2-Color Box Stitch Square | Gallery Throw Crochet-Along Session 6

Hi, everybody. Welcome back to our gallery. Throw crochet along. If this is your first time joining us for this project, just I just want you to know that there are other videos where I'm talking you through, especially um lesson one where I'll be talking you through um the the all the specific materials that you need for the whole blanket, just kind of the general overview of the whole blanket. So um that was in less than one. So you can go ahead and download that if you have questions um you that you might find that the answers are in that and go ahead and watch that less than number one for the general overview also. So this is lesson number six. We're going to be working on the two color box that square so you can go ahead and download the pattern for today. Um Today's tutorial where I'm gonna be walking you through this really awesome three dimensional looking kind of diamond cool crochet 22 tone thing. Um This is one of my favorite stitch patterns and although I, I've known how to do this for a while, I have never actually used this in a project before because I it is a little bit um hard to explain how to do it. It's not that it's necessarily hard to do uh once you understand it, but there are some kind of weird things about it. So I am so thankful that we have, you know, the ability to teach through video because this is gonna make things so much easier. So, I don't know if you have already downloaded this and you have read your way through um this pattern. There's lots of kind of large paragraphs where I'm explaining things to you. Um So my recommendation is to read through the direction and also look at the chart and also watch this video. Um And if you do all 33 of those things, I'm sure everything's gonna be fine. I don't want to scare you off. It's not that it's, you know, it's not super tricky, but there are things that are a little bit unconventional and unconventional and a little bit kind of strange about the stitch pattern. So we really, really help to watch through the video to see how everything is, um kind of put together. All right, I also wanted to mention too that there are a couple of incorrect things in the download right now. We are going to get this corrected as soon as possible. But unfortunately, I did not notice the mistakes until last night. So we haven't had time to fix those yet. Um I'm gonna call them out right now and then I'll also be talking you through some of them later on in our lesson today. So first of all, there's just one little thing in row eight. Um row eight. If you read all the way through, look at the, look at the second to the last line. OK. This is just a partial line here. Groups chain three chain spaces right above that. we have chain, one half, double crochet bracket in next front post, single crochet, chain, three, skip, next five, front post, single crochet, single crochet in top of last double crochet. That double crochet right here. That should be a single crochet. OK. So that was my mistake. Um I didn't catch that. So just so, you know, that should be a single crochet. And I, once we get to row eight, I'll point that out again. I just wanted to tell you everything right away at the beginning just in case you have an older copy of this right now, you probably do if you're watching this live. Um And just so that just to make sure that um you know that there are a couple of things we need to fix. Also in the edging, we are gonna have to talk about this because there were a couple of things that I did incorrectly. I did find a mistake in the chart. I put too many slip stitches. Those are the little dots along each side here and here we're gonna remove this little section of two slip stitches, two single crochets, two single crochets. We're just, just removing that right out of the pattern and the same thing on this side, it doesn't matter which section you take it out of. You could take these out, you could take these out. It doesn't matter. And we'll get to that later if you're thinking that's weird. Why can you take it out of whatever? It, it'll make more sense later as we go through this. But I made a mistake and there are too many slip stitches here, therefore, resulting in too many single crochets. Now, if you've already worked this up and your square looked fine, you do not need to rip it out. It's probably not gonna, it's, it's fairly minute thing. It's just gonna make your border just a little bit bigger, but it's likely that it will still look just fine, especially after blocking. Um, so do not, you do not need to rip this out. It is not really a problem. It's just, um, the directions don't match up with the chart and it's just a little bit, a little bit off, but I'll be talking you through all of that as we go along. Um, and we will get that updated. So, and we'll let you know, um, maybe we can write that in the comments when we update it so that, you know that you can go ahead and download a fresh copy and have everything be correct. All right. So, back to the beginning here, we're gonna be working on this two color box stitch square. Um And like I said, this, one of my favorite stitch patterns is just such a cool pattern. So here, here, here is my box square in progress. OK, where I'm actually almost done with this particular square. But you can see here it's kind of got these really awesome three dimensional qualities and you can see that there, you know, there's a little bit of the gray color and then the gold right here and then the gray and it just blends together so nice. It looks really, it's just a really interesting stitch pattern to work on. So it is definitely worth learning. Um Even though it is a little bit, um it's a little bit more advanced than uh probably it's probably the most advanced stitch pattern in this blanket. Um So this is the last one. You can kind of push yourself at the end uh to learn something that's a little bit more complicated. And of course, you can always go back and watch this video, you know, watch certain parts of it over and over until it makes sense to you. Um Or ask me questions. Also, please ask me questions if you're getting stuck. All right. So we are gonna start out by making a crochet chain of 26. 