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Golden Hour Blanket Crochet Tutorial — Easy Free Crochet Blanket Pattern with Gothic Shell Border
Jul 16, 2026
Learn how to make the Golden Hour Blanket, an easy crochet pattern featuring a textured cluster stitch body and a gothic shell stitch border. This tutorial walks through the small size step by step — perfect for a baby blanket or lap throw, and a great next project if you've made a blanket or two before and want to try something more textured.
The full written pattern for this size is free on the blog, linked below. The complete pattern with all three sizes (Small, Throw, and Full/Queen) is available as a paid download for anyone who wants to make this blanket in every size.
Get the free pattern: https://livechilllife.com/featured/the-golden-hour-blanket-a-free-easy-crochet-blanket-pattern/
Get the full pattern (all 3 sizes):
My shop: https://livechilllife.com/downloads/golden-hour-crochet-blanket/
Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/golden-hour-blanket
Etsy: https://livechilllife.etsy.com/listing/4538756323/golden-hour-blanket-crochet-pattern
In this video:
Foundation chain and Row 1 setup
Working the cluster/shell stitch body
Gothic shell stitch border, rounds 1–4
Troubleshooting tip for picot curling
Materials used:
Premier Yarns Everyday Worsted Anti-Pilling Gradient yarn (200g / 360 yards per skein), 5mm hook, stitch markers, tapestry needle, scissors
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In this video, I'm going to show you how
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to make the small size of the Golden
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Hour blanket.
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This is a free pattern. It's on the
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blog, which I will have linked in the
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description, and the larger size options
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are available in the paid PDF pattern,
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which will also be linked below. So,
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this is a lap blanket size, kind of a
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oh, maybe a crib blanket. I love a lap
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blanket. I have three. I keep one in the
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car when my legs get cold in the winter.
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I have one on my sofa for the same
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purpose, and then here in the design
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studio, which is a little drafty. I have
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a lot of windows, and it's nice when my
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legs feel cold.
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The size before the border is 27 and 1/2
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by 36.
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So, let's talk about the yarn. Beautiful
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gradient, probably caught your eye.
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I used
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Premier anti-pilling everyday worsted
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gradient. This is a category four yarn.
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However, it is a thin category four. So,
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you can use a category three yarn or
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this. Now, I have worked up a swatch in
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a more standard or a little bit heavier
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category four to show you the
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difference, and also this is multi-color
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instead of gradient. Just if you're
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curious how it's going to look with a
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non-gradient yarn. See, it doesn't quite
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show this the definition as well, but
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it's still really beautiful. And this is
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the I love this yarn
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in peacock tails if you happen to like
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this color.
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And you can see
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because it's a thicker yarn,
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it is going to expand the size of your
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blanket.
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I would say by 15 to 20%, and you will
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also have to use a larger hook just to
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get some drape. So, for the pattern used
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with the
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uh made with the yarn that I'm showing
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you, I used 5 mm hook. Now, if you're
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going to go up to the more standard or
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thicker category 4, I would go up to a
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5.5 or even a 6, just so that you get
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some drape and not have a stiff blanket.
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All right, so get your hook and yarn,
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follow along, and we will make this
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beautiful blanket.
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All right, so you will start by chaining
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106
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stitches.
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And I'm going to work a smaller size to
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show you how to work the stitch repeat.
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So, once you've chained your six
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stitches,
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we will go in,
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skip the first chain, and single crochet
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across.
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So, your final row count for row one
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will be 105 stitches, and then for the
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other sizes, you will see what that is
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inside of the pattern.
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All right, so when you get to the end of
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the row, you're going to chain one and
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turn.
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Single crochet in the first stitch.
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Then, chain two.
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One,
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two,
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and go back into the first stitch
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creating four double crochet.
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So, I'm going to yarn over, go into that
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same first stitch,
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and double crochet.
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And three more times. Yarn over, go in
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the same stitch. Okay, so we're creating
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a cluster here.
