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Crochet a Timeless Beauty – Eclipse Sweater: Step-by-Step JAYGO
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Feb 25, 2025
More Info and Where to Purchase the Pattern https://www.jspcreate.com/eclipse-sweater-crochet-a-timeless-beauty/ Online Shop: https://www.jspcreate.com/patterns/ Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/stores/jane-snedden-peever-designs ** Tutorial is done with US stitch terms ** Supplies & Tools: Size G / 7 / 4.5 mm crochet hook - my fav is Susan Bates Ergonomic - https://amzn.to/3xZh57i Split Stitch Markers Eclipse Square measures 5 3/4 inches - Rnds 1 - 6 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 Yarn used in this tutorial: Mary Maxim Mellowspun DK weight size #3 - 3.5 oz / 100 g - 284 yds / 260 m
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hey gang Jane here welcome back to
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another crochet project tutorial and if
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you're new to my channel thank you so
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much for joining me as we explore
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creativity through Crochet Today is the
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first video in a short Series where I'm
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going to walk you through the techniques
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involved in making the eclipse sweater
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you can find the eclipse Square pattern
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that I'll be using in this sweater for
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free on my blog and the video tutorial
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here on my YouTube channel you can find
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the full list of supplies along with
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tips and diagrams over on my blog and as
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with all my projects the full PDF
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pattern that includes colorway charts
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diagrams and more is a available in my
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shop all links are in the description
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below for this sweater picture I used
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Mary Max mellow spun DK the colors for
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the first colorway version are buff as
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my main then contrasts are mink taupe
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nutmeg Spruce and dark oak in this
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version I only use the contrast colors
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on rounds 2 and four and as in my
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typical fashion every square is
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different in today's tutorial I'll be
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making the same sweater using the same
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yarn but I call this colorway version
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two because of course I can never do the
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same thing twice my method of creating a
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pattern is to trial and error my way
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through the first one and then I prove
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everything by making a second one in a
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different color way and hopefully it
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gives you guys some inspiration to
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explore your own colorways as well in
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this version I use a different color for
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each round until we get to rounds five
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and six which will be done in one color
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but again different for every Square the
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nice thing with the squares being all
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different colors is that I can show you
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the join with a little more clarity than
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if all the squares were off-white I've
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added another color to this version as
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well called slate and I'll be using taup
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for the make main color instead of buff
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basically I didn't have enough of the
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buff so I switched it up to taupe the
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techniques I'm going to show you on how
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to assemble the sweater can be used for
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any Square that's approximately 5 and
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3/4 in or if you want a bigger oversized
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sweater you could use a larger Square
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I've used the same technique with my
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Summerside Square to make this sweater
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with nice results in that case I use a
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worsted weight yarn with a 6-in square
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and it did come out a little thicker but
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nice and cozy and a more solid stitch
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pattern for the cooler weather in the
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written pattern call for a 4.5 mm
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crochet hook used throughout and the
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Stitch gauge in the Square size of 5 and
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3/4 is based on that however you'll
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probably see I'm using a 5mm crochet
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hook in this tutorial for the joining
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and that's simply because I like to give
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it a looser feel it's just personal
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preference really depends on how tight
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or loose you crochet and I always say to
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go with whatever hook works best for you
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in addition to the hook and the yarn
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I'll be using Stitch markers to help
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indicate the stitches to work into as we
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work through the second row of the join
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as you go method you can use split
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Stitch markers like I have here I got
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this little box at Michaels but you can
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just use paper clips they work well too
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and you'll also need a pair of scissors
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and a Dary
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nail today will be the join as you go
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technique which is a method of
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crocheting the squares together we'll
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use this method for making the front the
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back and both the sleeves to start with
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I'm using my Eclipse Square working
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rounds 1 through 6 the video tutorial
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for my Eclipse Square can be found on my
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channel and I'll leave the link for that
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down below in the description so let's
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get into the techniques I've written
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this pattern pattern for six sizes for
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the small medium and large versions
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you'll need 24 squares total six for
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each of the back front and each sleeve
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for the XL 2XL and 3XL you'll need 28
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squares so four more eight for each of
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the back and front and six for each
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sleeve the three smaller sizes will use
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a 3x2 layout for the back and the front
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as well as the same for the sleeves the
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three larger sizes will use a 4x2 layout
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for the B in the front and the same 3x2
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layout for the sleeves as for the
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smaller size if you're following my
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written pattern then it has the diagrams
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and square placements done for you once
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you've decided what order you'd like to
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join your squares in we can get started
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working on the back I'll walk you
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through this piece step by step and then
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I'll leave you to work the remaining
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pieces on your own in the exact same way
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I'll be making the medium size so I'll
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need six of my squares to start with to
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make my first rectangle once I have
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these squares done and I have them laid
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out the way that I want I will often put
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them on a ring in the right order so
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that I know this is the order I want
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this is square one and then I move from
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there Square two square three in this
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case I'm not going to block them before
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I join them I'm going to join them into
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a rectangle I'll decide from there and I
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may just wait and block the entire
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sweater when it's finished because it is
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such a dainty Stitch when you get down
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to the double knit Yarns that you don't
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want to create more movement than you
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need because when you start to do the
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joint as you go method the that actually
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takes your squares and squares them out
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because now they're joined into a
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rectangle now following this diagram
