scissors some
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split Stitch markers or something
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similar like paper clips to help you
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find the right stitches to work into
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when you're turning your work okay let's
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get started on the solid
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Square starting with our magic ring we
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take our yarn and lay it across our Palm
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with the cut end facing us wrap it
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around your first two fingers and hold
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in place with your
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thumb Crossing underneath hold it in
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place again bring it back up and
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wrapping it around your third finger we
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go under the first one and over the
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second one hooking it and pulling it
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through and twisting it on the hook now
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we reach over and grab the yarn over the
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third finger hook it pull it through for
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a chain one and we have our Magic mag
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ring ready to go now to make our first
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round we need a chain two to start with
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so I do one more
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chain and we're going to do half double
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crochets in this ring so we want 12 all
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together in our first chain two counts
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as our first one so we need 11 more half
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double crochets half double crochets are
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yarn over your hook insert into the
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loop yarn over your hook again and P
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pull up you have three loops on the hook
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hold onto that ring so it doesn't fly
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away on you I like to hold on at the
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base and then yarn over and pull through
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all three there's your first half double
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crochet which actually equals two if you
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count the chain we need 10 more so let's
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put 10 more into this circle
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[Music]
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[Music]
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so I should have 12 Al together let's
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count them I like to count by these
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little little V's on top you could count
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by the posts although I find half double
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crochets a little hard to count the
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posts so one 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and
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this chain two makes 12 now we're ready
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to pull up our magic ring so let the
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working yaron go grab that cut end and I
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put my finger and thumb at the base of
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the last Stitch and I pull away and it
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cinches up the ring pull it nice and
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firm but not too tight just so it closes
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in right there now we want to finish off
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this round and get ready for the next
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one so we're going to slip stitch in the
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second chain of this first chain two so
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go up to the second chain and go right
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through the center of it yarn over your
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hook pull it through and pull it through
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the loop on your hook and that joins
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your first round and we're ready to
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start our second round now on round two
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is where things change up for the square
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as I explained at the beginning we're
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working back and forth so normally you
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would continue around in the same
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direction when you're working at granny
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square but here we're going to reverse
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and work in the opposite direction and
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we'll do this by turning our work as you
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would in a non-circular piece of crochet
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I want to place a few Stitch markers
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here so we can keep track of where we
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want to be so I'm going to bring in
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these little split markers and put it
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right into the Stitch that I slipped
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into right in the same spot where the
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yarn
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went so let's take a look at that see
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right in there it's right in where we
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slip stitched so it's in the first
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Stitch of this round and I'm also going
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to put a stitch marker in to the last
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Stitch that we created you don't have to
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do these Stitch markers I'm just doing
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them to show you where we're going to be
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working so if we take a look here the
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last Stitch we created is actually right
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here this little Loop right here was
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formed by the slip stitch and it doesn't
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really count as a stitch not in my terms
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anyways so I'm going to put a stitch
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marker into the last Stitch of the
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round so let's take a look where our
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Stitch markers are there's one in the
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last Stitch the blue one and this little
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pinky purple one is in the Stitch we
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slipped into now let's just pause it
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right there for a moment and take a look
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at something now to help you get a
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better picture of this let's look at
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around two that's already finished so
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this is a squaring round and we have
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round two as the squaring round and
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round one in the center and we're
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squaring it out so we're starting with a
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half double crochet right here that will
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be the first half of the corner okay
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let's pick up from where we paused and
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get working on round number two so I
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started by chaining one before I turn my
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work now we're going to turn the work
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and sometimes it matters what direction
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you turn it and sometimes it doesn't so
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on this round I'm I'm turning mine
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counterclockwise and I'm keeping the
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yaron over here on my left so now we
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have the wrong side facing us so the
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wrong side has this strand of yarn
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hanging from it so I tend not to work
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that in so that I always know the wrong
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side of the work is where this yarn is
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hanging out I'll darn that in when I
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finished my Square to work our half
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double crochet we're going to go in
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where this pink stitch marker is so wrap
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our yarn around the hook and you're kind
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of working a little bit backwards here
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so be careful not to kind of get all
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wrapped and knotted up here but you want
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to wrap your yarn around the hook take
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your hook and kind you're kind of going
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down and backwards a bit and you're
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going into the Stitch that I have marked
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here as you do this you'll be able to
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find that Stitch a little easier but
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that's where you're going
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in and then you wrap the iron around and
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pull it up and you want to pull your
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hook up so it's kind of
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horizontal you have the piece like this
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and you want all three Loops in order
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you don't want them kind of stacked and
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bunched on each other but you want to be
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able to control what this Stitch is
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going to look like then we go yarn over
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and holding it at the base pull it
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through all three that's your first half
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double
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crochet now we're going to work a single
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crochet in the next Stitch so the next