0, and by the way, I'm using an H hook and a worst way acrylic yarn. All the specs, all the specifics of the yarn and all that kind of stuff is in lesson the lesson one download. So if you want to know exactly the colors that I used, if you want to know um you know, exact yardages for the whole blanket and that sort of thing. Um That's all, all that information is in the lesson one. Download. I do want to mention one other thing too and I want to say a special thank you to Lane H for posting her pictures in the project gallery. It was so fun to see what you've been working on Lane. Um She has worked through the bottle Cable square, the log cabin square, the Green square and the popcorn granny, which she said was her favorite. It's one of my favorites too. It's so textural and just fun. Um And I also want to give a special shout out to Laurie M who has been posting her progress as well in this blanket. I know she posted a couple new pictures I think last night. Um And it's been really fun to watch what you guys are working on. It's great to see other color ways, you know, if you haven't started on this blanket yet. Um And you're looking for some inspiration, definitely check out the project gallery. You can just click on the browse button and then go to articles and then go to project gallery and you can check out what other crochets are making and there's all kinds of other good inspiration in there too. Not just the blanket. Um, there's all kinds of other cool stuff. So if you've never looked at that on our website before, I highly recommend it. It's just a really fun place to just get some inspiration and look at what the other crocheters who, um are using our website are doing. It's pretty fun. All right. So we're gonna start with a chain of 26. So 123456789, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1920 21 22 23 24 25 and 26. All right. Now we're gonna begin with the second chain from the hook and we're gonna work into the bottom of the chain and we're gonna make one single crochet into each ditch across. So, if you've never worked into the bottom of the chain before, what that means is you have a whole bunch of little vs going across your chain here. As you can see, that's the top of the chain. And that's normally where we are taught to insert a hook under. When we're first learning how to crochet. Sometimes people will insert it under just the back loop here, sometimes or sometimes it'll be underneath both loops. I like to begin. Almost always. I begin working into the bottom of my chain because I feel like it makes a really neat and tidy edge. It's just easier for me also to get my crochet hook underneath that bottom bump. So if you roll it over, so your vs are touching the table and you look at the back, there's all these little horizontal dashes on the back of your chain and that's where you're gonna insert your hook underneath each of these horizontal dashes. We're gonna skip the first one because that is just a turning chain. We're not going to work into that one. We're gonna begin with that second back bump right there. So we're gonna work a single crochet into each stitch across. So we'll insert here and over, pull up a loop here and over, pull through two in search, you're and over. Pull up a loop. You're an over pull through two. We're just gonna continue making single crochets all the way across this edge. So just like this. So I definitely, if you, if this is the first time you're joining us for this gallery crochet along, I definitely recommend checking out the other lessons as well. Um Any of these squares, uh The cool thing about this blanket is you can take any of these squares and you could make a whole blanket out of just that square. You could make a whole bunch of the same squares or a lot of these stitch patterns. You could adapt to an entire blanket. Like for example, the one that we're working on now, if you just make a much longer foundation chain, you can just make your whole blanket with the stitch pattern. So basically this is just like a mini library of interesting textual kind of fun stitch patterns uh to learn and so you can use them, of course, for whatever you want, you don't have to just, you know, make a square, you don't have to make this blanket. Um Although if you do, you do make the blanket, please post, post your pictures in the project gallery. You guys, I really get such a big kick out of seeing what you guys are working on. It's really fun for me. All right. So we've made it almost to the end of our row here, we have one more single crochet and then we are going to chain one that doesn't count as a stitch that's throughout this pattern. It's just a turning chain. Then we're gonna turn our work like we're turning a page in a