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In this video, I'll show you how to crochet granny stitch Christmas stockings that will add a festive touch to your holiday décor. Get everything you need here - USA - https://www.amazon.com/shop/lullabylodge?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_6NYZ15JWQW8AH4XC7WZZ
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This classic design is not only beautiful but also fun and easy to make. Follow along as I guide you through each step of the process using the classic granny stripe stitch. We'll start by discussing the materials you'll need and then dive into the basics of the granny stitch. You'll learn how to crochet granny stitch Christmas stockings with clear, easy-to-follow instructions, perfect for both beginners and experienced crocheters.
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you're looking for a festive gift for
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someone or want to make stockings for
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your kids my granny Stitch stocking is
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so easy to make works out fast and is a
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great stashbuster project use as many
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colors as you like or crochet in classic
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colors like mine so today I'm going to
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be using stylecraft life double knit and
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this particular one has these little NPS
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in the yarn which gives you a kind of
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Tweedy look I'll be using two different
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colors for mine but you can of course
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use as many colors as you like and I'll
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be working with a 4mm hook today going
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to start with by putting a slip knot on
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my
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hook and we're going to chain
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four and join that first Stitch to make
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a
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ring then go to chain
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three this counts as our first double
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crochet then going to put another double
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crochet into that ring
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and I'm going to keep putting double
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crochets into the ring until I have a
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total of 15 double crochet that's
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including that chain three as
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well now I was working over my tail as I
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went and then you can just give that a
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little bit of tug and that will close up
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that hole just a little bit in Center
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then going to join to the top that chain
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three so we're going to chain three this
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counts as our first double crochet we're
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going to put another double crochet into
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that same
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Stitch and in the next Stitch a double
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crochet and then another double crochet
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into that same
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Stitch and we're going to repeat this
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all the way
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around with two double
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crochets in each Stitch
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we a total of 30 stitches we're going to
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join to the top of this chain
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three and begin round three so we'll
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chain three to start this counts as our
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first double crochet and we're going to
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put double crochet another
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one
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whoops in that same
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stitch in the next
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Stitch double crochet
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and in the following Stitch two double
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crochet so we're going to repeat this
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around alternating between one double
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crochet and then in the next Stitch two
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double
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crochet in the next Stitch one double
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crochet in the following
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Stitch two double crochet so just keep
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repeating that all the way
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around we're a total of 45 stitches and
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as usual we're going to join to the top
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of the chain
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three and for the next round chain three
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to
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start and put another double crochet
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into that same
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stitch in the next Stitch double
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crochet in the following Stitch double
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crochet and that's what we're going to
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repeat so in the next Stitch two double
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crochet
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one
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and
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two and in the next two stitches one
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double
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crochet so just repeat that all the way
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around a total of 60 stitches and we're
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then going to join
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with a slip
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stitch we finished with our increases
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now so from now on we're just going to
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be working a double crochet into each
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Stitch so chain three to
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start we'll put a double crochet into
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the next
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Stitch and the next
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Stitch and in each Stitch around just
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one double
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crochet in each
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Stitch so I've work all the way around
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put a double crochet in each Stitch and
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then just joining with a slip stitch to
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the top of that chain
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three so you're going to repeat this
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round twice
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more okay so I've just finished round
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seven I'm going to fasten off
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now so I am done with the
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green now you're going to end up with
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something looks like this kind of ball
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shape so what you want to do is fold
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that in half
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like
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so and that makes the the toe part of
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your stocking so I'm changing colors now
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I'm going to be using this uh natural
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color what it's called natural lip it's
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called natural NE there we
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go so I'm going to put a slip knot on my
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hook with a new color
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and I'm going to put a single crochet
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into that Stitch where we fastened
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off like
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so and then I'm going to do another
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stitch on top of it so it's a stacked
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Stitch I'm going to put my hook through
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this first
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leg and work a single crochet and that's
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going to count as our first double
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crochet now you can do this actually
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here instead of the chain three if you
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want to but I like to do this when I'm
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working granny Stitch because I just
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think when it's in the round it looks a
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bit more seamless so we're going to put