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Stitch is where this stitch marker is
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you can get confused and try to go into
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this one but that's the one that was
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created when we did the slip stitch
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so because I've marked it we can see it
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this is the first Stitch and that is
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where the single crochet is going to go
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so now we have a half double crochet and
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a single crochet we can take this blue
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and take it
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out I won't need it but I'm going to
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leave the pink one in because when we
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get to the end of the round I want you
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to see where we're going one half double
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crochet one single crochet next is a
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single crochet in the next
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Stitch and now our next Stitch we're at
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a corner so we want to work half double
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crochet chain two half double crochet
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into this next Stitch so we go ahead and
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do that half double crochet chain two
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and a half double
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crochet and we rounded our
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corner now single crochet in the next
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Stitch and single crochet in the next
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Stitch
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back to the next corner it's a very
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short round half double
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crochet chain two and half double
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crochet then single crochet in each of
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the next two
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stitches next Corner half double
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crochet chain two and a half double
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crochet now we're coming across our our
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last edge of this
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Square single crochet in the next
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Stitch and a single crochet in the next
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Stitch so this next Stitch is not where
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the stitch marker is but you want to go
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under two Loops so you go under that one
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and then you have to find the other one
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here because this Stitch was a little
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out of whack because of the chain two
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that happened before it so you actually
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want to make sure you get under two
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Loops of that Stitch it's pulled a
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little little wonky because of this
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chain stitch that we worked
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into but it's there and you work a
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single crochet so it's nice and sturdy
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like the others and now we're going to
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work into where our stitch marker is
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this was where we worked our first half
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double crochet now we're going to work
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the second half of the corner and you
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want to work a half double crochet in
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that same Stitch so go right in there
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where the stitch marker is and you get a
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half double crochet then you chain
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two and we're going to slip stitch to
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complete this round you want to slip
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stitch in the first half double crochet
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which is right
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there you want to make sure you go under
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both Loops of the top of that half
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double crochet and just do a slip stitch
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now I'm going to take the stitch marker
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out cuz it's in my way I don't have a
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lot of room here and it's bulking things
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up so now I do the slip stitch pull the
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loop through and through the one on the
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hook and we've completed round number
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two still with the wrong side facing us
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ready for round number three I don't
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chain at this point I just do the slip
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stitch then I rotate my work so my yarn
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is to this side of the hook this is my
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wrong side if I were to rotate
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counterclockwise the yarn cuts across
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the front of my work not a big deal cuz
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I can work it
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in but I don't want it like that I would
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prefer it to go to the back of my work
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which means we rotate the work
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clockwise now my yarn is still sitting
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here and it's not across the front of my
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work so the direction that you rotate is
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just personal preference the next thing
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we're going to do is slip stitch into
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the chain two space we just created at
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the last round so just pull the yarn
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through and through the loop on the hook
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and we're ready to start the next round
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it's going to be a single crochet in
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this first chain space and I do start
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now with a chain one then I work a
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single crochet into that chain two space
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and we're off and running on the next
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round right side is now facing us and
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you can tell that because this piece of
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yarn is facing away from us we want a
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single crochet in each of the four
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stitches across this Edge so work a
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single crochet into each one of the four
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stitches until we hit the next corner so
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we have a single crochet in the chain
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two
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space four single crochets in each of
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the four stitches from the previous
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round and we are on the next Corner in
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this corner it's just single crochet
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chain
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two and a single crochet all into that
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chain two space and that's what we're
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going to work all the way
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around so four single crochets one in
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each of the next four
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stitches and then single crochet chain
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two and single
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crochet now just to note when you're
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working with half double crochets the
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top of the half double crochet stitch
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doesn't always sit as even as the other
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stitches du so a single crochet stitch
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seems to be more obvious where it is but
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the half double crochet sits to the side
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of it and because we've rotated our work
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around and we're working on the other
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side the Stitch is going to sit just to
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the left of the post so that's how you
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find it and when you get all four of
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them done you'll find this last one
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almost looks like it's working into the
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chain two space but it is that Stitch if
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for some reason you get off kilter and
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go into the one on this side of the post
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it's not wrong crochet can be one of
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those things where it's your perception
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so as long as you're consistent it will
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look fine so let's work across into the
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four stitches with a single crochet in
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each
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one and we're back to our corner where
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we want to work a single crochet chain
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two and a single
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crochet we're working across our last
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Edge now so four single
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crochets and now we've reached the
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corner this is where we started and I
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want to work a single crochet into that
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space I go as far over to here as I can
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so it doesn't get all bulked up and
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you'll see that when we the two-tone
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makes a difference because the color
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will show through so I like to make it