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There's two.
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Here's my third one.
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And one more makes four.
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Right, and it should look like this.
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Now, your first row is going to look a
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little like that, but we will correct
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that when we get to the next row. So,
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let's just work this first row, which is
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row two. Now, we're going to skip three.
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1 2 3 and do the same cluster again in
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that fourth stitch. Go in and make a
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single crochet.
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Chain two.
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And again, four double crochet in the
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same stitch.
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One.
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Two.
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Three.
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And four.
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And we'll just repeat this across the
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row. Skip three, 1 2 3, and work that
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cluster.
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Single crochet.
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Chain two and four double crochet into
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the same stitch.
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And I will meet you at the end of the
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row.
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Right, and I'm at the end. You should
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have 1 2 3 stitches left and then that
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final for the fourth stitch that you
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work in.
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So, from here you will only crochet a
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single crochet into that final stitch.
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Like so.
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Chain one, turn.
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And then we work our repeat. So, this is
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a one row repeat pattern.
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Single crochet in the first. We're going
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to work the same shells. Chain two.
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And then the four double crochet.
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One.
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Two.
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Three.
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And four.
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This is where we do a little bit of a
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change.
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Get some more yarn here.
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You'll still be working these clusters,
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but they'll be worked a little bit
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differently to give the beautiful
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texture.
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Right? So, we go 1 2 3. Skip over those
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first three double crochet.
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Then work a single crochet front post
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stitch in the fourth one. So, go behind
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the post
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and work that single crochet.
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Then chain two as we have been. And
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you'll work four double crochet and
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you'll work them into the chain two
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space from the previous row. Do not work
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down here. Remember we skipped three to
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create our clusters in the last row. Do
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not work down there. You are working in
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the chain two space
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of the cluster before. On the uh on the
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previous row. So, I'm going to go back
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in there and make my four double
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crochet. One,
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two,
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three,
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and four.
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All right, let's do the next one. Skip
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the one, two, three first double
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crochets. Go into the fourth one, that
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post, pull it push it forward, put your
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hook behind there. Then work your single
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crochet.
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Chain two,
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and work your four double crochet
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in the chain two space back here, not
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down here.
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One,
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two,
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three,
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and four.
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And you'll start to see that texture
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develop.
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And it looks the same on both sides as
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you're working through.
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So, the blanket looks beautiful no
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matter which way you turn it.
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All right, keep doing that and I'll meet
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you at the end of the row.
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All right, now I'm at the end of the
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row. How do we finish these rows?
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Go again, work that front post single
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crochet.
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And then single crochet into the top of
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the turning chain before.
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So, let's find that.
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Here's the turning chain. We did the
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chain one.
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And if you're really struggling, you can
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just go into that chain space that's Oh,
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let me pull this out and show you.
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It won't It won't really impact
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anything. You know how we have this
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chain space? We did the single crochet
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chain two and started the cluster in the
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previous row. If you just want to work
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it in there, that would be fine.
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If you're fiddling too much here trying
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to get your hook in that chain, um it
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might split your yarn and take away your
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joy of working your beautiful blanket.
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So, that's how it looks. Now, with the
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small size that you're making that this
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tutorial is for, you will have 26
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shells.
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>> [music]
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[music]
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>> If you like the look of how my
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um gradient looks, I This is the method
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I used for all my gradient. I got my cat
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got on here.
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I make it look more dramatic by lining
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up the the deep and the light. Let me
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explain what I mean. So, I started
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center pull
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here,
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the light color, and then of course it
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works up to where the dark is. Then when
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it's time, this is where I added in my
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next row. It got a little kind of a marl
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look at the end.
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So, I worked from the outside of the
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skein,
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so I would continue that dark tone
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gradually going back to the light tone.
