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Learn How to Make a Checkerboard Baby Blanket With Surface Crochet Stripes
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Jun 6, 2025
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this baby blanket has a hidden trick
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that's super simple but totally
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addictive and it's all done with surface
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crochet let me show you how to make this
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eye-catching design without losing your
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mind over color work so today I'm going
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to be using some paint box yarns simply
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Aaron you can use any Aaron or worsted
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weight yarn you're going to need two
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colors to make the checkerboard effect
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and then you can use any colors you like
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to add the surface crochet this is done
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at the end so it's a great way to use up
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some of those little odds and ends that
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you've had lying around in your stash
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for ages also going to need a a 5mm hook
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some scissors and a darning needle to
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sew in those ends so I've got this small
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swatch here to help show you how we're
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going to be making our blanket so we're
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going to be starting off with the green
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color and alternating between the green
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and the cream ending with the green and
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then the same in the rows you start with
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the green and you end with the green on
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at the
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edge so we're going to be working in
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multiples of 12 so you need to chain a
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multiple of 12 plus one extra stitch but
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you need to have those you need to have
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an odd number of the multiples of 12 if
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that makes sense okay so I'm going to
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start with the
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green just going to put a slip knot on
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my hook
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so for the purpose of the tutorial I'm
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going to chain
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37 which is three 12s plus one extra
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stitch so you need multiple of 12 plus
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one extra stitch but then make sure you
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have an odd number of checks so I've got
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my 37 chains and I'm going to start by
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putting a half double crochet in second
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chain from the hook so we've got one two
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so a half double
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crochet into
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that second chain and I'm going to put a
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half double crochet into the
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next 10 stitches
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so I'm going to keep going until I've
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got 11 half double crochet okay so once
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you've got your 11 half double crochet
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we're then going to change to our next
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color which in this case is going to be
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the cream so we're going to work the
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first part of our next stitch so it's
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half double crochet into this next
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stitch
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and before we finish off that stitch by
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yarning over and pulling through all of
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those loops we're going to just drop the
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green and pick up the cream and then
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finish off that stitch with the
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cream like
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so and now we're going to continue with
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a half double crochet in the next the
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next 11
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stitches but at the same time you want
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to be working over that green tail we're
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going to carry that across with
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us okay so I've got a total of 11
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stitches now in the cream so we're going
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to change back to the green again on the
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next stitch but before you do that I
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like to just turn over the back here and
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just make sure that this green yarn that
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we've carried is lying flat sometimes it
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starts to poke out through the stitches
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so just give it a gentle tug just to
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make sure it's completely flat and then
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we're ready to change color on the next
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stitch that's half double
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crochet into that next
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stitch just the first part of the stitch
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and then we're going to drop that cream
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to the back and
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then pull through that stitch with the
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green now you might need to just kind of
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like tug this cream a little bit just to
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adjust it to get the tension right and
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then we're going to carry
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on in the
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next 12 stitches cuz we're at the end
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now so we don't need to worry about
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changing color at the end into our last
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remaining 12
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stitches and make sure you're working
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over the top of the
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cream as you go
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along so I've worked my next 12 stitches
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in the green and before we start the
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next row I'm just going to turn it over
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and have a look at the back and you can
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see there's a few places where the white
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is poking out so I'm just going to
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gently pull that so it just lies flat
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and then we're ready to start the next
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row so we want to carry this white up
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the side of our work and we don't want
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to have any long floats while we're
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doing this so the way that you can avoid
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those long floats is just rest the cream
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over the top of your hook and then chain
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one and turn and this just carries that
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white up the side without leaving long
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floats and then we're going to start
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with our half double crochets again so
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half double crochet into that first
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stitch working over that that white and
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just gently pull that just so that it's
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nice and snug and then we're going to
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keep working our half double crochet
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stitches and now we can clearly see um
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where we need to change color cuz we're
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just going to work a half double crochet
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in all of the green stitches that we see
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once you finish that first row it's very
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easy to um work your color changes you
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don't have to do so much
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counting so we're going to keep going
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until we get to that last
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stitch and as again I'm just going to
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check you can see look there's a few
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places where that white is popping out
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so just gently give it a little
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tug before you change color and again
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we're going to work the first part of
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our half double crochet drop the green
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and I'm bringing the green to the front
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and finishing off that stitch now you
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need to It doesn't make any difference
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which color goes to the front or which
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goes to the back but you always want one
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of the colors to go to the front and the
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back and this will save your yarn balls
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getting all tangled up together
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so now we're going to continue with a
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half double
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crochet working over that
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green as we
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go now you will notice that you you will
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see um particularly with the white
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you'll see little dots of the green
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showing through you little dots of the
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green showing through but I think it
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actually looks quite pretty with those
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little green dots
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i think it adds to the overall
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appearance of the finished
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blanket okay so I'm at my last stitch
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here i'm just going to give that green a
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little tug to make sure that's
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snug and then we're going to swap colors
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again on this last stitch so cream is
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going to the
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back finish off that
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stitch and then continue