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two double crochet into that same
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Stitch that's one now I like to carry
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this tail and work over it as as I'm
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going so I'm going to pick that up while
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I'm doing this second double crochet so
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I'm going in with the first part of the
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double crochet as a normal then I'm just
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going to lay the tail over the hook
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finish off that
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Stitch and then take that across we're
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going to skip skip the next two two
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stitches one two and a double crochet
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into that one so I'm going around both
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of those into the Stitch pulling up a
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loop finishing off that double crochet
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stitch and then just gently pulling that
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so it disappears and then I can do two
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more double crochet into that same
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Stitch and work over that
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tail and again I'm going to pick it up
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once more after I've done the first part
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of that Stitch
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pick up the tail finish off the Stitch
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carry it across skip the next
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two double crochet into that next
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Stitch just pull that so it disappears
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and then two more into that same
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Stitch and I'm going to repeat this all
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the way around so skip two and then a
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granny cluster which is three double
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crochet into the same Stitch skip two
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granny cluster skip to Granny cluster
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all the way
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around so I worked all the way around in
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granny Stitch skipping those last two
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stitches and then joining to the top of
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that stacked
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Stitch and now we're going to
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turn and we're going to start off Wi
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putting a stack Stitch into this space
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here like so
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then two double crochet into that same
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space I'm going to continue now around
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and put a granny cluster into each of
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the
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spaces so that's three double
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crochet into each space
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now because I'm going to be alternating
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with just two colors I want to be able
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to carry the yarn inside the stocking so
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I don't have to keep joining a new yarn
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every time and having lots of ends to
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weave in um I did find if I change color
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by pulling the last part of the Stitch
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with through with a new color that I was
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getting little blips of color on the
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right side that I could see that I
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didn't like so I'm going to join with
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this color then I'm going to turn
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then I'm going to drop this color
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down and then pick up the green again
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which I completely forgot to leave it d
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i shouldn't have fastened that off
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earlier so if you're watching this um
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back sorry for the mistake there okay so
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I made a quick Russian join so I can
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correctly show you how to carry this up
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the back so we're going to lay down this
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old color we're going to take the green
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and we're going to chain one don't pull
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it too tight because you are going to
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have that float at the back which I
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should have carried
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up and caught that at the back with the
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previous row which I didn't do but I
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will show you how to do that so you
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won't make my mistake okay so we're
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going to start off with it the stack
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Stitch Again by putting a single
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crochet
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here and then putting our hook through
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that first leg making another single
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crochet and then two double crochets
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into that same
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space it's one and two
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and then we're going to carry on all all
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the way around with a granny cluster in
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each space So at the end of the round
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I'm just going to join to the top of
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that first
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Stitch and
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turn going to drop down the green
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remember to always have your floats
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going up the inside of the stocking so
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just hold that green down chain one
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one with a new color and then start with
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your stacked
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Stitch like so and we're just going to
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continue with a granny cluster in each
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space all the way
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around now you need to work a total of
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14 rounds in granny Stitch so you can
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change color as often as you want I'm
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doing two rows of white one row of green
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and alternating that but you can as I
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said change color as often as you like
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if you're using more than two colors I
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recommend you fasten up after each round
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so you go ahead and work your 14 rounds
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of Granny Stitch and I'll meet you back
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here when you're ready to carry on with
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the
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heel once you've worked your 14 rounds
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in granny Stitch you're going to fasten
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off with the white
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whichever color you're using at this
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point now you want to orient your
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stocking so that you've got the
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same at the
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back so from where the seam is we're
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going to count four granny clusters 1 2
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3 four I'm going to put my hook in the
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first
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Stitch that Granny cluster there and
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just pull my yarn
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through and chain one and I'm going to
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put single crochet
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in there and then I'm going to put
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another single crochet on top to make a
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stacked
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Stitch I'm then going to go and put a
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double
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crochet into the