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Now, on my third skein, so this is two
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skeins, light,
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then to the dark, then this is the
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outside of the second skein, working all
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the way to the inside to the lightest
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color. And now for skein three, which I
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am attaching here, I've got a magic knot
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here where I've just joined it and then
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I'll just continue working the light
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color and depending how
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um
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long this goes, it's how much of the
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deep tone will show up before I start
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working the border. So, that's how I
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join my
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ombre yarns. I did that with uh I have a
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shawl, I'll put it up in the up here in
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the card somewhere and you can see I use
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that same effect with it.
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All right, now that you've got all of
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your rows worked, I'm going to have you
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get out your stitch markers and we've
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got to do the final close-up row,
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which is here. So, we've got our last
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row of shells. It looks kind of raw,
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right? Because it's not a finished
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closing straight edge, which is what
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we're going to do now. So, the border
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needs to be a very specific stitch count
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that does not line up with the stitch
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count of our blanket. So, we're going to
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fix that now.
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And for your size small, the free
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pattern, I'm going to have you mark
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stitches. You have uh 26 shells. You're
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going to mark stitch uh or shell number
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nine,
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18 with a stitch marker, and 25.
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And the reason we're going to be doing
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that is all of our shells will get four
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single crochet in the top of each of the
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double crochet except for the three
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marked
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shells. Those will only get three and
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then we'll have our correct total,
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which will be 101.
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Now, if you're making the larger sizes
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in the um PDF pattern, your shells to be
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marked is written in there, but you'll
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follow the same technique. So, I'm going
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to chain one just to turn
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and these stitches we'll work in for
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four are the four double crochets that
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make up that shell cluster. Don't worry
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about the single crochet and the chain
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space, only the four double crochet
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unless it is a marked shell, which gets
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three.
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All right, so we're going to do single
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crochet into the first of the four
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double crochet of the shell.
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One.
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Two.
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Three.
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And four. You might want to mark that
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first stitch because as we come up these
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sides, it all starts to blur together.
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So, I'm going to put a different color
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marker in that one.
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>> [clears throat]
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>> One, two, three, four. So, this is the
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first one. And then when I come up to
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this
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this the space before that will be my
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corner and final stitch of the row as
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I'm coming back this way, but we have a
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ways to go before we get there.
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All right, then the next shell is not
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marked. So, going to work four again in
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the top of those double crochets.
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There's one,
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two,
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three,
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and four.
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Skip over to the next shell. Again, four
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single crochet in top of the four double
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crochet.
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Next shell, same thing. There's four.
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And so on.
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I'll work the next few until I come up
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to my stitch marker and I'll show you
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how I work the three
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uh single crochet on that shell. Okay,
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so here is my marked shell. So, I'm
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going to skip the first
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double crochet here that kind of leans
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to the right. Just skip over that and
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work the top three that are highest up.
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One,
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two,
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and three.
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And then continue to work
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four
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until I get to my next marked
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cluster stitch.
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Four.
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You have a nice
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straight edge. No puckering, no pulling,
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just nice and smooth.
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My
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uh file that I had for this tip got
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corrupted. I'm here editing.
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When you come to your corner and work
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your three stitches, do mark the second
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of the three, so the center of that
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corner stitch, because as you're
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working, especially when you're using
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these multi-color yarns, it can get a
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little difficult to see. So, like with
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my sample that I started with, that kind
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of peacock, I think it's actually called
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peacock. Especially with something like
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this, if you like the look of this and
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you want to use this, it's going to be
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extremely difficult to see those corners
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when you've got, you know, sometimes
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two, three, four colors in a strand as
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you get there. So, mark those corner
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center stitches. This is not a difficult
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border, just watch your um the
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the stitches in the corner. One, two,
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three, one, mark it, two, three. Okay?
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Back to the tutorial. All right, so the
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101 stitches with the three corner
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stitch marked the second stitch. I will
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keep reminding you to do that. So now to
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work down the side here.
