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hello thank you for joining me today if
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we haven't met before
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i'm tilly douglas and today i want to
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show you how you can crochet
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a beautiful round and flat
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coaster now a lot of people have a
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problem
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with crocheting a nice flat round
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because they often end up with a little
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bowl shape like this
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which is all very nice you can put your
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little trinkets in and all that sort of
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stuff
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but if we're not trying to get a little
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bold
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then i show you today how you can get
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a flat round i've got lots of tips to
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show you um different things that you
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can do
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now the first thing is to make sure you
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have the right size hook
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for your yarn so i did this one
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to show you the difference that it makes
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because this
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i did with a five millimeter crochet
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hook
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and this was done with a four millimeter
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crochet hook
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so it pulled it all a bit tight so as it
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pulls it tight
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it pulls it up and into that bowl
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and also if you're if you crochet a
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little bit on the tight side
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just try going up a half a hook size or
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even
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a full hook size depending on how you
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crochet
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now as i said this one was a five
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millimeter hook
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and this one was the exact same yarn and
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that's a six millimeter crochet hook
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and it's nice and flat it's still
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nice and flat but it has got quite a few
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gaps in it it's left a little bit gappy
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so
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i prefer the five millimeter
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so it just makes a big difference
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and the size as you can see
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is just a little bit bigger
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with the six millimeter crochet hook as
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you'd expect and then the four
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well that's all a bit out of shape so
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you can't be so difficult to tell with
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that one
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so that's the first thing make sure you
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get the right size crochet hook for the
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yarn that you're using
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now i did do these ones i sat and did
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these while i was watching
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the television last night and this is a
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different yarn again this is a cotton
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yarn
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and this is the cotton kings
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which is a beautiful yarn and you could
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then wash these at a higher temperature
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but i've got lots and lots of different
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colors of these yarns and they're just
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beautiful
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so lots of colors and i used a
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three millimeter crochet hook for this
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and don't they look beautiful
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and they make such wonderful gifts
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or they can just brighten up your own i
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mean these i've made these for myself
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actually i'm going to put
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these um these are for plant the
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standing plant pots on
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because i just i'm such a fan of colors
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and i think they look beautiful so
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that's those and there was a three
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millimeter crochet hook
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so i'm going to work today
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with a with a five millimeter
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and the yarn i'm going to be using
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is this aaron yarn and it's from i'm in
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the uk
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so this is so crafty from
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aldi and it's an aaron this is the
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fuchsia yama i'm not actually using this
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color i'm going to use
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the um dusky pink color that i've done
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these in
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so if you have this on i mean this was
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only 3.99 for 400 grams so it's
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brilliant value
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and it's such a beautiful yarn to use
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so we're going to start at the center
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and we're going to
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work outwards so to start with we're
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going to do
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a magic circle now if you can't get the
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hang of the magic circle
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you can always do chain three then slip
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stitch to join
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the ends together and then work into the
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little hoop that it makes
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but i'll show you here how to do a magic
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circle
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and if you haven't done it before it'll
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take a bit of practice
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but once you get it you'll do it really
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really easy
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it's just practice practice so if you
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need to pause the video and rewind it
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just do it as many times as you want and
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i'm sure you'll get the hang of it
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so you just put the yarn the tail end
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over your fingers
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hold on to it with your thumb and then
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wrap the
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yarn around and you make a little cross
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then hold on to that put the yarn over
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those two fingers
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and with this finger you just hold it in
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place
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put your crochet hook onto the first one
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grab that yarn