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we'll be joining the squares starting in
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the upper right and working our way
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across the first row of squares to the
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left then we'll start the second row
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again at the right and join them working
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towards the left again there are letters
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on this diagram a through D and I'll be
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referring to these as I work so you can
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follow along with where the repeating
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section will be now grab your first
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batch of squares and let's start joining
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our first
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piece so I start with the first square
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that I've chosen and my main color I'm
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going to use here which in this case is
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this nice beige
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color I have the top right hand corner
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right here this chain three space this
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is where I'm going to join so I join
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with a standing single
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crochet and this is considered point a
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on my diagram next I will chain two
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two and I'm going to work my yarn in as
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I
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go single crochet in the next chain
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space so working in each of the chain
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spaces not the stitches just the chain
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spaces single crochet in that next chain
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space chain
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two and I'm going to do that eight times
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so this was my first one we'll continue
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on and and do eight more times single
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crochet in the chain
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space and chain
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two off just like that single crochet
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chain two go to the next chain space
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right
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here single
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crochet chain
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two next chain space single
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crochet chain two and I'm going to leave
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my yarn now because it's worked in
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next one over here single
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crochet chain
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two single crochet in the next one chain
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two single crochet chain
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two single crochet chain two and that
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will be eight times so let's take a look
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the single crochet was before we reached
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point a we consider point
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a then we're at Point a chain two single
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crochet chain two and then repeat the
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single crochet chain two eight times so
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 now we're at point
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B we want a single crochet chain three
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single crochet into this chain three
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space right
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here single
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crochet chain
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three and single crochet okay now we
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rotate our Square which it kind of
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already is and we're going to work down
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this
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Edge chain
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two single crochet in the next chain
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space and chain two so just like we did
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across the top we're now going to do the
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same down this Edge and we do that eight
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times until we reach the next corner
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[Music]
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ending with that chain two and we've
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reached the next Corner we're now at
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Point
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C single crochet in this chain three
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space chain one
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and flip our piece so the wrong side is
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now facing
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us and now we're going to take our next
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square and our right side is facing us
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but the wrong sides are together place
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it right on top of the square you're
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working on now we're at Point
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D single crochet in the front corner
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chain three space of the new
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Square chain
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two go to The Back Square square and go
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into this next chain space single
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crochet chain
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two back to the front next chain space
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single crochet chain
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two back to the back next chain space
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single crochet chain two we're going to
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do that eight times the front and then
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the back so keep moving along until
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you've completed that eight
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times only working in the chain spaces
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once on the front and then once on the
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back so the Stitch kind of zigzags
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between the two squares
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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so you end at the back single crochet in
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that last chain space chain two that's
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your eighth time then you come to the
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front and you work a single crochet in
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the corner of the front square or the
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new Square as I would call it chain
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one single crochet in the corner of the
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Back
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Square chain two
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and now we rotate the piece so that
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we're going to be working along this
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Edge and we single crochet again in this
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front
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corner and we are at Point
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a so that was your repeat A to B to C to
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D this is just a short one and then all
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the way back to a and then we repeat
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that so repeat that for this next
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square and then on the next Square after
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that this will be the third one for the
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small medium and large and if you're
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doing the extra large 2XL and 3XL you'll
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have another Square in there you're
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making but when you get to the final
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square of your row you'll be here you'll
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have added the square in you'll do a to
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B and B to C and this is where I'll meet
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you because we're going to come back
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across the
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bottom so again repeat the letters a
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through D back to a for each of the
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squares three for this size and four for
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the larger sizes and then you do a to B
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and you won't do c you'll just complete
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B and I will meet you back here at the
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corner and we will come back across the
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bottom see you
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there so I have my three squares joined
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or if you're doing four you've ended at
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the last square of the row right here
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and this is where we would normally
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start
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C so if I pick this up we're going to
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work along here and actually this is
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where we bring in our Stitch markers
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because we're going to want to use them
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at these places so when we come back we
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know what stitches we're working into so
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just keep those off to the side I'm
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going to pick up my work and show you
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what we do from
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here so the end of B actually takes you
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to this chain two and you haven't worked
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the corner yet in our long Edge that I
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call it we started by doing a single
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crochet in this chain
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three chain three and another single
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crochet in that chain three which turns
