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Crochet mug cozy pattern for large mugs
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Feb 8, 2025
Add a touch of handmade charm with this oversized mug ruffle crochet cozy. For this pattern you will need 65 yards of worsted weight cotton yarn a 4 and 5 mm crochet hook scissors tapestry needle See more info on website: https://livechilllife.com/crochet-and-knit/crochet-mug-cozy-for-large-mugs-free-pattern/ PDF pattern: https://livechilllife.etsy.com/listing/1871096643/crochet-mug-cozy-with-ruffles-oversized Subscribe to the newsletter for monthly discounts, tips and free patterns: https://livechilllife.com/ My books and project trackers : :https://livechilllife.com/shop-my-books/ My vintage recipe cooking channel: https://www.youtube.com/@100yearoldrecipes My Etsy shop: https://livechilllife.etsy.com and https://www.etsy.com/shop/TinyCottageKitchen Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/people/Live-Chill-Life/61559059162110/
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in this video I'm going to show you how
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to make this mug cozy and this is
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designed for larger mugs
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[Music]
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so what do I mean by a larger mug I mean
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a uh maybe if you like The Latte mugs
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are a little bit bigger they run 14 16
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17 Oz or these taller mugs I prefer uh
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bigger
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mugs like this and these in proportion
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to something like like this that's more
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of a standard 11 oz you'll see the
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height
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difference so
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this if I were to put it on something
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like this so if you get mugs or if you
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have one two maybe get them as gifts and
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then they have some kind of you know
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funny cute heartwarming personalized any
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of that kind of a a graphic on there in
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the 11 o size this is going to be too
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big for that so yes of course it fits
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all the way around however where you
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going to put your mouth when you go to
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drink it right you're going to hit the
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ruffle and the
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ruffle will not look proportionate if
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this is more narrow so this is designed
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specifically for the bigger mugs let me
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show you how it looks on the bigger size
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you'll have seen it in the uh thumbnail
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as well so if I put it on
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here you know it looks beautiful there's
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room to put uh your lip for
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sipping fits it oops fits
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great and then this white one is my
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beloved we all have our favorite mug my
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beloved everyday coffee mug I don't
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particularly care for mugs with writing
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and all that I just want a nice mug with
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a nice cup of coffee and it fits
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over and
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looks proportionate to the larger mug
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all right so let me put all of this
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glass wear away and let's get making
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these this works up really quickly you
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can do it in half of a day right so to
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make this you're going to need a 5 mm
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hook and a 4 mm hook and we're going to
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start with the 5 mm to make the
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body and you will need about 65 yards of
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yarn I recommend cotton if it's going to
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be around something warm or a cotton
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blend that's more tolerant of
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heat these would also be great if you
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use those big mug soup
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bowls they can be a little hot to hold
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sometimes and or if you have trouble
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with dexterity and you can't put your
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fingers in to the uh handle you hold it
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around this would be nice for that okay
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so we're going to chain the um you
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should be able to make this following
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along with the video but if you need uh
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the written pattern the PDF will be
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linked in the
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description so I'm going to chain 32
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with the 5
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mm all right so I've got my 32 chains
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and I want to give you kind of a lay of
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the land so you understand how this is
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going to work the 32 chains is this part
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okay so this all the way around is the
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32 actually it'll be 31 once we start
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working
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this so what we're uh going to do is
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work 13 stitches right here which I'm
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about to show you and then work this way
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and add the ruffle at the end so we'll
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be working this way to create a 10 in
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length so let me show you how to do the
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Stitch now to keep it from I know the
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you know sometimes having to to keep the
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everything straight and all of that can
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be a hassle so to keep it simple we're
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not even going to do that we'll connect
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it at the very end of the project so in
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the second chain from Hook we're just
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going to work 13 stitches there's
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one
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2
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3
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four
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7
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8
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9 10
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11
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12 and
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13 and we'll just ignore this for the
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time being while we work our the body
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okay chain one in
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turn first
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Stitch pull up a loop next Stitch pull
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up a loop and this is a single crochet
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two together so I'll pull through all
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all three and chain one now we do not
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chain one skip one because these two
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were single crochet two together that
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made one stitch we've got to make up
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that one stitch by chaining one and
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going directly into the next Stitch and
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doing it again pull up a loop go into
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the next Stitch pull up a loop yarn over
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pull through all three that is a single
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crochet two together chain one to make
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up for that Stitch
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next Stitch remember don't skip I know
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we get used to the chain one skip one
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that's not what's Happening Here pull up
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a loop next Stitch pull up a loop yarn
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over pull through all three Loops chain
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one and just keep doing this to the end
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it's not a very long row so this comes
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together quickly
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chain
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one so you're working in pairs that
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would be 12 stitches for the repeat and
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we have 13
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total which means we'll have one stitch
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left at the end of this
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row this is a math
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Channel pull up pull up
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again through two chain one and there's
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that l Last Lonely little Stitch now on