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and pull it through and give it a little
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twist
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so you've got a little crisscross here
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and then we
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grab that piece of yarn and pull it
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through
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and then we have our magic circle
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so i'll just show you that again just to
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make sure
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so drop the yarn over your hand and hold
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on to it with your thumb
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wrap that yarn over make a little
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crisscross at the back
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and hold on to that and then across the
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top of your fingers
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and hold on to it with this finger so
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it's all nicely secure
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now put your crochet hook onto the first
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piece and drag the second piece through
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and twist it and then grab that piece
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again
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and take it through the loop
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and there's our magic circle now
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we start to crochet the center now
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we all start off with chaining two
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and i don't count the chain two as a
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stitch
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not in not for doing these rounds it
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works best for me
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and i hope for you when you don't
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if you don't count it as a as a stitch
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you won't get a gap
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so that's why i like to not count
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these two stitches as an
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actual stitch so we're going to do 10
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double crochet into this loop
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now that's us double crochet in uk terms
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that would be a treble crochet
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so we wrap the yarn around the hook
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go into the loop grab that yarn from the
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back
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and pull it through and then we have
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three loops
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on the hook and we yarn over
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and pull that through two of the loops
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so now we have two loops on the hook and
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then we yarn over
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and pull through both those two loops so
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back to one loop on the hook so that's a
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double crochet
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and we're going to do 10 of those into
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this loop
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so yarn over and go into the hoop
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grab the yarn and pull it back through
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and then yarn over and pull it through
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two loops
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and yarn over and pull it through
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the other two loops
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so that's our first two stitches done
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now
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when i do this i hold on to these
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stitches here
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because then it makes it a lot easier
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because you you crochet isn't
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moving all over the place like this
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so you'll see what i mean when i do the
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next one so we yarn over
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into that loop grab the yarn and pull it
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back through
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and then i'm holding on to it here yarn
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over
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and pull through two and yarn over
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and pull through the other two so now we
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have
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three stitches one two three and the
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chain
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of two and we're going to do 10 in total
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so another seven
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so yarn over into that loop
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grab the yarn and pull it through
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yarn over pull through two and yarn over
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and pull through two
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and we're going to do that until we have
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10 double crochet
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in that hoop
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so if you need to feel if you need to
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pause the video you can just pause it at
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a time
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and then just catch up or redo what you
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work if you need to
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and then press play again
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so we've got one two three four five six
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seven
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eight
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nine
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[Music]
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and ten
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tail out the way
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try that one again and ten
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and then we this is why it's the magic
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loop because it just
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pulls together you pull that tail end
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and then just pull that tight
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so there's the start of our coaster
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and now we're going to join these
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together so
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we're going to join into this stitch
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here
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so not the chain two we're going to join
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it at the top of that
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first stitch so go
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into there
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and make sure you get the both both
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parts of the stitch
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because the stitches are these v so you
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need to get both parts of the v
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on there so
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get our yarn ready into that stitch
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grab the yarn from the back and pull it
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through
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and then pull it through that part
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and that's that center finish now we're
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going to go on to
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the next round now because we've done 10
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in this first round here
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each one of these rows will go up by 10.
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so this is 10 this will be 20
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and this will be 30 and this will be 40.
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if we had 12 in the middle for instance
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we'd go with each one of these
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extra rounds would go up by 12.