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as close to this Edge as possible so
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work in right next to the Stitch you
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just worked single crochet and that's in
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the chain space then chain two and slip
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stitch into this first single crochet
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that we did into the same chain
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space that completes round three
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ready for round number four we're going
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to rotate our work again so I just did
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the slip stitch and I do not do a chain
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one at this point and I'm going to
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rotate my work to the wrong side so for
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this round I'm going to rotate my work
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clockwise and I have the yarn ready to
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go because my next thing that I want to
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do is slip stitch into the chain two
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space this round is going to be the same
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as the last round we have the wrong side
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facing us this time so there's our yarn
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to prove that this is the wrong side and
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we just want to do a chain one to
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start and a single crochet in the chain
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two space and now we're going to work
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single crochet in each of the stitches
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all the way across so there are six of
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them now so we want to work six single
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crochet so
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one
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2
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3 4
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five and six and we're at the next
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corner and we're ready to
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go single crochet chain two single
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crochet and make sure you go into the
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chain two space of the previous round
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don't go down into this one that's two
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rounds below so you want to work into
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this chain two space right here from the
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previous round so we did a single
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crochet chain two and a single
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crochet and we're back to where working
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six single crochet across the next Edge
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this is what we're going to be doing all
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the way
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around back to the next Corner go into
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this chain two space of the previous
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round and work a single
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crochet chain two and a single
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crochet work across the next Edge six
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single crochets
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our Corner single crochet into the chain
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two space chain two and single crochet
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now we're on our last
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Edge we want to work across to where we
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started so six single crochets
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and now we're ready to work the corner
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the second half of this corner just like
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before you want to work a single crochet
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in there and I want to do it as close to
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the one I just worked as possible so go
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into that same chain two space you
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started in single
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crochet chain
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two and slip stitch in the first single
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crochet of the round so that round was
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just like the round before you were just
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doing it on the opposite side now we're
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ready to do our last round and the last
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round is going to be a half double
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crochet all the way around we are
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currently on the wrong side and just
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finished with a slip stitch now we want
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to move to the right side now we're
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going to rotate our work
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clockwise and now we have our right side
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facing us and we know this because we
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have the wrong side with this strand
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facing away from us we slip stitch just
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like before into this chain two
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space slip it through the one on the
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hook chain
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one I'm going to do a half double
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crochet into this chain two space yarn
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over insert into the chain two space
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pull up a loop three loops on the hook
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yarn over and pull through all three
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this is the way I like to do it you
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could just do a chain two and that could
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represent your half double crochet I
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like to have an actual Stitch to join in
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at the end of the round and it gives it
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more solid I find if I do a chain two I
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tend to lose it when I come all the way
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around I can't find it it doesn't have
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as much presence as this one so what the
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chain one does is it gives it some
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height it does give it a little more
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thickness than the other ones but I like
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that this has the height of the half
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double crochet now we're going to work
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half double crochets all the way across
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to the next corner
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one into every Stitch and we now have
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eight stitches to work into so that'll
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be eight half double crochets were
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working so count your stitches to make
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sure that you have the right number
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there's the first half double crochet in
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the chain space that doesn't count in
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the eight so we go one 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8
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so we're good when you reach the next
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corner you want to work a half double
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crochet chain two half double crochet
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into that chain two space so make sure
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you're working into the chain two space
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of the previous
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round and there's your corner that's
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what we're going to do all the way
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around so we're back to eight half
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double crochets until we reach the next
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corner here we are next Corner half
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double crochet chain two and half double
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crochet then eight more across the next
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next Corner half double crochet chain
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two and a half double
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crochet now we're working across our
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last Edge which is eight half double
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crochets
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now when we get to here we need to work
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into that Stitch it's a little tight
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because it's right up against where we
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did the
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turn but don't miss it make sure you
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have eight across here plus the one that
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was in the
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corner now we reached the next Corner we
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started with a half double crochet so we
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you have to work the second half of this
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corner which is a half double crochet
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into the same chain two space that you
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turned
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in and chain two and then slip stitch
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into the top of that half double crochet
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see how I can see the top of it that's
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why I like doing it that way so I can
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actually go right in there and slip
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stitch and that ends my round and that
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completes your simple little square now
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you've learned a new square and a new
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technique to experiment with if you'd
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like to see how I incorporate the square
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into my crochet quilt throw check the
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description below for more details thank
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you so much for joining me today if you
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