book and then we're gonna single crochet into the first stitch. OK. So there's a single crochet there and we're gonna gonna skip three, single crochets, 12 and three and then we're gonna make a fan. So in this particular pattern, a fan is five, double crochets and then a chain one and then five more double crochets. OK? So the a fan is one of those things that can vary depending on, you know what the pattern is, you're working up, what the um what the project is. So it's always good to look, you know, if you see something like fan or shell or something like that in your pattern, it's always good to look at the, the key or the definitions to see what the designer is telling you as a fan. So those are included in your pattern um underneath the special stitches. So we have a fan here, five double crochets, chain, 15, double crochets in the indicated stitch or chain one space and a half a fan is four double crochets in the indicated chain space. OK? So here are some definitions of the different stitches that we're going to encounter here in this particular block. All right. So we've done our first single crochet. We're gonna skip 3123, then we're gonna work a fan into the next stitch. So, oops, let me back up. So in order to make a double crochet, you're gonna yarn over insert, yarn over, pull up a loop. Yaren over, pull through two yarn over, pull through two. That's your first double crochet of the fan. Now, we're going to do four more yarn over insert, you're an over, pull up, yarn over, pull through two, you're an over, pull through two, you're an over insert, you're an over, pull up, you're an over, pull through two, you're an over, pull through two. We've done three. So far we're gonna do two more double crochets one and two. And then we're gonna chain one. This is the top of our fan, the center and now we're gonna do five more double crochets for and five. Then we're gonna skip three stitches 123. And we're gonna work a single crochet into the following stitch. OK? And we're gonna repeat that again. So we're going to skip three stitches 123. And we're gonna make a fan in the following stitch. So remember the fan in this pattern is five double crochets and then a chain one and then five more double crochets. So there's four and five chain one and five more double crochets one, two, three, four and five just like that. And then we are gonna skip three stitches 123 and work a single crochet into the following stitch, skip three more stitches 123 and create another fan here. So remember that's five, double crochets three for five and a chain one and five more double crochets one to three for and five. And then we're gonna skip 3123 and end with a single crochet into that last stitch right there. OK? And it is normal for the bottom to be a little bit curly that will get sorted out later when we start doing our border around, it's gonna be fine, but I just want to point that out. That is normal for the stitch pattern to start out like that. OK. So now we're gonna yarn over with the new color now in a lot of people's patterns and sometimes in mine um in order to switch colors for the next row on that last yarn over, you'll yarn over with the new color. I have learned that. I actually like how it looks better if I finish that last stitch with the old color. And then I yarn over with the new color and, and pull through. So now you have like this extra weird stitch here and then I just pull on the old color until this stitch disappears. That last loop of this color. It's just gonna disappear into nothingness. I just pull it nice and tight. That helps anchor my yarn and it gives it a nice, um Just I, I just like how the color change looks that way. If you prefer to change on the last yarn over, you can absolutely do that. You don't have to do it this way. I just wrote it the way that I liked your crochet. But of course, with crochet, you know, you can always modify things, you can do it your own way. And that's the beauty of it. Right. So now we are going to work at chain one and actually I'm gonna switch instead of reading through the directions here. I'm gonna switch over to our chart um, to follow along to help our visual learners, but just know that the directions are written out in words and also charted here, fully charted and we will get the all the directions fixed up for you as soon as possible. Like I said before, there are a couple of little things and I'll be talking you through those once we get to them, nothing has changed so far yet. Um But I just want to mention that again. All right, so we have worked through round two here. So this round, I mean, sorry row, the first row was single crochet. That was right here and it's shown by these little gray Xes. The second row is right here and it's those three fans with the single crochets between them. Now we're gonna be working on row number three, which is right here in blue. So you can see in my chart, I switch back and forth between black and gray and then the light blue and dark blue. And so that is to show you the color changes that happen here. It, it was um a little bit tricky to show that. But I finally figured out that I can show like a faded, uh a faded row and then a darker row. But they can be really the same color, like gray and black shades of the same color, um light blue and dark blue shades of the same color. Ok. So just keep that in mind if you see blue. That means that you're gonna be working with your contrasting color. If you see the black, that means you're