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so to go to our next round
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we chain two which we don't count as a
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stitch
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and that gives that just brings up to
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the height of the stitch
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to the height of the double crochet so
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we have our chain two and now we're
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going to do
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our first stitch right in the little gap
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at the base
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of that chain two so we're going to do a
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double crochet
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and then we're going to do two in all of
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each of these stitches
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so we'll have 20 stitches in total when
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we're finished
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so we want two in each of the other
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stitches
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this is quite a chunky yarn so this um
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crochet up really quickly
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because you can do as many rows as you
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want really
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like the the cotton ones that i showed
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you earlier the brighter colored ones
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i did an extra row on those you see
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these ones they have one
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two three four five six
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six rows or six rounds i should say
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was these have one two three four rounds
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and they're about the same size
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but obviously because it's a fine yarn
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it needed a few extra rounds to them
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so these work up really quite quickly
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so back to crochet
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so we're doing two in each of these
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stitches
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this is just a perfect little crochet
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project to do while you're watching
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television at night
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i don't know about you i can't just sit
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and watch television or
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i have to be doing something
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i'm not very good at just sitting and
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watching television i wish i could
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but i just can't i have to be doing
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something else so crochet is the perfect
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thing for me
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so that's got to the last stitch there
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and we should have 19 stitches because
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we only did one
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in this first one so do a quick count up
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just to make sure one two three
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four 5 6 7 8 9 10
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11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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18 19 and the chain two which we're not
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counting as a stitch
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so because we only did one this is the
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only round we do this on
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but because we only did one in that
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first
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at the bottom of that first chain
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i like to do the 20th stitch in
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this part here which we won't do on any
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of the other rounds
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i just like to make sure that that
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center
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has no gaps so i put my 20th stitch in
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there
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and then slip stitch to the top
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so in that one there and pull through
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and that's our second round complete
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and you see how because i haven't sewn
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this
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tail end in yet you could see there's a
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little bit of a gap here
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just get my little needle and show you
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this little gap
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in the center when we're finished
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we can pull that tail end and that will
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close that up
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unless you want it left open sometimes i
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do like
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to leave a little gap there depending on
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what look you're going for you're going
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for
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but sometimes i do like to leave a
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little gap see this one i left the gap
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and this one oops sorry this one i
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closed it up
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so it just depends what look you're
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going for really
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but we can do that right at the end when
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we tie up all the edges
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so that's our second row
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now for our third row we've done
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10 on this one and 20 on this one
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so the next one we're going to do 30. so
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we do our chain two
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to get to the height of the stitch
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and then we're going to do a double
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crochet
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in that first little gap at the base of
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the chain two
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so a double crochet in there and then
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we're going to do
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two double crochet in the next stitch
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and then we're going to do one in the
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next two in the next
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one and two one and two all the way
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around
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until we've got right to the end and
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we'll have 30
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so we've done two in that one so we want
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one in the next stitch
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and two in the next one
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do do make sure you count your stitches
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especially when you get to the end make
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sure you've got the right amount
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otherwise
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that's when we end up with little
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problems like
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the bowl effect if we don't have the
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right amount of stitches
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that's when we start running into
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problems so do count your stitches
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and keep checking
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i mean i still do it i still um i get to
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the end of the row and then think oh
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that's not quite right i've only got 19
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in there and there should be
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20. so i have to go back and see where
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i've made a mistake
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and often i'll just put one stitch where
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i should have had two
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so there's lots of fireworks going off
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tonight