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in the
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green so I'm at the end of the row again
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so you really now you're just going to
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continue and repeat that last row that
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we did until you've got a total of eight
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rows i'm just going to show you how to
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carry that yarn again just so that just
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to be sure that you know so you're just
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going to lay that cream over the hook
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chain one for your turning chain and
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turn and then you're ready to start
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putting your half double crochets again
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for the next for the next row so you go
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ahead and keep going until you've got a
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total of eight rows so I'm going to
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assume that you've gone ahead and done
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your eight rows and I'm going to show
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you how you now swap the colors over so
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that you're starting with the cream and
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working cream green cream
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instead so let me just pull back this
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last stitch so you're going to change
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color on this last
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stitch so we're going to put our half
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double crochet into that last stitch
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we're going to drop the green remember
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we're always bringing one of the colors
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to the front and one to the back so I'm
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having the green to the front the cream
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at the back finish off that stitch and
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then again we're going to carry the
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green up so we lay the green over chain
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one for our turning chain and turn and
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now we're going to start with half
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double crochet in the first stitch as
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normal we're just going to give our
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carriage on a little tug just make sure
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it's snug and then carry
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on working in our stitch pattern as
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normal working over the green
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yarn and don't forget to check and
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always pull that carriage yarn so that
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it's not popping out anywhere and as you
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can see here we've come to our last
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green stitch so we're now going to
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change from the cream to the
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green like so and then carry
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on with the
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green so you're going to keep working
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across and every time you get to the end
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of the white you're going to switch to
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green when you get to the green end of
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the green you're going to switch to the
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white so you're just going to continue
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working a total of eight rows in that
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color sequence and then you will change
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back to the original color sequence so
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once you've made your blanket as big as
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you would like it to be you're ready to
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add the surface crochet stripes and
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these are even though it's an advanced
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technique they they are much easier than
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you you would
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think so we're going to be working
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along the width of the blanket and you
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can see I've counted here one two three
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four rows and let me just count here
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where you can see one two three four
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rows and where you have the gaps where
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the stitches are coming from the
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previous from from the following row
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this is where you're going to insert
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your
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hook so I've alternated between the
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mustard and the pink in my stripes but
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you can use any colors you like so I'm
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going to work this next stripe in the
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pink so we're looking for the rows one 2
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3 four so here you can see there's a
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little hole here where the stitch is
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going in so I'm going to put my hook in
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there and I'm going to pull the yarn
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through from
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underneath like
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so now don't worry about this first
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stitch it's going to be a bit loose but
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you we're going to finish that off at
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the
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end so you need to hold your yarn as you
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normally would underneath your
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work and then you're looking for the
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next hole which is the next stitch and
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you're going to go in pick up that yarn
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from underneath and pull it through to
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make a stitch now you want to work these
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quite loosely otherwise you could end up
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with the blanket puckering if you find
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it easier you can go up a hook size to
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do this so go into the next
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stitch find that yarn from underneath
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pull it through
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whoops and you're just really it's like
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drawing on the top of your crochet with
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yarn
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so you're just going to keep going
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through each stitch
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across working your surface surface
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surface
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crochet so you just keep working your
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surface crochet
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stitches all the way
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across your blanket just coming up to
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the edge now so I'm just putting my
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chain stitches in those last few
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stitches and then you're going to
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finish by fastening off and this is
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going to go over the edge of your
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blanket like so so the chain stitches
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are going all the way to the edge now
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you need to kind of make that happen at
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this end as well so we're going to use a
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darning needle to do that so you just
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want to thread your
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tail onto a wool needle and then you're
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just going to
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go underneath the two
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loops like
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so and then you can just secure that at
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the back and weave weave that end
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in now when you work your border you
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will work across the very edge of that
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so you don't need to worry about the the
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very edge of that and there you have
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your surface crochet so you're going to
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go ahead and do this in the middle of
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your checks all the way across your
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blanket you could add you could add more
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of these if you wanted you could put two
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rows along each check or three rows it's
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really up to you how how much surface
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crochet you want to add to your blanket
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now before we add the border I'm going
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to do a little bit of um border
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prep that I like to do when we're
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working along the raw edges here i like
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to add a row of slip stitches along the
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edge and this gives you a really really
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professional finish to your border now
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this is optional you don't have to do
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this if you don't want to but it will
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give you a more professional finish now
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I I chose mustard for my border i chose
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one of the colors I used for the stripes
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but you can use any color you like you
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can choose one of the colors from the
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stripes or you can choose one of your
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main colors it's entirely up to you um I
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think I'm going to go with the pink
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today seeing as I did the border in the
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mustard last time let's see how it looks
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with the pink so let's just pretend I've
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got another stripe of surface cro
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crochet there okay so what we're going
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to do here is we're just going to
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join here in the side of one of of this
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top stitch
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here
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and pull our yarn through now what
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you're aiming for is we've got 12