working with your main color there. All right. So we have already changed to our contrasting color. We did a chain one. We are starting right here. So that's our chain one, our turning chain. And then we're gonna make a single crochet into the first stitch. OK. So we're gonna turn our work and we're gonna make that single crochet into our first stitch right here. And then we are gonna work all these goofy little looking little stitches. It's like a little plus on the top and then a little hook on the bottom. So this is called a front post, single crochet. And if you've been crocheting for a while, you prob you, you may have come across this before. Um It is a little bit, quite a bit less common actually than a front post, double crochet or front post treble crochet. That's usually where we see. Um those post stitches are usually made with taller stitches. But in this case, we're gonna be using a short stitch, a single crochet to make a post stitch. So if you've never done that before, that's OK, I'm gonna show you how to do it. So we're gonna be working around the post of our stitch instead of inserting our hook into the top. This is where we would normally work, but we're gonna work around the post, the post is kind of like the stem, you know, or the height of the stitch. So we're gonna insert our hook underneath that first stitch. So we're gonna go from right to left around the back into the front like this. OK? And let me be clear. This is, this is one of those double crochet. We're starting with the double crochets, make sure you're not confusing it with any of these stitches that came uh Before these are the single crochet. Stitches down here. You're not working into any of that stuff. You're starting with that first double crochet, which is right there. So you're gonna insert your hook underneath that stitch yarn over, pull up a loop, you're an over and pull through two just like a regular single crochet, except we're working it around the post. OK? We're gonna do that again. Here's the next post insert. You're an over, pull up a loop, you're an over, pull through two. Here's the third, the third post. OK? So we're just creating our single crochet stitches, but we're working into those posts instead of into the tops of the stitches. So you should have five front post, single crochets and you're gonna chain one. This is where we are on the chart right here. So we're chaining one and then we're gonna do five more front post, single crochets down the other side of the fan. So here's that double crochet um post that we're working around, you're an over pull up loop, you're an over pull through tooth. All right, here's the next post just like that. So we're, we are currently working on a wrong side row. The wrong side rows are um in the chart, they are the lighter colored ones. So you can see the, you know, this is what we're facing it right now, but this is going to become the wrong side. When we look at the piece later, this is the right side. You can see what all those front post stitches are doing. We're creating these cute little stitches here of the contrasting color that kind of run along just below the edge of that gold and it makes it look so pretty. All right. So now we've come to that single crochet that's between our fans and we're gonna make a front post, single crochet around that stitch too. So we just go around the post, grab the yarn yarn over and pull through two. And now we're gonna repeat that we're gonna work into each of these posts, making a single crochet, front post, single crochets all the way along the fan until we get to that center chain one of the fan. So we've done five. Now we're at the center chain one, you can tell because there's a little hole there and then you just do a chain one and then you work your way back down the other side. All right. Now we are going to make a front post, single crochet around this single crochet right here and we're gonna work single crochets all the way up. The next fan here, one, two, three, four, five chain one and then work our way back down with front post, single crochets again to three for and five. Oops, I missed a post. I kind of slid my hook right through the middle of the post and it didn't go all the way around the back side of the post. I was worried I did that. So I'm gonna fix that right now. Here we go. All right. So you've reached, you've done the, the five single front post, single crochet is down the last fan and then they're gonna end with a single crochet into the last stitch right there. All right. So we have just completed row number three, we're over here. Then row number four begins with chain three. So 12 and three. And that's gonna count as a half, double crochet and then also a chain one right here. So 123 and then we're gonna make another half, double crochet into that same single crochet or into the, that single crochet right there. The very first single crochet. So, oops, let me explain a half, double crochet. So yarn over, insert yarn over, pull up a loop. Now you have three loops on your hook and then you yarn over and pull through all three. OK. So this counts as a half, double crochet. Chain 1.5, double crochet, even though it was secretly a chain three, half, double crochet right there. All right. Now we're gonna chain 3123 and we are gonna create a single crochet right into the chain space of that contrast color. OK. We're ignoring this. We're just gonna work right here and make a single crochet like that. Then we're gonna