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This is again, we have to kind of
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fool with our stitch count to get the
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right amount. So for this size blanket,
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we need to do 126
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stitches down the side of
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And that comes out to be about three per
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shell, give or take. So you need to
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count as you go and then of course we'll
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finish with the three corner stitches.
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So I'm going to just keep working.
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Let's see. Do
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one
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and two. So what I do is I put two in
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that kind of chain two space and then
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one where it's more um
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tight and together. But kind of count,
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watch your spacing.
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The thing with this border setup is it's
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better to err on the side of too few
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than too many, otherwise that uh that
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shell border will flare out. And that
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looks uh a little bit unsightly, in my
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opinion.
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You do what you like, but that's just
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how I've structured the stitches for the
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blanket sizes. All right, so one, two,
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three, keep going, four.
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Five.
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It's a chain two space. I'm going to put
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two in there.
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Six.
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Seven and so on. And then as you kind of
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get towards the end, when you have about
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this much left, that's where you can
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kind of play around and and um
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get your stitch count right where it
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needs to be. If you need to
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add in a couple more
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re-space a little bit to remove a couple
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more.
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But, this should this adding two in
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these chain spaces and one in the
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more dense area should get you pretty
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close to that count.
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It's not a perfect science
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on the side like it is with some of our
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other stitch counts.
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All right, so I finished my first long
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side. So, I've got my 126 stitches, then
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the three corner turn, and I've marked
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the center of that corner, which is the
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second stitch of the three, with a
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stitch marker. Now, we're at the side
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where our starting chain was, and our
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starting chain was not 101 stitches.
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It was a few more than that, uh six
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more. So, we're just going to carefully
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place our stitches so that we have 101
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before we get to the corner where we
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will make our
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three corner stitches totaling 104
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stitches.
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Now, if for some reason you're off by
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one, it's not a big deal.
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But, try to stay as close as you can to
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the stitch count so that your border
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looks
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uh correct. All right, so I'm going to
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start working. Place for my stitch. And
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I'm going to count as I go
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to make sure I get that 101
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stitch count. So, it won't be stitch for
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stitch, which it's kind of a tricky with
21:06
a chain anyway because it doesn't look
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like the finished edge of a
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final
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row when you're working a project.
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Unless of course you do foundation
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stitches, but
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we did not do that with this.
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It's going to kind of work. Make sure
21:27
you get two loops on your hook so it's
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sturdy.
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And then I'll meet you back at that end
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of this side of the blanket.
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All right, so I'm at stitch 100.
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And
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I'm going to put my corner
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here.
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So I'll do my stitch 101 here and then
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work my three
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single crochet into that corner there.
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So
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you see how this intersection has all
22:03
kind of this going on. I want a pretty
22:06
sturdy corner. That's why I'm going to
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go inside this shell, that chain two
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space of that first shell
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and work my corner.
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So I'll do my one,
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two,
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and three.
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And then I'll mark that
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second of the three stitches so that I
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know where my corner is. Can be just a
22:33
little tricky
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cuz you're coming around and to save
22:37
your eyes as we work the next row, just
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put that stitch marker in there.
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All right, so now
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I'm going to work up this side just like
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we did with the other side.
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And so I've got 125 stitches. Now I've
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got to do my final one to make 126.
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So here's the first stitch that I made
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of that finishing round for that um
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the final row of the shells row 40 and I
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marked the first stitch. So I'm going to
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work my corner right around in here. My
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three
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one
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two
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and three.
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And you know what I'm going to say?
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Going to mark that stitch.
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The second one
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there
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cuz I will be working into that
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as I come around again.
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Okay, so now what? Keep working.
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So from here
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going to chain three one
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two
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three.
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Skip three. So first stitch, that's why
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I left the stitch marker in here.
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Because that's the stitch. One, two,
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three.
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Then work four double crochet in the
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next four stitches.
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One
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two
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three
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and
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four.
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Chain three
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one, two three
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skip three.
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Where's that? One, two, three.
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And again, work four double crochet.
