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Winter's Embrace CAL week 4
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Jul 27, 2025
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Hello, my crochet friends. Welcome to
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week four of our crochet along. This
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week, we're diving into the gorgeous
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green tones of our project. And I think
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you're going to love how this section
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brings fresh, earthy vibes to the piece.
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So now I'm going to start 134 and then
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it's time for a color change or color.
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Yeah, we're going to change up the color
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section. So we're starting on our green
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portion and that's going to start with
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the lightest color which is winter ice.
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So that's your kind of seaf foamy color,
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a cool mint tone, whichever one you've
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chosen to be your winter ice shade. So
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it says in your pattern for row 134
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to mark the 41st
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stitch. Okay. So, you see we're coming
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in from the right and we're still going
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to be using bark along with the winter
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ice for this portion of the blanket. And
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then this section will start at stitch
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number 41. And then just keep working
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down to your pink marshmallow color like
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you have been.
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So, let me get my next stitch marker.
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I'm going to move up. This is my even
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number side where I have my stitch
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marker just to remind me that this is
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the even number side, even row side.
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Otherwise, if it gets too far down, I
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don't know where I'm at and I'm looking
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all over for it. As the blanket gets
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bigger, you can kind of lose your
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your bearings
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cuz you're at the halfway point now.
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Maybe a little past that. Let me finish
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this stitch.
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This is from row 133. And then um mark
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my 41st stitch
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so I know where I'm at.
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And it's time to change my yarn.
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Okay, so the first 40 stitches are bark.
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And you see the little graphic in your
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pattern that shows you where to place
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your stitch marker. Also,
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there's 40 stitches. So, this is stitch
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41.
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Hold it there while I open my stitch
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marker.
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my chain one and turn.
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I just keep working as usual until I get
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to my stitch marker. Now,
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so this is stitch number 40, and I'm
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going to finish it by bringing up my
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winter ice color.
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Pull my bark color snug. Bring it
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forward
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and then keep working my stitches.
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I go back one
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pull snug and then I can take out my
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stitch marker now
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and then I will work down to the pink
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marshmallow because uh for this grouping
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or this segment of the blanket colorway
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you'll see that the pink marshmallow
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those 15 will carry into this color. But
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then after this, when we go into the
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next darker color of green, the pink is
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done.
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And then we just have the bark working
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with it.
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So, we've got one more round of using
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three colors. I know these skes can be a
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little tedious moving them around back
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and forth,
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but you had a little break from it with
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the bark and pink marshmallow section
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even though it was a short one.
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So, there should be 104 stitches in the
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winter ice before you get to your pink
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marshmallow at the end.
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I'm finding even though I'm using the
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same yarn, each color feels different.
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Like my pink marshmallow is really soft.
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this color, uh, the winter ice color,
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it's very soft and my bark is not as
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soft. And then I noticed with my reds,
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they all felt different from one another
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as well.
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But I think once I wash it and do the
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fabric softener treatment, it'll all
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feel the same. Sometimes the way the um
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the dye dries onto the fiber, it can
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make it feel a little rough. So even
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with value yarns, if you give them a
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wash with some fabric softener, they
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really transform.
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I'm coming to the end of this winter ice
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section
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and I know that because the pink
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marshmallow is here. So pull my
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SCE forward.
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and then bring up my pink marshmallow to
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finish this stitch
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and then just keep working.
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Right? So, that's the setup for your
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section, and you're going to work until
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row 163,
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at which point you will finish and be
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ready uh on row 164 for the next color
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Just making sure that I always get into
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that last stitch. It looks like a turn
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chain, but it's not. It's that first
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starting single crochet of the row.
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Otherwise, your your ends are going to
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be slanted.
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I chain one, turn, and then I will mark.
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I use Procreate
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to do my markups. So, that was row 134.
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I'm just going to
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mark it with orange.
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That way, I know I've done it. And now
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I'm on 135. So I'll be coming back
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starting with my 15 pink right here and
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then my 104 the winter ice and then 40
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of the bark.
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Right. So I've finished the section
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here. Marshmallow bark
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or pink marshmallow uh winter ice and
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bark. And you can see I've marked my
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rows. So now we're on row 164. We are
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done with the marshmallow pink. So we
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can cut it, set it free, and now we will
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only have to work with two skes of yarn.
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So let me get
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the blankets. It's becoming quite large
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now.
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So we're getting into the home stretch.
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So here's my pink. I'll cut long enough
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for an end to weave in and just say
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goodbye to that
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and then I'm going to have you put a
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stitch marker in for this row. So in
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your instruction I'll put a graphic up
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and it will say to put a stitch marker
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on stitch number 31. So the first 30
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stitches will be the bark color.
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stitch marker,
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the green one. So, if we're working with
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green now, why not?
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And this one uh started at stitch 41.
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So, I'm just going to count back 10
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here. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. So this is
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the stitch where I will be bringing up
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my uh color that I'm using for
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spearmint. So
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this was 40 stitches here
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and now we will just be working 30
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stitches of the bark and then the
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remainder of the row will be spearmint.
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So you'll be going back and forth with
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your spearmint and bark through row 189.
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All ready.
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And if you're finding your your um when
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you hold it up and your sides look a
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little
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um
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they're straight, but they might because
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of the stitch that we're using for this,
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it's kind of a one and a half times the
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amount of yarn you're using in each
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stitch. So, it might look a little
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oh, I don't know,
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slightly uneven. I mean, it's a it's a
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straight edge, but what you can do is I
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did this with one side. I just blocked
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overnight. It dries pretty quickly. I
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pinned my my sides down on the
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um blocking board and wet it with a
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squirt bottle and just let it dry and it
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just smooths right out. But uh we'll
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talk about the optional border stitch at
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the end of this that you don't need to
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do because I'm trying to keep this
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modern and I think a border can look I
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know it looks finished. A lot of us
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really like a border on our blanket but
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this is meant to be really modern
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looking almost like a piece of art and I
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think the border make can make it look a
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little bit more uh dated or even uh
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traditional which is certainly not a bad
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thing. Christmas is traditional, but
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with this style of blanket, you know,
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it's your blanket. You do what you want
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with it. And I will have a um
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recommendation for you if you want a
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more finished edge, but you'll need just
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a little bit of your leftover yarn from
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each color section to do it. Just a
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small amount. We're not doing a whole
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big border, just something really uh
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subtle.
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All right. So, this is um my stitch
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number 30. So, I will bring forward my
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color.
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And I don't need my stitch marker
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anymore. So, I'll put that back
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and then bring up my next color.
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Finish this stitch. Pull this nice and
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tight.
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and keep working.
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I'm not working my tail across as I go
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because I find that that leaves a
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kind of a ridge that looks a little
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obvious. So, I'll do the first couple of
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stitches and then bring it weave it kind
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of upwards as I work my rows.
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And that's what color I've chosen. It's
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a subtle color uh change, but I'm
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working
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to make a gradient effect.
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From this, I'm going to a deeper green,
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kind of a mid to dark green before we
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get to the finishing pine green.
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And I'll just finish my row with this
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color and come back. And my colors
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sections are already set up from working
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this row. So, this is going to be a nice
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easy row for us.
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