chain 3123 and then we're gonna do a half, double chain, one half, double into the single crochet. That's right at the bottom of that valley there. And let me point out when you're working back and forth in turned rows, when you create a stitch. Well, regardless of whether you're working in turn rows or working in the round, every time you are making a stitch, you kind of create the top of the stitch first and then you create the post of it. So right now what's on my hook? This is going to become the top of the next stitch. So when I make my half, double crochet, I'm gonna yarn over and just watch this loop here. I'm gonna insert here and over. Pull up the loop here and over and pull through three. So that made a half, double crochet. So you can see the top of the stitch is just slightly offset to the right of where the post is. OK? So when you're working in turn rows. What happens is if you're used to that stitch being offset to the right as you make it, when you turn it and look at the back side, it's slightly offset to the left. I'm just pointing this out because it's gonna make it a little bit easier to understand where you're inserting your hook for everything. Ok. So, for example, um, I worked into this single crochet, it looks slightly offset to the left because that's where the top of the, the single crochet is. It's slightly offset to the left of where the post of the single crochet is. Now, if this doesn't make any sense, that's OK, you don't have to be so super careful as long as you're consistent every time if you just want to pick the stitch at the bottom of the valley and always put it into the same stitch as you go. And you don't quite understand. Is that the top of this stitch? Is that the top of this stitch? This stitch? I don't know, it really doesn't make a difference, but I just want to point this out in case you want to be um in case it helps you to figure out exactly what stitch I am talking about where you're inserting your hook. So we're gonna chain one and then we're gonna do another half double crochet into that same space. OK? So it's kind of making like a little V stitch here right at the bottom Valley and then we're gonna chain 3123. Now we're gonna work a single crochet into that chain one space at the top of that um kind of above the top of the gold fan. But into the contrasting color here is our single crochet. Now we're gonna do three more chains 123. And now we're gonna do a half, double chain, one half, double into the single crochet at the bottom of the valley here. So yarn over, insert yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through three, chain one. And we're gonna make another half, double crochet right there next to it. We're gonna chain 312 and three. And we're gonna place a single crochet at the top of that peak there and chain 3123. And then we're gonna make a half, double crochet chain one half, double crochet into this single crochet right here. This co uh contrast color, single crochet. So there's our half, double crochet, chain 1.5, double crochet right there. Now, we are gonna be working on, we have just completed row four and now we're gonna be working on row three. So we chain one as a turning chain chain one, turn our work. We're working on the wrong side. This is the slightly lighter colored blue in the chart and we're gonna place a single crochet into the first stitch. There's our single crochet and then we're gonna chain one and place another single crochet into the next stitch. Now, which is it, it is the top of the half, double crochet. Now, this goes back to what I was saying before about not quite knowing whether you're going here or whether you're going here. Technically, this is the top of your half, double crochet, even though it looks like this is the top of your half double crochet. So I'm gonna place my single crochet here. So that, that all kind of lines up where my chain one space is over the the chain one space here. Now I'm gonna chain 3123 and then we're gonna place, let's see, one single crochet into the top of the single crochet. Oh Whoops, hold on one second here. Let's see. Chain three, single crochet into the top. Oh OK. I got a little confused there. We're gonna single crochet into the top of our single crochet, which is right here. If you pull up your two chain space uh chain three spaces, you can see that single crochet right in the middle. That's where you're placing your single crochet right there. OK. And so now for the rest of this, for at least these two, I decided I wanted to line up and make it look like I was stitching directly into the tops of these half, double crochets. Like, remember how we were talking about before. This is technically the top of this half, double crochet, but I'm just gonna be stitching here because it looks like it's on the top of the half, double crochet. This is technically a chain space that was made after we made this half double crochet with the other side facing. Now, this is getting really crazy. Let's just take a step back and I just wanna let you know it's OK to just decide if you want it to look like it's in the top. You just pick this stitch. If you want to be, you know, if you wanna actually be putting your single crochet into the top of the half, double crochet, you can pick this stitch either way, just be consistent across the center of your piece if you can. Um But having said that if you are getting confused and you have over here and you chain one and then you do it over here, honestly, you're