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stitches across this way so I found that
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working 12 slit slip stitches across the
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side of each check of each square worked
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perfectly for me so that's what I would
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advise you to do but you do need to um
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take into consideration consideration
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your own tension so you you might need
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more or less stitches but 12 works
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perfectly for me and you do want to work
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fairly loosely because you will need to
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work into these when you're adding your
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border
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oops so there I've got 12 slip stitches
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going across the side here and you're
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going to continue doing that 12 inside
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of each of your checks all the way down
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this side then fasten off and then do
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exactly the same on the other side when
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you're ready to add your border I am
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going to start with a slip knot on my
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hook
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and you can put a double crochet in any
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stitch across the top i'm just going to
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start up here near the corner so to do a
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double crochet straight into a stitch
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have a slip knot on your hook yarn over
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and then just work that stitch as
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normal like
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so and then you're going to put a double
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crochet into each
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stitch across the top of the blanket and
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once you get to the corner so I'm in
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this corner stitch now going to
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put double
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crochet chain
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two and another double
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crochet for the corner and then we're
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going to start putting a double crochet
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into each of these slip stitches we've
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worked across the sides
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and you're going to keep
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going all the way across the side of
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your
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blanket until you get to the next corner
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i'm just coming up to the corner of of
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my blanket now I'm just working that
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last working into that last slip
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stitch and then we're going to work our
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corner so we're just working into the
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corner stitch
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here with double crochet chain
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two and double
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crochet and then we're now working along
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the bottom side of our
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blanket so we're going to be working
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into the bottom of the foundation
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foundation chain so we're just going to
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put a double crochet
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into each stitch all the way
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across
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oops very very simple this first round
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of the border okay so you're going to go
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ahead and you're going to work all the
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way across the bottom of your blanket
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you're going to work the corner in the
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same way and then work into your slip
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stitches along the side then work this
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final corner in the same way and then
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working a double crochet into each
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stitch all the way across once you've
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worked all the way around and get back
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to the beginning you're just going to
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join with a slip stitch to that first
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double
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crochet now as you can see it looks
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really really nice and neat across the
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sides now I deliberately didn't put the
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slip stitches down the other side of the
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blanket so you can see what it looks
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like and it still looks good but I don't
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think it looks as good as the side
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that's had the slip stitches worked
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through it first okay so we're now going
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to start to work our ribbing so we're
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going to chain two to start this counts
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as a post double crochet but anyway
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we're going to do a front post double
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crochet so you're going to yarn over
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your double crochet and you're going to
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put your hook around the
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back of the stitch like so and work your
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double crochet stitch so that the double
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crochet sits around the front around the
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front post of your stitch and then we're
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going to do a back post double crochet
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in the next stitch so you go from the
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back going around the front of the
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post and working the stitch so that the
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stitch sits at the back of the post like
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so now in the corners your corners are
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going to change depending on whether you
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had a front post stitch or a back post
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stitch so first of all we're just going
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to put a double crochet
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and chain two and a double crochet if
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you find you need a chain three there
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you can put a chain three there now the
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the first stitch here at the corner this
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was a back post stitch so we're going to
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do the same one here just so that it
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looks even so we're going to do back
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post double
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crochet
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next and then front post double crochet
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and we're just going to alternate
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between a back
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post and a front
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post and just remember that in the
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corner if you ended with a front post
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double crochet you will put a double
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crochet chain two or three double
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crochet and then the next stitch the
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first stitch you do will be another
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front post double crochet so ju just
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make sure you keep that correct at the
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corners
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so I'm just going to
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continue across to the next
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corner just alternating between a front
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post and a back post double crochet just
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coming up to the next corner here and
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the last stitch I did was a back post
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double crochet so the next stitch will
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be a front post double
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crochet and then in the corner double
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crochet chain two double
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crochet and then because we had a front
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front post stitch here we're going to
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start off with a front post double
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crochet and then you're just going to
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alternate between the two all the way
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across and just repeat that all the way
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around your blanket okay so at the end
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I'm just going to join to the top of
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that chain two and then we're going to
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chain two to start our
20:35
next round this will be the last round
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of the blanket and basically wherever
20:39
you see a front front post double
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crochet you're going to put another
20:44
front post double
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crochet like so and wherever you see a
20:50
back post double crochet you're going to
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put a back post double
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crochet now this time in the corners
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it's going to be a bit different
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so in the corner I'm going to put three
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double crochet
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one
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two three and at the same we're going to
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make sure this is a front post double
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crochet for the next one
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and then just continue with the pattern
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around putting a back post double
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crochet into every back post double
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crochet from the previous round and a
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front post double crochet from every
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front post double crochet from the
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previous round
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and simply just join with a slip stitch
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to that first stitch at the beginning
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and that's your blanket finished if you
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more cozy makes and I'll see you in the
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next one bye-bye now