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I'm going to do this all the way across
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the row.
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>> Chain three.
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Skip three. 1 2 3.
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And work four double crochet.
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I said keep doing that and I'll meet you
25:12
at the end to show you how we work the
25:13
corners
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of this round.
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So, I'm coming to the corner
25:33
and it should look something like this.
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I've worked my group of four.
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Chain three. 1 2 3. And there's that
25:43
stitch marker in the center. Okay? So,
25:46
we're going to work into that next.
25:49
So, I'll do my chain three.
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1
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2 and 3. Yarn over and work three double
25:56
crochet into that corner
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stitch.
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1
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Take the marker out.
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So, three into the same stitch.
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2 and 3.
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Chain three.
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Then we'll exit out of the corner. Skip
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three.
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You skip the third stitch in that corner
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stitch. 1 2 3. And then do your four
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double crochet again. So, you do all
26:43
this same way around the whole outside.
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>> three and four.
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Chain three.
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Skip three.
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Work here.
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That is a one, two, three key here.
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And then work my four double crochet.
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All right, so finish your whole round
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and then we will work our shell stitch
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round next.
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All right, so I'm at the end of the
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round. I have my chain three and I'm
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going to work my final
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uh three double crochet into that center
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stitch of the first
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um round. One,
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two,
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and three.
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All right, so
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All right, now from here, I don't need
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this stitch marker anymore. Let me take
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this out from the previous round.
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So, we have that chain three from the
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first round, which is right here, right?
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Slip into that space.
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Chain one.
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Then we'll start working our clusters as
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follows.
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Three double crochet
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into the chain three space.
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Two, three.
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And I want to point out now
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depending on your tension, the yarn
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you're using, you know, whatnot. If you
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notice your shells after you've worked
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maybe three, they look like they're
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flaring a little bit, go down a hook
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size. So, I'm using 5 mm for this. I
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could go down to a 4.5 or even a 4, just
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depending how it looks. So, I'm going to
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work a few stitches.
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Especially, sorry about that. And you'll
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notice that when you're using a heavier
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category 4 yarn.
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Chain two, then go back into that same
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chain three space and work three more
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double crochet.
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So, it's three double crochet, chain
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two, and three double crochet.
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Like so.
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Then,
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chain one.
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And let's look at our four double
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crochet where the top of the stitch is.
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So, I'm going to move this 1 2 3 4. Skip
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this one. Then, we're going to single
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crochet two together.
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So, go into the second stitch, pull up a
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loop, go into third stitch, pull up a
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loop, yarn over, pull through all three.
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Chain one and skip the fourth double
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crochet from the previous row and work
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the shell cluster again into the chain
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three space here.
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Right? So, there's one. I'll do a few of
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these with you.
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Two.
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Three.
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Chain two.
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Three double crochet.
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One.
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Two.
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And three.
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Then
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chain one,
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skip
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single crochet the middle two of the
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four together.
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Pull up a loop. Third one, pull up a
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loop, yarn over, pull through all, chain
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one, then work the shell again in the
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next chain three space.
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Three, chain two.
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And then
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another cluster.
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You can kind of start to see if you want
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to go down
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a hook size or two at this point.
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I think I'm okay here.
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But just, you know, see how things look
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for you.
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And uh
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you know, just pull it out now and try
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with your smaller hook before you get
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too far in. And then I'll meet you at
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the corner. Going to work this row.
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All right, so I'm at my corner here. So
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I've done my single crochet two
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together, chain one, and I'm going to
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work a final shell before the corner. So
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the corner is the three double crochet.
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All right, so let's work that last
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shell.
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Three double crochet, chain two.
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Three double crochet.
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All right. chain one
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and work a double crochet into the top
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of the second crochet in that
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three
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stitch space, three double crochet
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space. Chain one and just keep it
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moving. We'll we'll go right immediately
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into the next chain three space and work
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our next shell stitch. So, it's just
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that simple working the corners for this
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round.