not gonna be able to see that later because we're crocheting over all of this stuff later you'll see in the next step. So don't worry, don't get stuck on that and feel like I just can't get it. I quit. Please don't do that. It's OK to just go on ahead and then when you make the next round, you'll see that it doesn't really even matter. All right. So we're, we're gonna chain three here and then I am going to work a single crochet here. OK? So it looks like it's in the top of my half, double crochet. But technically, it's in the chain chain, one space that we made after that half, double crochet chain one. And then here's another single crochet right here. OK. So that, it looks like it's lining up above, we have a single crochet chain, one, single crochet and it's lining up above the half, double crochet chain, one half, double crochet. Now we're gonna chain 3123 and we're gonna place a single crochet in the top of the single crochet right there. And then we're gonna chain 3123. And then we're gonna place a single crochet here in the top of the half, double crochet and chain one. Actually, that was in the chain one space, but it looks like it's in the top of the half, double crochet. And the same thing here, we're placing a single crochet in what looks like it's in the top of that half, double crochet and we're in a chain 3123, single crochet in the single crochet right at the top of that peak chain 3123. And we're gonna end with a single crochet right here, Jane one and then a single crochet into that turning chain. So it should be in the second chain up. OK? So there you have the what, what is functioning as the two, half, double crochets and a chain one. And then right above that, a single crochet, a single crochet and then a chain one between them. All right. So now we're gonna move on to row number six. So we're gonna begin with two chains as our turning chain. So we're gonna chain to 12 and we'll turn our work and now you'll see on this row how you don't really need to sweat exactly where those single crochets are going. It helps if you can be consistent, but if you're just like, it's too confusing. Don't worry about it, just make it look like they're going above those half, double crochets. Um Don't worry about that. OK, because we're just gonna cover it up. So now we're gonna do a half of a fan right here in the middle of this little V down here. So this is below this, the, so this is the last row we worked here. That was a single crochet chain, one single crochet. We're actually working it down here. This was a half, double crochet chain, one half, double crochet right there or actually it was a chain three and then a half, double crochet. But this is functioning as a half, double crochet chain, one half, double crochet. So we're gonna be working right into that little hole right there. We're gonna be placing four double crochets right into that space. All right. So remember we're just, we're not going in through this, this row that we just made, we're going down below. So we're gonna yarn over insert yarn over, pull up a loop, you're an over pull through two, you're an over pull through two. That's the first one. Now, we're gonna do three more in the same space. One to and three. So we have a total of four, double crochets plus that beginning chain two that's functioning as a double crochet. Now, we're going to skip over um all these chains here and we are gonna connect this working row with this last row of the main color down here. And we're gonna do that with just a single crochet. So what we do is we find the center of that fan. You can see there's a little window there. That's where the chain one is. So you're gonna put your hook through that and then you're gonna put your hook through that single crochet. That's right behind it. So right here. OK? You're putting it through one layer and then through the next layer, you're gonna yarn over, pull a up a loop yarn over and pull through two. So you're just making a single crochet, but you are anchoring these two layers together. OK? When you get to those peaks. All right. So now we have that little anchoring single crochet and we're gonna work into this space between our half, double crochets once again. So it's gonna be down in here, not in the row, that's just, you know, the previous row, but the row below that. OK? So we're gonna do a fan in this little hole. So we'll yarn over insert, you're an over pull up loop, you're an over pull through two, you're an over pull through two. We're gonna do four more of those two, three for and then one more for a total of five. Ok. So we have five double crochets there and then we chain one because that's the center of our fan. And then we're gonna do five more double crochets, see how we're just squishing those two rows together. We're kind of covering all that stuff up. This is why you shouldn't worry too much about the exact placement. Um If you're having a hard time figuring that out, So there's our fan and then we are going to make one of those connecting single crochets. So find the middle of that main color and there's a chain one there. So you're gonna put your hook up through there and then you're gonna put it through the top of that single crochet from the previous row and then you'll grab that yarn and yarn over and pull through two. OK. This is what it looks like so far. Now we're gonna do another fan down here in between those half, double crochets into the little window between them. So one to three for