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Create a calm, textured summer blanket that feels soft, substantial, and perfect for everyday use.
This crochet blanket pattern is designed with a dense, woven-look stitch using a breathable cotton-blend yarn, giving you the comfort of a slightly weighted blanket without added warmth. It’s ideal for warmer seasons, air-conditioned spaces, or anyone who loves texture without heaviness.
The soft sage and cream color palette adds a relaxed, coastal-inspired feel that works beautifully in modern, neutral homes.
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Hello everyone. Welcome to a video
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tutorial for the St. Augustine Sealass
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Throw. Now, this blanket I'm using
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Bernat Maker yarn. And because it is
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mostly cotton, so it's 75% cotton with a
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little bit of nylon for a beautiful
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drape, it's going to be lovely for
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summer. It won't get quite so hot. And
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because is a dense stitch, you're going
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to get a wonderful feeling of weight. If
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you like a weighted blanket or the
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feeling of a blanket on you without all
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the heat, this is going to be a great
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option for you. These stitches are
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dense, so they're not they're not
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going to um if you want to make it I'm
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sorry. If you want to make it for a baby
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blanket, it's safe. It doesn't have
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holes for little toes and fingers to get
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stuck in. All right, so let's get
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started. If you have your pattern, you
0:52
have your starting chain in there. And
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if you want to follow along and just
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make the sample stitch with me, you can
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certainly do that. I have the pattern
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linked in the description. So, Bernat
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Maker, this is a bulky category yarn.
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It's kind of in a league of its own.
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It's a tubing yarn, so it's not going to
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split and it washes beautifully. It's
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very soft.
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And um we don't need to worry about the
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what they use to get their gauge on
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here. I've got my own uh hook size for
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the stitch. So we get a beautiful drape.
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All right. So for the swatch size, I'm
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using my 8 mm hook and I have chained 14
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stitches.
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So we're going to do some setup rows in
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the second chain from hook. Pretty
1:49
standard. going to work some single
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crochet all the way across. So, I'm
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going to skip my first chain, go into
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the next, and when you're done, you will
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have 13 stitches for the swatch.
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Right now, from here, row two, going to
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chain one, turn,
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and single crochet in my first stitch.
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Then chain one,
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skip,
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and single crochet in the next.
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Chain one,
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skip one, single crochet in the next.
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Right. So, I'm going to finish this
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across the row. And your last stitch
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should be a single crochet.
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skip.
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All right. So, I'm coming to the end and
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you see I have two stitches. One, two
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left. So, I'm going to chain one, skip,
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and work into that last one. That turn
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chain looks a little funky, but it is
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the last stitch. Let me see where that
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other loop is.
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There it is.
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In there. Make sure I have both on the
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hook.
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Okay, there's my V.
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And pull through.
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Chain one. Turn.
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And I'm going to do the same thing
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again.
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So I'm going to single crochet in the
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first. Now you're going to kind of stack
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your chain one spaces. Okay. So
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there's the space. Chain one skip. Make
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another chain one skip over that. And
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look for that V right here facing you.
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Not at the top but here. That lets you
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know that that's a stitch. So I'm going
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to put my hook in there.
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and work my single crochet. There's a
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chain one space here. So, I'm going to
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chain one, put another one over top of
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it, and work here into this V of the
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next stitch
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there. V, that's a stitch. hook goes
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right in there
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and just continue across the row. Chain
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one, skip. There's my B. Put my hook in
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there.
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Chain one, skip,
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single crochet.
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Chain one, skip, single crochet. And our
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last chain one, skip, and finish with a
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single crochet.
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Where's that bead? It's a little
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twisted. There it is.
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That should look like that. It's not
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exciting yet, but we're about to start
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making it really pretty.
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All right. So, now I'm on row four. So,
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always chain row uh chain one and turn
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your rows. And now we're going to do
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some uh version of a linked stitch.
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Right? So single crochet in first.