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our corner so we can now work down this
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Edge so our long Edge works like this
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we're going to chain two
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single crochet in the next chain
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space chain
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two and we're going to do that eight
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times it's going to take us over to this
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corner
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here single crochet in the next chain
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space chain two just like we did around
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the outside
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edges make sure you don't miss any of
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the chain
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spaces they're not all the same size
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some of them are a little bit different
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shap
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but this kind of evens everything
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out so there's our eighth one and it
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takes us back to this corner of the last
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Square we want a single crochet in this
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corner so you've already single
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crocheted in into it over here now we're
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working along this Edge single crochet
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into that corner chain two now look at
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the join that you did here this was C
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and this was D there was a chain one in
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the middle of those that's where you
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want to go into right here and you want
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a single
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crochet now we're going to place a
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stitch marker in this chain two space
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right here slip it into that chain two
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space and that that one is
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marked chain
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two single crochet in the next corner of
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the next
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square and we want to mark this space as
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well so grab another one and you can use
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a different color if you have
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them and Mark that chain two
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space let's take a look here what we did
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we marked this chain two space single
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crochet in the join and marked this
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chain two space these are the two spaces
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we're going to work into when we come
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back to join the squares to this
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row chain two and single crochet in the
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next chain
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space at this point we're going to
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repeat that eight times until we reach
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the next corner so that's your
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repeat from here you work across the
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edge you put your Stitch markers in and
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we repeat again and you do that for each
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Square until you reach the last square
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and I'll meet you back right before the
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last square and we'll do this Square now
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I've worked the first Square the second
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square with the Stitch markers and I'm
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going to work across this one doing the
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same thing chain
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two single crochet in the next chain
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space chain two and you're going to
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repeat repeat that eight times and
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you'll end up at this corner so I'll
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meet you here once I've done it eight
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times I end by single crochet in this
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corner chain three
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bace now let's take a look here so we
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started at this edge here worked our way
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and joined our
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squares until we hit the last square and
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we ended down at this corner then we did
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our long Edge and placed our Stitch
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markers that that's the end of Row one
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of the squares now we're going to add a
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second row but it's a little bit
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different because you have to join it to
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this row so we take our piece and we
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flip it to the wrong side so that I'm
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ready to work back across here I take my
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next Square right side facing me and
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wrong sides together and we're going to
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join across this top so on row two we
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start by Chain
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one and single crochet in the front
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Square in that corner single crochet
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this is what we call Point a that we're
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starting at right now the letters on
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this row will signify the same locations
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as on Row one but the directions for a
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will be slightly different because
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you're joining now to the square above
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instead of just working an edge Stitch
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chain one single crochet in the first
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chain space on the long Edge from the
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previous square like the Back Square
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this is square number one from our diet
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diagram chain one single crochet in the
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front square or the new Square in the
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chain
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space chain
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one back to the Back Square single
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crochet on the long Edge in the chain
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space chain one you're going to repeat
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that eight times across till we get to
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the corner so just keep working on that
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I'll meet you here
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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now you're ending on the Back Square in
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a chain space chain two you come back
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back and you're at the corner single
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crochet in the corner of the new
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Square chain
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one single crochet in the marked Stitch
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right
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here on the long
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Edge now I'm going to remove that marker
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so I don't get confused cuz I don't need
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that space
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anymore and I chain one now I'm going to
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rotate my work so that I can work down
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this edge of the new
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Square this is called point B work a
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second single crochet into that same
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chain Corner space and chain two we're
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back to chain two because we're on an
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outside edge at the moment single
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crochet in the next chain space chain
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two and you're going to repeat that
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eight times until you get to here the
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eight time is because that's how many
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chain spaces I have if you're working
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with a different square that number of
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times will be different really what
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you're doing is you're working to the
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next Corner making sure that you work in
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every one of the chain spaces
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now we're down to the corner and we're
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at Point C so we want a single crochet
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in this corner chain three and chain one
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rotate your work so wrong side is facing
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and bring in your next
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Square you want the squares to be wrong
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sides together and then new Square will
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be right side facing
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U we're now at Point
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D single crochet in the corner of the
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new Square chain
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one on the previous Square you want a
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single crochet in the next chain space
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from the corner so it's really the first
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chain
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space chain one come back to the front
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single crochet in the next chain space