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next 23 stitches so you will have
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24 double crochet all
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together and this is the first row of
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the
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heel so this is how it should look the
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end of the first row got 24 double
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crochet
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stitches now I'm going to
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turn and I'm going to do a stacked
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double crochet for that first Stitch so
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put single crochet in
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there and stuck another one on top and
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I'm going to double crochet into the
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next nine
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stitches a total of 10 10 double crochet
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next going to double crochet two
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together so if you haven't done this
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before you yarn over hook goes into the
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next Stitch pull up a loop yarn over
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pull through two yarn over hook goes
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into the next Stitch pull up a a loop
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yarn over pull through two yarn over and
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pull through all of those Loops so we've
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worked double crochet two together and
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we're going to do that again in the next
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Stitch
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you can then go ahead and work a double
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crochet into each of the remaining 10
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stitches at the end of the row I'm going
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to
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turn and start the row with a stacked
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double
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crochet so that's two single crochets
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stacked
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together then going to double crochet
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into the next eight stitches so that's
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nine stitches in total so I've got my
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nine single crochet we're then going to
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decrease two stitches over the next four
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stitches let's double crochet two
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together
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twice so there's double crochet two
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together and we're doing that
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twice and then double crochet in the
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remaining nine stitches for this next
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row you're going to double crochet into
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the first eight
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stitches then double crochet two
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together twice double crochet in the
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next eight stitches for the following
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row it'll be double crochet in seven
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stitches double crochet two together
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twice double crochet seven stitches and
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for the row after that it's exactly the
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same but with six stitches double
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crochet six double crochet two together
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twice double crochet six I will meet you
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back when you've finished off the heel
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once you finished your heel should look
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something like this we're then going to
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fold that heel in
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half and then we're just going to turn
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it over and we're going to slip stitch
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into this
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first Stitch here or the last Stitch
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just to
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join Okay so we've joined with the slip
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stitch now going to put a single crochet
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into this space that we've got from the
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heel so we just put a single crochet in
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there and then we're going to stack
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another on top for our stacked double
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crochet and then we going to put two
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more double crochet into that
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space
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one and
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two we're now going to be working along
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this edge of the heel so we're going to
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skip this row here and then put a granny
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cluster into the next row around this
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post so it's three double
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crochet one
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two and
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three and then we're going to skip the
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next one and put three double crochet
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cranny cluster into that next
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row we'll skip this next row and put
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another granny cluster around the post
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of this Stitch here
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we're now going to work into this space
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just here so we'll put a granny cluster
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in
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there and then we can see exactly where
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we need to go now we're going to put a
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granny cluster in each space all the way
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around until we get back to the
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heel so I've worked all the way around
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around you can see we're back at the
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heel now we've got one more space to
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work into just here so I'm going to put
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a granny cluster into that
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space and then we're going to start
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working into the
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heel so we're going to work around the
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post of this first Stitch with a granny
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cluster
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skip this next row and then granny
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cluster in the next
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row skip the next row and we'll put our
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final granny cluster in the following
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row
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oops and here we are back at the start
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so we're just going to join
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with a slip stitch to that first Stitch
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and then we will turn our work and what
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you're going to do now is just repeat
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exactly what you're doing at the
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beginning alternating your rows and
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you're going to work from the
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heel it will be a total of 20 rounds in
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granny Stitch so that's counting from
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this row here so I'll meet you back once
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you finish those 20 rounds so I've added
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my 20 rounds in granny Stitch and we're
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now ready to add the ribbing onto the
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the top of our stocking but before we do
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that we're just going to quickly whip
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stitch together this little hole that
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we've got in the heel here so just using
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some yarn on a daring
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needle just hiding that tail in
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there there we go so I'm just going to
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whip Stitch through
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the the back loops
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just working along each
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Stitch to close up that