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it's a bit early for new year's eve
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although by the time i
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get this video uploaded it probably will
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be new easy for new well probably new
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year's day
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but uh they've started early with the
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fireworks which isn't good my dogs don't
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like fireworks
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as most dogs don't do they really but
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um there's a lot going on tonight
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i hope it's uh i hope it'll sue me
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they'll soon be finished with that
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so just coming to the end of this round
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see how quickly that works up
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so one in there and two in the last one
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so we're not putting a stitch in this
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one this time
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see that on the previous round we put
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one in this stitch but that was just for
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that one round
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so we should now have 30 stitches
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plus the chain two in this one so we'll
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make sure we
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we'll just cancel just to make sure one
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two three four five six seven eight
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nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen
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fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen
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nineteen
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twenty twenty one twenty two twenty
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three twenty four twenty five to six
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twenty seven twenty eight twenty nine
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thirty and the chain two perfect
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and it's looking nice and flat which is
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what we like
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so now we're just going to slip stitch
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it to the top
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of this stitch here
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so into there grab the yarn and pull it
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through
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and pull it through there
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so
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so with this one we did one two three
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four
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and we've got three already so one more
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round
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and that is complete unless you want to
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go bigger you can keep going if you want
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to
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but chain two to bring a stitch height
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a double crochet in that first little
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gap
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and this time we're going to do another
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single one so a double crochet in the
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next one
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and then we're going to do two in the
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next one
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so do two double crochet in there
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and then we're going to do a double
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crochet a double crochet and two double
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crochet
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so one and a one in that one
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and a two in that one
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so this works
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however many you're doing if you're
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making a great big round it works
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exactly the same way
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so you do ten in this
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center and then in each of those
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you do two and then as you go out
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you do one and
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two one and two and then
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next round you go a one one and a two
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a one one and a two and the next round
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would be
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a one one one and a two
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a one one one and a two so you're doing
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three singles and then two in the same
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stitch
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three singles and two in the same stitch
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and then
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if you went out another row you do four
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singles
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and then a two in the next stitch and
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four
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and a two and you keep going like that
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the same sequence
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however big you want him i remember
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the rule of thumb is however many you
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have in the center
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you double that for the next one so you
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have 10 in here
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you'd have 20 in there and then you'd
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have 30
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and 40 and 50 and 60
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however many rounds you decide to do but
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for this size coaster we're just going
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to do the four
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outs so we're doing that was a
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two in that one so we're going to do a
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double in that one
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and a double in that one and
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two doubles in that one
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and then a double in that one
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a double in that one and
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two doubles in that one
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pull some more yarn out
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a double and two doubles
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and now don't forget at the end i'm
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going to show you
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a way to make them completely flat i'm
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going to show you how to block
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your crochet work
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which means if they they've got a little
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bit of a curve to them
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we can flatten it out
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two in this one
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just check make sure double one one two
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yeah
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so now i know a single one in there
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a one in there and two
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and don't worry if you your work is
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turning up a bit at the end
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edges like this that will flatten out
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it's just that's as you're working it
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it's just how it works but that will
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flatten out nicely
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another one in there and then a two
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one
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one and two
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and then we're coming up to the end so
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this final sequence now
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one
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one and in the last stitch we want
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two
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so we're just going to go back and count
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our stitches
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flatten it all out so we should have 40
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in this one one two three four five
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six seven eight nine ten eleven
