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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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hook and we're going to chain
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four and join that first Stitch to make
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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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Stitch and in the next Stitch a double
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crochet and then another double crochet
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Stitch and we're going to repeat this
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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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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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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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three and for the next round chain three
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start and put another double crochet
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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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two and in the next two stitches one
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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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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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Stitch and in each Stitch around just
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Stitch like so and we're just going to
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continue with a granny cluster in each
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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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heel once you've worked your 14 rounds
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in granny Stitch you're going to fasten
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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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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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Stitch that Granny cluster there and
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through and chain one and I'm going to
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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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Stitch I'm then going to go and put a
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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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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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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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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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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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turn and start the row with a stacked
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crochet so that's two single crochets
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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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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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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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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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first Stitch here or the last Stitch
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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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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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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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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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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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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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skip this next row and then granny
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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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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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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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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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crochet in each chain
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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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so we're now going to slip stitch into
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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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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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crochet into every Stitch all the way to
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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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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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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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stitches and then turn my
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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
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together so I'm now ready to join the
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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
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front Loop so I'm just picking up that
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Stitch and then getting the bottom loop
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from the foundation Foundation chain and
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stitch so picking up front
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Loop into the foundation
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stitch and you're going to just do this
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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
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that end I made some tassels to finish
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off mine also got these cute little
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wooden carved name tags you can attach
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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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so I will link where I got these from so
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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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way if you'd like to know exactly how I
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made the tassels then watch this video