The Coffee Break Blanket — Easy Chunky Yarn Pattern for Beginners (Fast + Cozy!)

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Hello everyone. Welcome to the channel.
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In this video, we're going to make the
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coffee break blanket. And this is a
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really simple stitch. It is beginner
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friendly.
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And there's just a little bit of a trick
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that I'm going to show you how to work
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it so that you get a great result no
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matter your skill level. Now, I have
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designed this to work with chunky yarn
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and your yarn count will be in your
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pattern.
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And if you don't have the pattern, you
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don't need the pattern to make this. But
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I have a simple formula to calculate how
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much yarn you're going to need based on
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the yarn that you're using. And I will
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link that in the description. So I have
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it written on a blog post and I also
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have a video tutorial if you want me to
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walk you through it and whatnot. Okay,
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so let's get started. I am going to
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demonstrate how to make it with a solid
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color yarn because it's just easier to
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see what you're doing with solid versus
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the variegated yarn. So, this one here
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that this kind of pink raspberry sauce
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looking, this is the Karma yarn from
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Premiere. I have a review on this on my
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channel. The yellow one you see in the
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uh thumbnail is knit pal. It's on Amazon
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and that is the ombre chunky. And that's
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more of a squishy kind of a soft squishy
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yarn. It doesn't drape as nicely as
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something like this, but for the person
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that I made it for, it's perfect. All
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right, so let's get started.
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Right. So, this blanket is made with a
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variation of the linked crochet stitch,
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which is one of my favorites. I have so
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many patterns on my channel with
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variations of the linked single crochet.
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Excuse me. And I'm going to do the
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tutorial with a solid color yarn just to
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make sure that you can see what I'm
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doing with my hook. Sometimes with the
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variegated, it can be a little tricky.
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So, I'm going to have you use stitch
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markers at the ends. It's a It's simple.
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This is beginner friendly, but just for
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hook placement,
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let's do a stitch marker
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for each end. So, with the link
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stitches,
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because you're bringing one stitch,
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you're you're linking it to the next
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stitch, it can throw off your stitch
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count.
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That's um why we're going to use the
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stitch markers. So to begin, and this is
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for uh this is for the chunky version of
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the blanket, the tutorial, you need a
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really loose starting chain, otherwise
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it's going to buckle. And I'm going to
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show you how to make it loose. Not just
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keeping your hand loose, but actually
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making those stitches long. So I'm going
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to do
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let's do six 16 stitches.
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Uh there's no stitch count. Just
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whatever you want. Consider this all
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single crochet. So, I'm going to go in,
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pull up my
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chain, pull it up like don't just make a
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chain, pull it up, then work the next
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stitch. Pull up. You see, I'm pulling
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the yarn up
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before I stitch. You can do foundation
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single crochet, but I know a lot of
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makers find those challenging. So, I'm
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going to keep it easy by making these
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loose starting stitches or one and two.
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Again, I've pulled up this stitch.
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Three. Pull.
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Four. Pull. Five. Pull up. Nice and
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loose.
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Six.
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Seven. Pull up.
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Eight. Pull up. Nine.
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14 pull up 15 pull up
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16 pull up and then also and you may
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have to play around. I would recommend
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doing a test swatch because you want to
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see how big of a hook you're going to
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need for the yarn that you've chosen.
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I have a 8 mm hook for this.
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Now, from here, I'm going to add two
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stitches. One and two. These are turning
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stitches, so I'm not pulling them quite
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as loose. Then yarn over. Skip those two
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you just made. Go into that first
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stitch. Pull up a loop.
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Now I'm gonna stitch mark.
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There's the one. Here's the second one.
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Second one is my kind of my end turn
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chain. I want to mark that to make sure
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that I see it when I'm coming back.
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And mark it as if that's where your hook
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is going to go.
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You see it's the two V's on the
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marker.
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Lock it your locking stitch markers.
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Okay, back to where we were. So, I've
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yarned over, gone into the first loop,
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yarn over again. Don't do anything else.
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Go into the next stitch. Pull up another
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loop. Keeping it loose. Yarn over. Pull
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through all five.
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Now you see we have the stitch marker
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because the first stitch and the second
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stitch were joined into one which is
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this stitch turn chain and then the
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marked
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chain first chain of the chain two.
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It'll make sense as you're working this.
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Now don't don't chain or anything. Just
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yarn over. Go into the last stitch you
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went into. Pull up a loop. It's that
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same stitch that was just worked there.
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Yarn over, go into the next stitch, thus
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linking the two together with this
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little bit of a cluster. Five loops on
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hook. Yarn over, pull through. Don't
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chain. Yarn over.