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and chain one back to the back single
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crochet in the next chain space chain
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one continuing up until you've done that
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eight times which will bring you back to
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this
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corner after completing it eight times
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we're ready to work into the corner of
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the front Square single crochet in that
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chain Three Corner chain
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one on the back or previous Square on
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the long Edge you're going into the next
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chain space take a look here this is the
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one we just worked
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into this right here is the next one you
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want to work into it can get confusing
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when you look at all these spaces all
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you want to do is go into this next
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chain space from the one you just worked
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on the
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back right into
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there single crochet chain one from here
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you're going to go to the mark marked
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Stitch remember we took the stitch
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marker out of the one over here so it
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wouldn't confuse us this is the second
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one that's marked and you want to go
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into that one and work a single crochet
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chain one and I can remove that marker
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now we don't need it
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anymore bringing our new square around
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to match the long
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Edge we want to work a single crochet in
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this front Corner
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again that completes D and we're back at
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a and that's our repeat so first row of
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squares is here second row is here and
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we're joining them in we started here at
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a went to B worked B all the way down to
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here which is C to D the short little
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jump worked D all the way up joining
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this Square to this one and now we're up
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here and we're at a again so you're
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going to going to repeat the a b c d for
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row two right here joining that next
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Square that's the repeat again if you're
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working this size you're only going to
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have the three squares across if you're
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working the larger sizes you'll have
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four squares
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across When You Reach this point here
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and you bring in your next
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Square you will work A and B just like
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we did up here but we're on the second
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row and I'll meet you at this corner
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whether it's your third square or your
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fourth square and we'll be ready to work
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across our bottom Edge in this situation
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I left the markers in to give you a bit
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of a closeup look so this is the first
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row up here and this these are the two
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marked stitches on either side of that
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single crochet in the join so when we
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work our way
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back you can kind of see where we went
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we came across here worked into this
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stitch marker and then went down this
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Edge came back up and we'd already
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worked into that one worked into the
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corner here and then worked into this
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stitch marker and then we came back down
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to here and then we continue to cross so
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it just gives you a little bit of a
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closeup of what we did there if that
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helps a little bit now when you've come
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across your second row row whether it's
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three or
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four we have reached this point which
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was a b and then we didn't quite do c
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because we're going to work along our
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long Edge again so we'll repeat what we
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did up here we'll start with a single
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crochet chain three single crochet in
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this corner and start working across
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here just as we did across here you just
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won't need the Stitch markers cuz it's
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your final row so you won't be working
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into it from below so just repeat what
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we did here on the long Edge until you
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reach this corner here and then we'll
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complete this last edge of our
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rectangle we worked our long Edge again
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and we didn't put any Stitch markers in
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this time cuz we don't need them we're
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back to our final corner and all we have
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left now is to work up this corner and
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back to where we
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started single crochet in the chain
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three
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space of your final Square chain three
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and single crochet again in that same
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space chain two single crochet in the
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next chain
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space and chain two you're going to do
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that eight times the single crochet
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chain two and it'll bring you up to this
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corner of the square where we'll work
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across the
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join when we've completed our eight
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times we reach this corner single
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crochet in the corner chain
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two single crochet in this chain one
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space right here at the join now this
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would have been point a so we just go in
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here CU we're on the side of our
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rectangle and single
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crochet chain
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two into the next corner of the next
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Square single crochet and this is square
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one chain two single crochet in the next
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chain space Hook's getting stuck
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here chain two and you're going to
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repeat that eight times it'll bring you
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up to this corner where we'll finish
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off once you've completed your way up
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this Edge we're back to the first Corner
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single crochet in that chain three space
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chain three and now we're going to slip
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stitch in our first single crochet of
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this entire
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process and that finishes Jo joining our
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squares you will complete a front and a
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back exactly like this you'll either
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have three squares or four squares
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across depending on your size again
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small medium and large are three squares
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across so six total extra large 2XL and
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3XL are four squares across so eight
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squares total then you'll do the sleeves
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and these are the sleeves for all the
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sizes so all the sleeves only have six
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squares you'll need two of those those
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so create two more rectangles like this
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for your sleeves you'll have four pieces
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all together a front a back and two
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sleeves and then we'll move on so now
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you know how to make your rectangles and
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I'm going to leave you to finish the
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rest of them on your own in the next
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tutorial we're going to add some side
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panels and we're going to get assembling
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our sweater body thank you so much for
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