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these turn chains these can be a little
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tight so I will normally get my Nifty
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little 2 mm to go in there make sure
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that I get both
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Loops get that yarn through here discard
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for
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now and then there's that single crochet
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in the last row it's just that first
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last Stitch that is um tight like that
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right chain one now we've got to be
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careful even though this is a simple
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Stitch we got to be careful to make sure
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that we're not missing
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any all right so same thing again go in
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the first Stitch pull up a loop second
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Stitch now make sure you're looking at
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the top to make uh ensure that you're
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getting the
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Stitch you're not missing anything and
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you always have a 13 Stitch count chain
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one okay where's that next Stitch right
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there go
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in pull up my Loop next Stitch pull up
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the
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loop yarn over pull through all three
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chain one make sure I get in that
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Stitch I didn't get both
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Loops pull through
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chain
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one two lips on
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hook so this is all you'll do until your
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piece reaches 10
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in me get
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the better slightly over 10 in than
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slightly under so you want to line up
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you see I'm right at 10 in and this will
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fit the mug perfectly cuz you don't want
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this overly stretching trying to make up
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for that now if you have an unusually
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wide you know those sup Bowl cups I
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mentioned or did I even mention those uh
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if you have dexterity issues and you
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can't hold the handle they're very warm
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on the hands so this is nice to uh
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hold but this should just be resting
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over the handle it should not be pulled
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like an elastic you want this to just
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comfortably fit around your
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vessel so if you need to go a little
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longer just uh check your length if you
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need to get a tape measure for a custom
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fit by all
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means and then uh once you do that come
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back and we are going to work the ruffle
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Edge which is easy and quick
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I've completed the length for the
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circumference of the
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mug and once you do that you'll need to
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do your opposite end and for this uh
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this one is the oversized mug so I'm
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going to chain 19 and
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right and then I'm going to take it out
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just to make sure it stays straight and
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then slip stitch and I also need to do
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that to the other end because it was not
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attached early
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on so I'll slip the
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Stitch keep it straight do a
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chain and then now I'm going to work the
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wave border so don't cut your yarn and
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if you have a side you like better than
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the other they look pretty similar to me
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just depends on your you know your taste
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you're going to immediately start
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working the wave all right so it says to
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chain or not chain to make four single
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crochet so I'm going to work my four
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single crochet
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one
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2
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three and four
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all right let's do this again because I
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realized I'm supposed to change to 4 mm
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I've done this type of border on several
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projects and I know better I could tell
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as I was stitching that the stitches
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were too big for this
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border it doesn't look delicate when the
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hook is too big So Right 4 mm hook again
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four stitches
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one
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two 3 and
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four then you will chain
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four turn to the back and slip into the
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first Stitch so let's count back here's
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my fourth third second and there's that
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first single crochet that I made so slip
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into that
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slip stitch chain
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one then turn it so it's facing you
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again and work seven double crochet into
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that space you just made that chain four
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space
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[Music]
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one
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2 3
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four
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5 six and
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seven now from here you'll do four
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stitches
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again next Stitch next to the last that
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fourth one that you made here the next
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Stitch again one
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2 3 and
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four I'll do a chain four again to
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create that space for the
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ruffle and then this time where your
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slip stitch goes is a little bit
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different so I'm going to turn to the
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back and it's going to be this little
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space right here
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okay so this is the gap between the
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fourth Stitch of the last grouping and
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the first Stitch of
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this set of
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four so take your hook go into the
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little
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Gap and do your slip
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stitch chain one
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turn and then work your four uh I'm
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sorry seven double crochet into this
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chain four
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space
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one
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2
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3
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four
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five six
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and
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seven and then this is what you repeat
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the last one you just did so now bring
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it down
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next Stitch make four single
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crochet
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one
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2 3 and
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four and make a chain four space
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and turn and we go into that Gap again
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between that first single crochet of
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this group and the last one of the group
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before bring up your yarn slip the
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Stitch chain