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Go back into that same stitch. Pull up a
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loop.
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Yarn over before going into the next
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loop.
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Keeping it loose. Pull through. Yarn
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over. Back into the same stitch
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before going into the next stitch.
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Pull through all five.
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And you're starting to make some
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clusters.
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Let's do a couple more.
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Yarn over back into the same stitch.
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Pull up. Then yarn over. Go into the
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next stitch. Pull up.
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Keep things loose.
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Pull through.
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Yarn over.
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Same stitch. Pull up a loop. Yarn over.
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Go into the next loop. Five loops on
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hook. Yarn over, pull through all.
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All right. So, just keep this up till
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you get to the end of the row.
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All right. So, I finished my row. Should
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look like this.
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And I'm going to need my second stitch
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marker.
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Chain two.
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I'm going to keep my eye right here.
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I want my stitch marker to go into
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the first stitch of the chain.
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There's one. There's two. Right into the
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base. Both loops on hook or both loops
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on the marker.
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Oops. It looks like I split my yarn.
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There we go. See, I've got my V on
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there. Close it up
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and start this again.
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Go in. Yarn over. Go into the first
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stitch.
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Yarn over into the second stitch.
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Pull through.
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Okay. So, this is row two. This will be
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your repeat.
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Gosh, this chunky yarn
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you it gets eaten up so quickly,
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especially with these thicker stitches.
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Okay, yarn over.
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Go into that stitch. Yarn over before
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going into the next stitch like we have
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been.
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Pull up.
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Right.
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So, I'm coming to the end.
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And this is where we have to consider
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that we are essentially losing a stitch
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when we make the first stitch of the
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row. So it's made up on the end here.
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Okay. So let's look. This is the last
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visible stitch up here. The top that
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first
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stitch we went into when starting this
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yarn over. Go in there. All
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right. So, now we're going to utilize
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the marked stitch to add in the last
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stitch of the row. So, go back like you
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have been into the last stitch. Now,
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look, make sure you're in that stitch
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and yarn over and go into this marked
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stitch down here. So, let's see. Where's
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it? There are the loops.
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Got both loops on hook. Pull up
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nice and high.
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Pull through. Take out your marker.
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Chain two.
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One, two.
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Mark that first of the two chains cuz
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we'll work into that coming back.
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And then repeat row two again.
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Go into the first stitch, pull up a
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loop.
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Then next stitch, pull up a loop.
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And so on,
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really simple.
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And then you'll see when you come down
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here to finish this stitch, your um your
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two loops on the or two the V the stitch
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on the stitch marker. That is where you
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put your hook in.
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Come in right here.
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See, it's right where the marker is.
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and finish your round. So, your last
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stitch. Let me finish this row. We'll do
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it together. Just one more. Get you
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comfortable with it.
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All right. So, I'm coming to the end.
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Yeah. Start this stitch. Whoops.
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Okay. Find that last top stitch which is
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here or the first the top of the last
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stitch of the row. Five loops on hook.
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And then we've got to add another one in
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there. So we yarn over, go into that
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stitch again. Yarn over. Then find where
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this marker is
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and the two
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loops it's holding. Go down in there.
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Pull up the loop.
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Chain one. Chain two.
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my stitch marker and put it back into
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the
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this one here. The first
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chain two,
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the first of the chain twos. There we
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go. At the base.
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Okay, so the base stitch and then the
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turn chain
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is how I like to think of that. chain
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two
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and then you just keep working it until
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it is the size that you want.
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And you'll want to do a really simple
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border on this. I you could do an
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elaborate one, but with the chunky
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blanket, I don't know how elaborate of a
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border you want to do, but your single
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crochet borders are going to pull this
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out nicely. And then you see with our
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really loose uh chain base, there's no
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pulling. Everything's just laying nice
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and smooth. It's not
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um you know, narrow cuz because it was
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too tight down there. But this starts to
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make almost like a braided look. Really
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pretty and pretty with um the thicker
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yarns.
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Did you know I designed project
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trackers? Large print and regular print
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for small, medium, and large size
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projects. The link is in the description
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to get your own or you can try it for
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free.
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There's a download on my website, link
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in description.
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So, I've made this the width that I
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want. This is This is such an unusual
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size I feel for a blanket, but it's a
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custom size request. So, it's a very uh
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very much kind of a slim rectangle. It's
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very a little youngster that likes to
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hold it a certain way.
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Um, for chunky blankets especially, my
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personal taste is I don't like much of a
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border. This stitch I feel does need a
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little bit of a border just to keep the
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edges clean. My other chunky pattern.
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Maybe I have two, but I don't have
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borders on them.