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And then now we're going to work in
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these spaces that were created in the
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previous two rows linking them together.
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So we have this chain one space here.
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And then the row below is a chain one
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space here.
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go into that first chain one space and
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pull up a loop. Then go down to the next
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chain one space from the uh two rows
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down or yes, two rows down and bring it
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up. So you're going to have three loops
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on your hook. Yarn over, pull through.
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Now we need to create a chain one space
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over this stitch. So when I said last
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row, that V, that is the stitch. So
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we're going to skip over that and work
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into the next chain space. Right? So
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we're going to create another chain
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space
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and go into the chain one space
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and then to the one right below it a
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chain one space. Okay? Linking those
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stitches together. So you're spiking
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down linking the two stitches.
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Chain one. Skip that V. Work again.
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Chain one space and the chain one space
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below. Yarn over. Keep everything loose.
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No buckling. Okay. Chain one.
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Skip stitch. And then work into the
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space.
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Go down. Chain one. Space below. Three
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loops on hook. Pull through. Chain one.
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And you'll still be maintaining that
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same stitch count. There's no adding or
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removing stitches. Okay, once more.
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Chain one,
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skip. Here's another and final chain one
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space of the row, one below. And we
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always start and end with a single
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crochet.
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Chain one, turn.
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Single crochet in the first.
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Now we're going to work single crochet
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and chain one spaces.
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So, we'll work a single crochet into the
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single crochet. We need to build up
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another stack of chain one spaces to
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work our next row on the opposite side.
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So, after your single crochet, we'll
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look for our stitch, which is here. So,
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it's a longer V because that was that
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kind of spiked down stitch. That is your
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stitch. Work a single crochet into that.
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And next is a chain one space right
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here. So, we're going to create another
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chain one space over it. Here's a V.
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Single crochet.
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Here's our next V. So, we've got to make
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a chain one space before it. There's my
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chain one, skip,
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and work my single crochet.
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Chain one, skip,
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single crochet.
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Chain one.
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skip here, single crochet
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space. So, I'm going to chain one to
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create that second space stacked over
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each other and single crochet. One
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stitch left. Always start and end with a
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single crochet.
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Right. So, that was row five.
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Now, we're going to do row six. chain
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one, turn,
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and let's see what we've got. So, this
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will be the same as the row before it.
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Two, you know, two rows down. However,
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we're going to stagger these
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linked stitches,
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right? Single crochet always in the
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first.
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All right. So, here's a single crochet.
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So, we're going to make a chain one,
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skip one over it so that we can get to
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the chain one space and work these
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linked stitches. Now, I went to the
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first space. Let me get a little
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pointer.
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So, let's look closely. Where's your
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next stitch going to go? It's going to
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go right here.
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Here's that little cluster.
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So, let me pull that open so you can see
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it. I'm going to go down into it. Pull
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up my loop.
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Pull through.
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Chain one. Skip that stitch. And we'll
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go into the next chain one space.
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And there's my little spot where I put
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my need, my hook. Okay, go in there,
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pull up your loop,
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and pull through.
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And now you see how the clusters are
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kind of staggering over each other.
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Okay, so I did my chain one, skip that.
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There's the V. That's a stitch. Next to
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it is the chain one space. Pull up.
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There's my space for my second
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insertion point.
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Yarn over. Pull through.
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Chain one. Skip.
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Chain one. Space is right here again.
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There's my little opening. Go in there.
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Yarn over. Pull through all three.
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Coming to the end. Go into this space.
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Pull up.
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Pull through. Now we have two stitches
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left. This one here. It's kind of hiding
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behind this, but it's there. So that'll
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be a chain one, skip one, and then as
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always, we finish with a single crochet.
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And that's your repeat.
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those alternating rows. This was row uh
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six. So, you'll repeat rows three
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through six. That's three, four, five,
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and six. Four rows.
