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Where to get the clownfish pattern:
On my website: https://livechilllife.com/downloads/clownfish-potholder-double-thick-crochet-pattern/
The set on Etsy: https://livechilllife.etsy.com/listing/1788387344/crochet-thick-potholder-pattern-fish
Ravelry:https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clownfish-potholder
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Hello everyone. It's time for the big
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pattern update for going into I think
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it's the fourth year now. This is in my
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top three of my bestselling of all
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patterns. Over a thousand of you have
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made this. You love it. And while the
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majority of you have made it without
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issue, there's been a few comments or
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concerns. You email me about these
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things. Of course, I'm always happy to
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help. and your issues that were kind of
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giving you a little challenge. I have
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addressed them in the pattern update.
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So, the pattern's been rewritten just a
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bit to make issue one, how the hook is,
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what your options are. Starting the
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patterns gives you a little more
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flexibility. Then, how the body was
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filmed, I've reworked that. And then
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I've also split the tutorial into
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multiple sections so that as you work
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each section, you can stop and then when
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you get to the next section that needs
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instruction, you go to the next video.
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So there's four tutorials total for the
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pattern. Then we have the decrease
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section. You wanted the tail to be a
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little easier, so I've changed the tail
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instructions in the pattern, so it
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should be a breeze for you now. And then
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the final thing was the eye, which was a
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little fiddly. Now, I didn't mind. I
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make a lot of these, but we're all
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different. And I want to give you plenty
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of options to appeal to a broader base
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of makers and you've sent me your
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adorable finished fish or you've put
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them in reviews. You know, you all email
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me all the time and I love to hear from
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you. So, your eyes, you've had like here
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I've got a wood button on this one. I've
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got the handstitched opin option. I've
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got the option that I use on my bee pot
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holder for the eye which looks like a
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beautiful little flower. And then some
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of you just stick on a safety eye. Now
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that's not heat safe but of course you
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do what you like. You might just be
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hanging it as decoration. So, that is
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the update and I will link the pattern
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in the comment as a pin comment and in
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the description. And if you already have
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the pattern, if you bought it recently,
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you should have the update in your
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email.
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And if you haven't gotten it, message me
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on the platform that you bought it so
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that I can get it to you. And comments,
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of course, are closed for any paid
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pattern because I cannot give pattern
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support on a public platform. But you're
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always welcome to contact me with any of
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the methods in the pattern or on the
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platform you make your purchase. I love
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to hear from you and I love to help you.
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So enjoy.
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All right. Okay. So, to make the
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pattern, you'll need your 5.5 mm hook,
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something to mark your stitch. I'm going
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to use just a scrap of yarn. Throw it
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over the round. Just keep track of where
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you're at. And either a tapestry needle
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or my favorite little crochet tool is
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the 2 mm. You probably have one floating
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around in your hooks somewhere that
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you've never used. This is my favorite
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kind of crochet finishing tool. And I
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have a whole video on how I like to use
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this in different ways. Um, scissors.
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And then for yarn, of course, because
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this is a kitchen item, 100% cotton. So,
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you'll need your main color, which is
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going to be the color part of the
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stripe. And then the accent color, it's
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going to be some kind of white or light
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color or whatever it is that you choose.
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I've seen some makers not even change
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the color. They don't want to fool with
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it. They just want to stick with their
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uh one solid color. You all have been so
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creative with your makes. Okay.
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And you'll need about 90 yards of each.
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So, one ske is plenty in each color. The
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skes generally run um 180 yards. Might
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even be able to make two.
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All right. So, the first issue I want to
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address is the ring, the holder part.
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Where's my end? And this is
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I think for more beginners or people who
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don't want to fool with the ring and the
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mouth. So, I'm the I'm the wood ring
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queen. I use them in so many things. And
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originally, I had you work this in at
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the start of the mouth. So, the mouth
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needs to be an open
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circle.
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So, I will give you the option to attach
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it at the end or do a self hook kind of
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a single crochet up around,
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work another set of crochet through it
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to give it extra strength, come back and
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connect it, but um I will be using a
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ring and I'll show you how to put it in
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at the end. All right. So, make your
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slip knot, take your hook, and we're
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going to start with 15 for our circle.
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So chain 15.
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Okay. Then I'm going to make sure that
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I'm not twisted.
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Come in back here at the start
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loop.
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Bring up my working
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loop. Oops, my yarn is on the wrong
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side.
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Even if it gets a little twisted, it's
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not the end of the world. But, you know,
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do do the best you can.
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Snug and pull through.
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Now from here,
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put that tail down,
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turn upwards,
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and work 15 around. So I'm going to
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chain one just to give me some height.