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twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen
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seventeen eighteen
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nineteen twenty twenty one times two to
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three to four to five to six to seven
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twenty eight
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twenty nine thirty thirty one thirty two
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three two four to five to six
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seven thirty eight to nine forty and the
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chain two
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perfect that's just what we wanted
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so all we're going to do now is going to
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slip stitch to the top
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there pull that yarn through
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and through there now
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pull it through a little bit and we're
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just going to cut a little bit of a tail
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and then pull that through it won't
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unwind it's all
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tied nicely because that's a stitch so
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that won't pull
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out so don't pull it too tight
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you don't want to be giving it a proper
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pull just
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make sure you've got it nice and even
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and then we're going to get our darning
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needle
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thread down and then we're going to
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weave this tail end into
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these stitches now what i'd just like to
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do
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is where we've finished here i just like
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to take it through the back
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loop of the stitch there to take it to
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the back because we always tie the ends
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in
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on the back of our work so this is the
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front so we turn it over
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and we just weave it through those
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stitches a bit
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just follow the line of one of the
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stitches
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and take it down
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like that
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and pull it remember don't pull it tight
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because we want it to keep its nice
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shape
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now we'll just take it off in a
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different direction
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just so it doesn't unravel
00:27:25
give it a little gentle tug and pull it
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back into shape
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and then go back make sure you don't go
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back into the same hole that you've just
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come out of
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but go back into another stitch and take
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it through
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the opposite way
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just like that and pull that through
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and now we can just snip that off
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being careful not to cut your work just
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the end obviously
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there and that's that one done
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now we've just got to finish this tail
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end off here
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so remember if you want to pull it tight
00:28:09
to close that hole up like i have there
00:28:11
you can pull it tight or you can leave a
00:28:13
little gap
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whatever you prefer
00:28:18
so i've just pulled this one tight
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so we're going to do exactly the same
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thing
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thread our needle
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i'm just going to go back
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through the work and lose that thread
00:28:40
in those stitches
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this way when you put them in the
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washing machine they're not all going to
00:28:52
unravel you know they're going to be
00:28:54
nice and secure
00:28:56
and just take it back the other way
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you don't want it to come out the other
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side so make sure
00:29:06
to keep it just in the stitches on the
00:29:08
back side
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don't poke it right through you don't
00:29:13
want to be going right through
00:29:14
and having a big thread across here
00:29:18
so just backwards and forwards until
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it's just all lost in the stitches like
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that
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okay and then cut that thread off
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and there's our beautiful coaster
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now i'm going to show you now how
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when it's sitting up because all crochet
00:29:47
work
00:29:48
should be blocked so i'll
00:29:51
show you and that makes it helps keep it
00:29:54
flat keeps puts it in shape
00:29:56
and helps it to keep its shape i haven't
00:29:58
actually blocked any of these
00:30:00
yet so i might just carry on and do that
00:30:03
tonight as well just so that they all
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sit nice and flat
00:30:06
and keep them nice round shape
00:30:09
so i will show you how i do that
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so all crochet should be blocked and
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what we mean by
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blocked is pin it into shape
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just using some little little pins just
00:30:23
normal little pins
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and put it on a double this towel over
00:30:28
to make it nice and thick
00:30:29
and push the pins into it now i haven't
00:30:32
stretched these coasters
00:30:34
these are just put into shape and pushed
00:30:37
the pins pushed straight down into
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the towel so
00:30:48
what we're going to do now is get our
00:30:49
steamer iron
00:30:51
i'm not going to iron them as you might
00:30:53
imagine i'm just going to use the steam
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so i'll hold it above
00:31:00
the coaster and give it a blast of steam
00:31:05
so just press the steam button
00:31:14
without touching the actual coasters
00:31:17
with the iron
00:31:30
okay and then we're just going to let
00:31:34
those dry naturally
00:31:36
they'll be wet don't worry and don't
00:31:39
burn yourself
00:31:42
so you just do need to be careful but
00:31:44
we'll just let those dry naturally
00:31:46
and then when they're dry you will find
00:31:48
how they will
00:31:49
just hold the shape beautifully so we'll
00:31:52
come back when they're all nicely dry
00:31:54
and i'll show you exactly how to look
00:31:59
so i've left these to dry and they're
00:32:01
all nicely ready now so
00:32:03
we just take the pins out and i will
00:32:06
show you
00:32:07
the difference that it makes
00:32:12
so these are the ones that i've blocked
00:32:14
and they're all finished all dried
00:32:16
and i just wanted to show you the
00:32:18
difference between
00:32:21
these ones that i've blocked and these
00:32:23
ones that i haven't blocked
00:32:26
now they are nice and flat but you can
00:32:29
just see
00:32:31
slight difference and how those little
00:32:33
edges just
00:32:34
raise a little bit and then these ones
00:32:38
just sit beautifully and flat
00:32:42
see what a difference that makes
00:32:49
and these are all the flat ones
00:32:53
and these are the ones that i haven't
00:32:55
yet blocked
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so you can see how important it is to
00:33:06
block your work
00:33:08
this one hasn't been blocked although it
00:33:11
still sits nice and flat
00:33:15
just got the little edges just turned up
00:33:18
slightly
00:33:18
which is perfectly normal for crochet
00:33:22
and for knitting and then that's a
00:33:25
beautiful
00:33:26
flat edge
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and then this one that hasn't yet been
00:33:31
blocked
00:33:33
see what a difference it makes so if
00:33:36
your
00:33:36
work is slightly turned up at the edges
00:33:40
that's perfectly normal but we're trying
00:33:43
to avoid this
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so block your work and you'll have
00:33:49
beautifully
00:33:50
flat coasters every time
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so i do hope you enjoyed that if you did
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please click the like button
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and hopefully i'll see you in the next
00:34:00
video
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bye for now