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Okay, three.
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We do finish it and then we'll look at
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it.
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Two and then
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I have one more.
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Oh, I worked four. That's one too many.
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That's going to make it too big.
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See, when I'm talking
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I'm not counting as well. All right.
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Chain two and then work the three in the
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double
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three and three double crochet in the
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chain three space.
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Here we go.
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All right. So, there's our We're
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rounding the corner, right?
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Um
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cluster stitch or the shell stitch,
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crescent stitch, whatever you like to
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call it. Then there's our three stitches
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in the corner. We just worked a chain
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one double crochet into the top of that
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center stitch, chain one to exit that
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corner, and then continue working the
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cluster stitches, crescent stitch, or
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cluster stitch, however you like to
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refer to it.
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And that's how you work this round.
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Really easy.
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I thought I finished my round of shells
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and put my
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I did a chain one and put a final single
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crochet in the top of that center
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cluster from the first round.
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I'm going to chain one
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and we'll work the final row sort of
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gilding the lily.
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And then each of the three
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stitches for the the top of each double
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crochet that leads into that chain two
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space, that will get a single crochet.
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So, you're going to work three single
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crochet.
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One,
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two,
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and three.
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Then in the chain two space, we'll do
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this picot stitch cluster. So, you'll
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first work two single crochet
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inside that space.
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Then picot by working one,
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two,
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three chains then slip stitch.
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Okay, here. Let me show you.
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The top first loop of that
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um
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first stitch, then down here
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the front loop
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of the chain.
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And you'll see it as you're working it.
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It'll be really visible to you. So,
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bring your hook down into the front of
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that first chain
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and then that next loop
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kind of catty-corner or slanted down
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this way. Then bring
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your yarn over through and slip the
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stitch.
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Just like that and that will make your
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picot.
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Then we need two more single crochet
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inside that same space. Just like we
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started with the two single crochet
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picot, we're going to finish with two
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single crochet. So, there'll be five
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stitches inside of this
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uh chain two space.
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Then we need three more, one at the top
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of each of the three remaining double
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crochet for the shell.
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And the first one's going to be kind of
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hidden behind this cluster. Just stick
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that get that hook in there.
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1
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2
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and 3.
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Then we have this stitch down here that
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is between the
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um the shells.
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Slip stitch into that.
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That'll give us a dramatic
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up and down kind of look.
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Okay? And then we'll do the same thing
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again with the next cluster.
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Okay, so let's do another set together.
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Three single crochet in the top of the
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three double crochet.
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2
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and 3.
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Then we've got our chain two space to
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work the picot cluster, as I call it.
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My yarn.
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There we go. Okay? Two single crochet.
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1 and 2.
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Okay? You see I'm working in that chain
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two space.
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Then picot. 1
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2 and 3 chains. And then slip stitch
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into this front loop and this other
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front loop.
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Yarn over, pull through.
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And slip this stitch.
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Then work the remaining two single
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crochet in that chain two space.
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Then three single crochet into the top
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of each of these double crochet.
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1
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2
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and 3.
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Slip stitch into this stitch, that
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single crochet.
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And continue.
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See? Not hard. You can do it.
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Two and three. All right, so I'm going
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to finish this row and the corner is
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really simple, but I will, of course,
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show you how to work the corner when I
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get to it.
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All right, so I'm coming up at the
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corner.
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And I've got one more single crochet in
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the top of the double crochet.
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All right, so here's our corner. We just
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have the one single double crochet in
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the center of the three corner stitches
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from the prior row.
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And you'll work it just like you did
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these in between sections. Just slip
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stitch into it. No chaining, none of
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that.
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I'll just go in, slip stitch, and then
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keep working as I have been
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with the single crochet in the top of my
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double crochets in the clusters.
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Okay, so finish your work all the way
39:25
around and then you are done. You weave
39:27
in your ends and you have your beautiful
39:30
golden hour blanket.
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