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Go back into that stitch I slipped
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and start counting. There's one,
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two. work in the top part of the loop,
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not in the back because we're going to
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use the
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bottom loop when we go back and put the
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ring in.
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Two
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3
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4
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Six.
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There's 12,
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13,
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14,
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and 15.
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All snug there.
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Now there's my chain one for height.
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Here's my starting loop
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or my starting of the um first stitch of
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the round. Not starting loop. Slip in
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there.
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Chain one.
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And I'm going to turn it this way. Pull
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that tail through so that I know that
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this is that
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um the opening of the mouth down here.
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Throw my stitch marker yarn over.
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All right. So, I finished the round. And
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before I move into round two, let's
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look.
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You can clearly see
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use this. All of the loops are exposed.
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Everything's straight and even
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so that when I go back to add in my
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hook, the, you know, the hook ring, it
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will be no issue, right? Everything's
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looking good.
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Hook in. So, every round, excuse me, for
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this next, let's see how many six. The
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first six rounds, you will
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slip stitch, chain one, move your stitch
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marker. Okay, I don't repeat that in
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every round. It says it at the top of
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the section. So, I've done my chain one,
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find my stitch. Now, for this round,
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we're going to start working increases.
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And increases mean two stitches into the
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same stitch.
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So, it says increase in first.
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So, I'm going to do one single crochet,
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then a second one into that same stitch.
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then increase in the sixth stitch. Sixth
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stitch. Okay. So, that's my first
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stitch. I'm going to go to Here's stitch
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two.
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Here's stitch three.
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four
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five
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here's my sixth stitch. So I'll work two
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stitches into this one
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and then again in the 10th stitch. All
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right, this next stitch is the seventh
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stitch.
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Find that V. It's a little twisty this
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first round and then it should kind of
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even out. Won't be quite as trick oops
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as tricky to get things placed.
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Stitch seven
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8
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9
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and then here's the 10th stitch
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for my final increase of the round. I'll
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put two in here.
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There's my 12th stitch.
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and 15th stitch. So the 15 stitches of
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the round with three increases. This
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means you will have 18 stitches when you
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finish this round.
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And I will slip to join. Join where that
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stitch marker is. Put my hook in there
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to join.
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slip. Pull this out. Chain one.
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Replace.
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Then round three, you're going to
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increase again using the same method.
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This has three increases. So it says,
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where am I at? Two in the first, just
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like we did with the last one. Let's
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find that first stitch.
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It's my slip. So, it's here. One.
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So, that's two in that first stitch.
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Then the second stitch is stitch number
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two.
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Three.
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Four. And now stitch five. It says to
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increase, so I'll do two in there.
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Stitch
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six,
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stitch seven,
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stitch eight,
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stitch nine.
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Here I'm at stitch 10. Another increase.
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One stitch in stitch 10. two stitches in
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stitch 10, then finish my round and I
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will have 21 stitches at the end of this
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round. Okay, so this is how you will
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increase through round six. Then we're
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going to make a little bit of a change,
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which I will come back for in round
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seven.
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Right.
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So now I'm on round
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seven. So at the end of round six, you
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should have 30 stitches
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around. And it's you'll see it's looking
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like the fish in the image in the
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finished image.
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And so here we're going Oops. toward my
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my little helper here, my little
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stitch marker. So, now we're going to
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start working with Hubble Hubble double
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crochet. What is wrong with me right
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now?
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Okay, so you're going to do your chain
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one still
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and then we're going to work half double
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crochet and that's going to really start
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building out the proportion of the fish.
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This is a large, not crazy big, but it's
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a it's supposed to be a statement pot
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holder, right? So, we want some size to
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it. Finished is 8 in by 14 in.
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So, I'm going to keep working the
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similar increase method, but with half
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double crochet this time. Okay. So, two
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in my first stitch.
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Half double crochet is the yarn over,
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pull through three loops.
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And again
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first stitch and then your next increase
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is at stitch number 10. There's one
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7 8
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Nine.
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Now 10th stitch, another increase.
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1
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2
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and then the last increase will be in
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stitch 20. So your stitch number 11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18 19
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here's stitch 20. So I'll work my two
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half double crochet in here
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and two and then finish the round and I
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will now have 33
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half double crochet.
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Okay? and then you'll work your eighth
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round and then go on to part two and we
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will start the contrast color portion.
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So I've uh broken this up into or I will
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be breaking this up into smaller
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sections so that you can easily
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reference where you need to go when
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you're working the pattern. Again, the
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pattern is linked in the description
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and you contact me by any of the contact
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methods at the end of the pattern if you
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need some help. Happy to help you.
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Coming along nicely. This navy looks
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really pretty, doesn't it? Very uh
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nautical marine.
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