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And while they're almost the same, they
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just start and end differently,
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right? So, we start with the single
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crochet and then here, since there's a
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chain one space, you create another one
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and work that single crochet on this
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side.
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So how you start and end before and
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after that first and last single
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crochet. You know, you might have a
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might be a chain one, skip one, or it
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might be a directly working a one of
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those uh stacked cluster single crochet
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stitches.
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So once you get set up, it's pretty easy
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to follow once you get into your rhythm.
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And then you just work out your uh your
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length. So your starting chain is your
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width.
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And then next I'm going to show you how
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I make the tassels. So for mine that you
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see in the
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you see how I'm working the uh chain
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one, skip one, and then working single
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crochets into these V's. Sorry, I don't
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think I said what I was doing, but we've
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done this row already.
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They just start and end differently. And
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then here I'm at the end. There's a
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chain one space. I make another one and
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end with the single crochet. So for my
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blanket that you see, I wanted to do
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something a little different. So mine is
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two tones. It's two blocks of color. So
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when you look at your yarn guide for
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your amounts, you'll just of course
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divide that in half if you want to do a
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two-tone. And then my tassels are
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two-tone. And this is a borderless
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modern blanket. So, if you want to do a
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border, you can feel free to add some
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kind of border that you like, but I
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wanted just tassels. I didn't want a a
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formal border. I feel like that takes
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away from the stitch, but it's just
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personal preference. You do what you
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like. All right. So, let me get my yarn
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and we will start making some tassels.
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All right. So, before we do a tassel, I
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want to mention that when you're working
14:55
this stitch, your project is going to
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start leaning in one direction. you're
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not doing anything wrong. This is what
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happens when you're not using the same
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stitches on both sides and the uh one of
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the sides has more yarn
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being used. So for the row where these
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clusters are being made, these are using
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more yarn than the single crochet chain
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one skip one rows. Right?
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Are you following me with that? So it's
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going to cause some leaning. That
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happens anytime you're doing link
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stitches with a different kind of a
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stitch on the other side. It's perfectly
15:32
fine. You have to block it, though. You
15:35
might be cringing when I say that, but
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that's just that's the fix for it. So,
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for a blanket, what I do when I block
15:43
these larger pieces, I wet them down in
15:46
a tepid water. I don't use cold, I don't
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use hot, just kind of a room
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temperature, you know, 80, even up to 90
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degrees, like a a summer day outside.
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how is how I describe it. Well,
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depending where you live. Where I live,
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sometimes it's 100° in the summer, but
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not quite that warm. Kind of in that 80°
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range. Comfortable to the touch. And if
16:07
you have it, a little fabric softener to
16:09
really help loosen up the fibers so you
16:12
can manipulate them into shape. Then do
16:16
either a spin cycle. If you're doing it
16:18
in your washer, do a spin cycle. You
16:20
don't have to wash it with soap. Just
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get it wet. really wet block. Don't just
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mist it. Don't steam it. You have to wet
16:28
block this. Then I put it on two yoga
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mats for the size I made. This is a
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small throw size.
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And pin it down, pin down the edges,
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kind of shape them, make sure everything
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looks good. And then I put just a little
16:42
room fan that I have and let it blow on
16:44
it. But because this is cotton, this is
16:46
going to dry pretty quickly. It took
16:48
about maybe 6 8 hours, you know,
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overnight. It should dry for you if you
16:53
get enough water rung out. Now, if you
16:56
do not have
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a spin cycle, if you hand wash things,
17:01
you everybody's different. I know not
17:03
everyone has a washing machine. Roll it
17:05
up in towels. Really thick towels. Roll
17:08
to kind of ring out the extra water.