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But this one I feel because of how that
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last stitch is worked, it's still pretty
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clean and straight, but I feel like it
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needs that single crochet all the way
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around working the three stitches in the
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corners as you come around. Right. So,
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no stitch count. I'm just going to
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single crochet around. Now, your
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preference, you know, if you like
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something different, of course, it's
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your blanket. You do what you like, but
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I'm going to start working a single
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crochet around. And of course, you will
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see how it looks in the thumbnail.
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So, let me let's see. I ended here. So,
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this is my last stitch. So, I'm going to
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chain one and then do the quarter turn
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and start working
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across the shorter edge.
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My wrist is still it's feeling better,
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but it's still a little weird. If you've
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been following me, I have a wrist
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injury. Now, what I would say is make
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sure that you get two loops on the hook
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for a secure
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stitch with your edge, but not more than
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that. So, I'm going to do one
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in that kind of finishing cluster, and
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then my second one will be in the more
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open space below it. And that should
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kind of be the right amount of stitches
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per
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row. Okay. So, let's do another one.
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Come back to the side. Find
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where that hook should go. Since it's
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kind of twisted together, you'll have to
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sort of fish around. Get in there and
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keep them loose so that it's not
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buckling.
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Right. And I'm going to go in here.
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There's kind of a little bit of a space.
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Go back and look.
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Find
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where I want my stitch.
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Now that's looks a little loose.
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And then of course you can adjust as you
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go. If it seems like it's getting
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buckling, like a little bit too tight or
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flaring, you can go back and adjust. I'm
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just going to slowly do a baseline of
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single crochet around. See how it looks.
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See if I want to, you know, finish maybe
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with a yarn over, slip stitch, something
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like that. Let me work this round and
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then I'll come back and we'll see what
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some other options are
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to, you know, gild the lily. But see how
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that makes it look a little bit more
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clean.
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Now here I want to call your attention
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when you're to the bottom. So this is
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that starting chain row we did. Now
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remember I made really long stitches,
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right? So you're going to have these big
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openings in between. So, this will not
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be a one for one stitch placement. And
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some of these you're going to want to
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work two stitches so that you do not
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have the buckling. So, not every stitch
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will need two in it, but I would say
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kind of watch how how it is when you're
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going along. This is going to vary based
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on the yarn you use cuz these bulkier
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yarns, they're really tricky and also
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they magnify everything you do. So for
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me so far working I don't know I've done
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about 30 stitches. I would say every
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eighth ninth stitch I've put two
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stitches in one just so that there's no
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pulling or buckling going on
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because that will ruin the effect. The
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blanket will not lay flat. So here you
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see I'm doing my two crochet. Make sure
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you get two loops on the hook so that's
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nice and secure.
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I'm just working. Here's three.
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Four. I'm just going to be checking as I
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go. Make sure it's still laying flat.
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No, no bunching, buckling, none of that.
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Five. So, now it's starting to feel like
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I'm really extending and reaching my
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hook into that next stitch. Here's six.
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So, I'm going to put another one in
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here. So, just kind of feel it around as
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you go
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on at least on this side. Your other
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side should be just fine.
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All right. So, I finished my single
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crochet around. It's just really subtle.
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So, now I'm going to do a yarn over. If
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I can get my yarn a yarn over, slip
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stitch.
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Yarn went under the chair.
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Okay. So, this is I did my three in the
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corner and now I'm back to the very
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first stitch I made, which was right
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here. So, this was my finished row. I
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chain one, did a quarter turn, and now
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here I am. So, I'm going to slip into
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here
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and then same stitch,
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yarn over, go in, pull up, and then you
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want to keep the Oh, I'm twisted right
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there. I don't want that. Yarn over,
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pull up. So the yarn over, slip stitch
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can get tight if you don't keep your
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tension a little bit loose. So pull up
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and slip. Yarn over, go in, pull up, and
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slip. That gives just a little more of a
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decorative edge instead of just a
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regular slip stitch. You've got that
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extra
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bit of yarn.
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You see how it's kind of giving more of
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an edge? Kind of lifting it just a
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little bit to frame the blanket.
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So that's how I'm working this. And if
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you want to, if you're doing a larger
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blanket, since this is a smaller size, I
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just need a delicate little edge of one
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row of single crochet. If you're doing a
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larger size, you might want a second
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round or do half double crochet as your
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edge.
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instead of single. I I don't know that I
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would do a double crochet. You can try
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it. See how it looks in proportion to
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your blanket. And of course, the yarn
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you're using is going to dictate some of
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this.
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All right. So, that's how I make the
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coffee break blanket.
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Let me know what color you're making in
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the comments if you're making it. I
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always love to know what colors people
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are working with.
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And thanks for watching.

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