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heel you can then just push your tail
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through
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to the
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inside and then just weave that tail end
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in and then you can just snip that
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off so I'm using the green again for the
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ribbing the same color I used for the
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toe and the heel and I'm just going to
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attach just at the back where that seam
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was not that you can really see it
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attach my yarn with a slip stitch
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now we're now going to chain
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41 okay so I've got my 41
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chains we're now going to start the
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ribbing going to skip that first Stitch
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and then put a single crochet into that
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second chain from the
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hook and I'm going to go ahead and put a
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single
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crochet in each chain
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all the way to the
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end a total of 40 single
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crochet now we're going to be attaching
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our ribbon to our stocking as we go
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along
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so we're now going to slip stitch into
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the next two
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stitches so that's
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one and two we're now going to turn now
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usually the correct way to turn your
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work is this way so that you end up with
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your yarn working yarn behind you this
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gives you the neatest edges but in this
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instance when we're
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attaching uh the ribbing to the stocking
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it actually works better if you turn the
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other way this this way you get a neater
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Edge along the outside of your
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stocking so we're going to skip those
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two skip skip stitches we're going to
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skip the two slip stitches so we've got
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one two and then we're going to work
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into the back look only with a single
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crochet into that next
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Stitch and this is how we're going to be
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working from now on always into the back
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Loops so you're going to work a back
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Loop single
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crochet into every Stitch all the way to
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the end of your
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row until you get to your last Stitch
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I'm going to show you a little trick to
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get those edges of your ribbing really
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nice and neat and tidy so in this last
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Stitch only we're going to single
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crochet through both
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Loops like so and then when we turn
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we're not going to chain one as we would
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normally we're going to turn and we're
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going to very slightly elongate that
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Loop and then put a single crochet in
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this very first Stitch through both
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loops and then in each other Stitch
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we're back into working in into the back
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Loops only again so a single crochet in
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the back
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Loop of every
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Stitch so we're back at the end of
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stocking here I've got another Stitch to
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work into now this Stitch at the end can
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sometimes be difficult to see so it
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might be helpful if the first Stitch of
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the next row you put a marker in there
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to make sure you're not skipping that
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Stitch or alternatively keep counting
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your stitches so you're not using any so
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again we're going to slip stitch into
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the next two
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one two and we're turning this way
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skipping these first two stitches and
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then single crochet in the back Loop of
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that first single crochet
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stitch so if you want to go ahead and
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put a stitch marker in here just so that
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you can make sure you're not losing any
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stitches and then you're going to carry
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on again and work a single crochet in
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the back Loop of each Stitch until you
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get to the end and there again it will
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be a single crochet through both Loops
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so you're just really repeating the last
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two rows now until you've worked all the
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way around your stocking so I'm almost
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at my final row here and I'm just going
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to slip stitch into these last
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two
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stitches and then turn my
23:53
work and then I'm going to
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work the last row back back up and then
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we will join the two sides
24:01
together so I'm now ready to join the
24:05
seam the sides of um ribbing together
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we're going to do this by actually
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working in the front Loops this time
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we've been working in the back Loops so
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far but now we're going to work into the
24:14
front Loop so I'm just picking up that
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front Loop of the
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Stitch and then getting the bottom loop
24:21
from the foundation Foundation chain and
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making a slip
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stitch so picking up front
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Loop into the foundation
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chain and slip
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stitch and you're going to just do this
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stitch for
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Stitch all the way
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across once you get to the end you're
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just going to fasten off and weave in
24:45
that end I made some tassels to finish
24:48
off mine also got these cute little
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wooden carved name tags you can attach
24:55
those as well and I've also got these
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leather straps you just attach with a
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rivet what you do is you just push the
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rivet through to the other
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side pop that on and push the back of
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your rivet
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on like
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so I will link where I got these from so
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I'm just
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threading onto a yarn needle through the
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side of the stocking
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and then tying with a
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bow like so and you can attach your
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little wooden name label in exactly the
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same
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way if you'd like to know exactly how I
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made the tassels then watch this video
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