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Don't stretch it too much. Although it's
17:11
pretty sturdy. Uh just, you know,
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carefully get it to get into shape and
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get out as much water as you can. All
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right. Then once it's dry, we're going
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to move to our tassels. So it's great
17:25
that I have two colors because you're
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really going to be able to see what I'm
17:28
doing. You can make your solid, you
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know, what whatever you like. It's your
17:32
blanket. You do what you like. But since
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I have two colors, I thought it would be
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fun to, you know, do the contrast. So
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for my tassel,
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what I do is, uh, this I wrapped on a
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DVD case. Those are about 7 and 1/2 in
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the long way. So if you have a a small
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book, if you don't have any DVD cases, I
17:55
feel so dated using those, but I have
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several that I've had for years, even
18:00
though I haven't used them. Everything's
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streaming now. Okay. And then before
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taking it off of the
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Okay, let me
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here. Let me just use one of my
18:12
notebooks. So these are a little bit
18:14
longer. This is my project tracker,
18:16
although I've updated the um the covers
18:19
for this year. You know, wrap it around,
18:22
but before you pull it off the top here,
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what I did was slide under a double
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thickness of yarn up here, secure it,
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and then pull it off.
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And I'll worry about trimming them
18:41
later. Okay, these I'm going to use to
18:43
attach to my blanket and then to make
18:48
the little gather here secure. Let me
18:52
show you. I do
18:59
leave it a little bit of a tail out.
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Gather it up.
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Sure everything's smooth and straight.
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Going
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to wrap this around a few times.
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Okay, that's good.
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in here.
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Small hook.
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Stick it up in there and bring that tail
20:13
down.
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And then the same with the other one.
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Should be up here.
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just in the opposite direction.
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Oops.
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I just trim it to lay flush with
21:25
the base.
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And then um of course you're going to
21:47
line these up and trim and make your
21:51
edges even. They'll be a little slightly
21:54
crooked, but you just trim them up like
21:55
you're doing a haircut. Okay. And then
21:58
I'm going to attach to my corner. Let me
22:00
get my blanket.
22:04
All right. Right. So, I'm going to go
22:05
into the corner here.
22:08
Probably should have used green for this
22:11
top part, this top tie,
22:15
but it's mostly going to be hidden, so
22:16
it doesn't matter.
22:20
I'm going to just do one pass of a knot
22:24
here
22:26
to secure it.
22:36
One more time and then
22:41
open this up.
22:44
Going to work the ends in. I don't know
22:46
if I can do it invisibly with this
22:48
color. Let's see. I may have to take it
22:50
out and put the green yarn in. But just
22:53
so you can see what I'm doing, this is
22:54
going to work nicely. And I'll pull it
22:56
out if I have to. So, this is going to
22:58
be a do as I say and not as I do
23:01
possibly if you do the two-tone. If you
23:03
do all one color, this will not be an
23:06
issue, but I had to be a little extra.
23:09
So, the price I pay,
23:13
make sure I'm not splitting this. Now,
23:16
it's not splitty yarn, but when you use
23:17
a needle, you can sometimes break that
23:19
chainet
23:21
weave that's used for these. I'm going
23:24
to do two kind of weaves a little bit
23:28
and then take the yarn and go back in
23:30
and pull it down through here like I did
23:32
with the little green wrap area there.
23:40
That's normally what I do with my
23:42
tassels,
23:52
mostly invisible.
24:03
of my other ones. I just wo the strands
24:05
all the way around and through the
24:08
blanket and once I knotted it. So that's
24:12
how I attached them. You may have a
24:14
different way that you like, but this is
24:15
just what I've always done.
24:20
And then your blanket's done. Now, if
24:22
your yarn is a little curly, like this
24:24
one's somewhat curly because I took it
24:26
um I needed a new ske to make my
24:28
tassels. The inside where to do a center
24:32
pull, it's kind of bunched up, of
24:34
course. So, you can just wet them and
24:36
let them dry hanging and the weight of
24:38
the water will pull them straight.
24:45
And then you're done. Weave in your ends
24:49
and you have a lovely soft, drapey,
24:52
summery blanket.
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