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one think my yarn
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is there we go split there then turn
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back and work your seven double crochet
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into the chain four
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space so once it's set up it's pretty
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easy you just have to get the hang of it
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two
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three
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four
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5
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6 and seven
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one again four single
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crochet
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one
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2
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3
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four let me see your a wave pattern
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developing here your
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ruffle right so I finished my last
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ruffle here so I'm going to slip down
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into some somewhere in this area so I'm
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at right at the end and I had three
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stitches left so I had to kind of fudge
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I put two stitches in the first Stitch
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and then worked three more so that I
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would have four to do my chain four
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space so when I slip my Stitch I'm going
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to come down here into the side just to
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make sure it gets a nice little
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Arch and also this this is the side it
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may not be the side where you are
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depending on the the length that you
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made but this uh this side also needs to
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get secured the mug handle
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part let's see where are my
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scissors cut this CU we still have to
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put the ruffle on the opposite side pull
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that one through and
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then make sure this isn't twisted
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it
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around and I'm going to go into that
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same Stitch
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there and bring this
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through I'm going to use the tail
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from the last wave and bring it
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in
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here and just secure it with a single
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crochet p through
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and I will tie a knot just to keep these
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secure sorry the landscapers are out
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here they're
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reworking the whole front area for
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spring let's pull that
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snug and then I'll weave those ends
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in now we need to work Ruffles on this
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side so you want to make sure that
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the uh same side is facing you so that
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the curve comes uh in the same
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Direction so I'm going to start at this
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end a slip
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knot attach my yarn and then we'll do
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the same thing again so four single
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crochet
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and then the chain
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four turn to the back find that first
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Stitch that you made your first single
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crochet and single crochet in there or
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slip stitch for this for the set and
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then I will work
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my seven double crochet
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and then continue down like I did on the
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other side
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so I see the Ruffles coming in towards
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the same
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direction right so I'm finishing this uh
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second wave side and I'll just slip here
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ruffle
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rather and then for this side I won't be
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knotting like I did um over here so I'll
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weave in this end now if you want to add
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your little tag with yarn so I did a
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video on this on how to get your yarn
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through button holes and small spaces
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like this when your tapestry needles
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won't fit tapestry needles will not fit
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in these smaller tags and if you push
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them it will burst the corner so the 2
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mm Hook is my clutch go-to finishing
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tool because this does fit into these
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ends now it's still snug and the yarn
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can be a little tricky to get through
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but you only have to do it a couple of
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times to get it
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in figure out where I want it it's going
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to be on the same side for both same
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spot for
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both just go from behind and pull up my
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yarn rivets for something like this the
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rivets are going to be too big for these
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little holes also and then a little
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string or little thread you can use that
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you know it's just personal preference I
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think that sometimes it can look a
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little
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flimsy but it gets the job
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done a cotton like a cotton twine could
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use that or
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a um what is the kind of natural looking
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twine you can use that also but I'm
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going to use yarn because it matches
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my what I'm doing
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here let come
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through up and this I will not in the
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back just secure it and
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then either weave in the end or just
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trim it away CU you won't really see the
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back now if you're selling these at
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craft fairs you're welcome to do you
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might handle that a little bit
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differently
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it's just up to you how you like to
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finish your
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items okay so it's all
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through and then I'll knot it back
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here not so snug that it buckles but
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it's snug enough that it's lays flat
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against
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the um here the length that goes around
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the cup and then it's
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done so you can make a couple of these
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in a day depending how fast you are and
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how much time you
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have and then you can also use this to
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weave in ends with a
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little I do have tapestry needle sitting
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here just showing you I do this also if
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the yarn gets cut too short for some
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reason or you play a game of yarn
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chicken and you
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lose um cuz you didn't have enough right
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at the end of your project you can weave
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in with your little needle just do your
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back and forth to hide it invisibly so
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it's a great little tool to have on hand
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and you saw me use it to work into that
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little tight Stitch early on I always
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have this handy when I'm working on a
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project okay okay so let me know what
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