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you tired of your granny squares
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twisting at the corners and looking all
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wonky. This method fixes it for good and
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keeps your corners crisp and square even
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on giant granny squares. So, I'm just
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using some yarn from my stash. It's an
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Aaron or Wed weight cotton yarn. And I'm
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going to be using a 4.5 mm hook, but you
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can use any yarn weight you like. Just
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use the hook size recommended on your
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yarn ball. So, I'm going to start by
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putting a slip knot on my hook.
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and chaining four. It's one 2 3 and
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four. Then just going to join to that
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first chain with a slip stitch
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And then we're going to chain three. 1 2
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3. This counts as our first double
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crochet. We're now going to start
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working into the center of that ring.
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And I like to work over the tail as I
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go. So I'm going to put two double
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two. Going to chain two for that first
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corner space. And then we're going to
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have three double crochet into the ring.
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When you have three double crochet
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stitches worked into the same place like
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this, it's often referred to as a granny
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cluster or granny stitch.
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Going to chain two for the next corner.
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Then we're going to put another granny
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cluster into the ring. That's three
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and three. Chain two. And then we're
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going to put our last granny cluster
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and chain two for our last corner. And
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then join with a slip stitch to the top
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And I'm going to fasten off so we can
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join in a new color. Now I'm going to
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turn the granny square over. And from
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the back, I'm just going to go through
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these bumps on the back of the stitch
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and pull this tail through so I don't
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have to deal with that at the end. And
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I'm just going to do the same for the
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Like so. Now, this is going to be the
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back of your square, but we're now going
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to actually work from this side of the
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square. We're going to be turning our
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squares over every round, and this is
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what ensures you get those nice straight
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corners. So, I'm going to get the next
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color. And we're just going to find a
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put our hook into the corner here and
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draw this color through. And we're going
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Counts as our first double crochet. And
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then we're going to work our corner as
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normal. So, we're going to put two
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double crochet into that corner.
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Chain two. And then three more double
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crochet all into that same space. Now
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I'm going to carry my yarn across the
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tail across the next corner. So on this
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last double crochet stitch, I'm just
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going to work the first part of the
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stitch like so. Going to pick up this
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tail. Just lay it over the hook. Finish
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And then I'm just going to take that
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over to the corner. And I'm keeping my
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ends on this side because this is the
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back. Even though it's the front, it's
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going to be the back. So we're just
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going to yarn over with both of those.
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Put the hook into that corner. Pull up
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that loop. And then finish off that
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double crochet stitch.
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Oops, cotton's a bit splitty. And then
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just tug that a little bit so that that
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disappears. But leave this on the front
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so that when you turn it over, it'll be
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on the back. So we're now going to
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finish off this corner as normal with
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two more double crochet.
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a chain two for that corner and then
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three more double crochet.
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and three. And we're now up to the
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corner where we tucked that tail in. So,
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we're just going to work over that as
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well. So, we're going to put three
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double crochet into that space and work
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over that tail at the same time. Whoops.
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What is going on here?
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Come on. There we go. I think it's too
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hot today. I think my brain's a little
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fried. Okay, so that's two, three double
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chain two, and then three more double
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into that same corner space.
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And then we've got one last corner to
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do. We've got that little tail here.
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We're going to work over that as well.
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So, it's three double crochet. Make sure
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chain two, and three double crochet. And
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then we're going to join with the slip
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stitch to the top of that chain three.
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And then fasten off that color.
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So, we're going to turn our square over
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again. So, this is now the right side.
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So, we're going to be working from this
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side. Before we do that, we want to just
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deal with this tail. So, I did the same
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thing, but this time you're going
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through the horizontal bars on the
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This is probably a bit more tricky when
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you're working with cotton. If you're
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using acrylic yarn, you'll probably find
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So, we're just going to pull that tail
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and then it's going to get held in over
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this corner space here.
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So, we're going to go for our next
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color. So, I like to join in the any
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space along the side that is next to the
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left hand corner. This is just my
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personal preference cuz I like to have
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the corner space to weave in those to
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work over those tails. I'll explain
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explain why as we go along. So, you're
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just going to join in your new color
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and we're going to chain three. counts
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as our first double crochet.
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And we're going to put two more double
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crochet. That's a granny cluster into
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Now I'm just working that first part of
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that stitch. And I want to carry this
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tail across. This stops you from having
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long floats across the back of your
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squares. And I'm just going to finish
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And then just take that across. Now this
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is the front of the this is the right
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side of our square. So I'm going to hold
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it at the back to the corner. And then
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as we did before, gonna work a double
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crochet stitch into that corner. And
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then just gently pull that and it kind
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of disappears inside that stitch. And
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then we're going to work over this tail.
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And in I always find that in the corners
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you've got six stitches holding it in
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place. And I feel like that's secure
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enough. I can just trim that tail then.
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Whereas if you've only got three
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stitches holding it, it can come loose.
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So we're going to work work our corner
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And so this is the round that you're
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going to repeat really now. So every
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time you find a space across the sides,
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you're just going to put a granny
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cluster in there. That's three double
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So if you were on a a later round, if
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you were on round five or six, you would
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just each time you get to a space in the
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size, put a granny cluster in there. And
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when you get to a corner space, the
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corners are always going to be the same.
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Three double crochet.
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Let's try that again.
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chain two and three double crochet.
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So you go ahead and you put a granny
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cluster in each space across the sides
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and then in each corner, three double
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crochet, chain two, three double
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crochet. And again, as usual, we're just
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going to join with a slip stitch to the
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top of that chain three
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and fasten off. So when you want to add
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your next round, you'll just turn your
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square over so you've got the wrong side
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facing you. You can tuck that tail in
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across the back here, and then you can
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As I explained before, I like to start
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in this kind of space next to the corner
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and just keep adding more rows. And make
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sure you remember to turn your work over
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at the end of each round. And you will
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end up with perfect granny squares like
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this that don't twist around at those
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corners. Now, when you make your granny
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squares quite small like this one, even
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if you made a traditional granny square,
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you probably wouldn't notice that twist.
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It's really only when the squares start
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to get really big. So, this is perfect.
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This technique is perfect if you're
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making a giant granny square blanket or
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you're making blankets with bigger
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squares. So, if you're looking for
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something a little more lacy in a granny
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square, then be sure to watch this video
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next. Take care and I'll see you in the
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next one. Bye-bye now.