five, chain, one, one, two, three, four and five. OK. That's our next van. And then we're going to make one of those connecting single crochets connecting this to that single crochet right in the middle there. OK. So we're gonna insert our hook right here and then insert our hook in the single crochet behind yarn over, pull up a loop Yaren over and pull through two. And now we're gonna make a half of a fan into this last space between these two, half, double crochets in the row below the, the working row here. So one oops chew three, four. And then we're gonna end with a double crochet into the top of that half, double crochet right there, just like that. So that would be right here in the chart. So we're going to be actually, oh, it's not in the half, double crochet. I'm sorry, it is in the single crochet that's kind of hiding here. We'll pull that over there. It is. So that was the single crochet that was actually from the previous row. OK? Not in the double crochet from below it. All right. So right here is where I'm talking about. I just misspoke and I had told you to put this double crochet into this half, double crochet, but we're really putting it in just the previous row just like we normally would. OK, after we worked all of these four down into here. So that's what these little red arrows are telling you. They're telling you we're not working into this stitch. We're working down here into this space here. All right. So now we're going to do a chain one. We're working on row number seven, we're gonna chain one for a turning chain and then we're gonna place a single crochet into that double crochet that we just made. So we'll chain one and turn and oops, I forgot I need to change color here. OK. So at the very end after we do that double crochet, we're gonna change to the next color because that double crochet is in blue, the next row here that is going to be so sorry, in blue on the chart that is in gray. So that means we're going back to the gold here. So we are going to just pull up this loop or pull up the strand. We don't need to cut our yarn as we work, we just let it drop and then we pick it up later. So after we've completed that last double crochet of row six, we're going to grab the original color. We had worked with the main color and then we're just gonna yarn over and pull through there and we don't want, we don't want this to be too tight or loose. So it's bagging out. We just want it to come straight up the side edge and we're gonna pull on that loop of the contrasting color, the gray until it disappears just like that. Now we're gonna chain one and turn whoops. I chained one with the wrong color. We had just changed the gold All right, we're gonna change one and turn our work. OK. So just to just a little note knowing where to change color. It is always gonna be on that um, front post, single crochet row that you're making, that's when you change to the new color. So if you're finding yourself making a front post single crochet and it matches the color you're, you're working into, that means you forgot to change your colors. So you, you have to change colors in order to work those front post single crochets. All right. So here we are row number seven, single crochet into that first, double crochet. And then we are gonna do front post, single crochets all the way across the rest of the span. So 123, four posts. OK. This is just like we worked before. Um I mean the front post single crochets, we're working them in the same way that we worked them down here. The stitch pattern is a little different because it's shifted off. But you'll see, it's, it's very similar. Now, we've gotten to that single crochet right in the middle. So we're gonna make a front post, single crochet around that single crochet like that. And then we're gonna work a front post single crochet all the way up to the top of the fan. So that's five posts, 12, three, four and five. And when we get to the top, there's a chain, one space there. So we make a chain one space here. So we just chain one and work single crochet, front post, single crochets back down the other side of the fan to three, four and five. And then we work a si a front post single crochet around that single crochet at the bottom just like that. And now we're gonna go up the other the next fan here. One to three for five, chain one and one to three, four and five. Now we're gonna make a front post, single crochet around this single crochet and we're gonna make a front post, single crochet around each of these four posts of the half fan And we're gonna end with a single crochet right in the top of that turning chain there. So here's our single crochet right at the very end in the last stitch. OK. That's what it looks like. Then we will, let's see, we're right here. We've just worked that right there. We're gonna chain one and turn and place a single crochet in the first stitch. So chain one in turn and we make a single crochet in the first stitch. Then we're gonna chain three and then we're gonna make half, double crochet, chain one, half, double crochet at the bottom of the valley. So this should be looking familiar to you because we have already done this. Um We did this with the, the gray color and it was slightly offset, but this is really the same kind of stitch combination. So we have chain three. Now we're gonna work half, double crochet at that bottom of the valley there in that single crochet. Um Then a chain one and another half, double crochet right there. Chain 3123. Then we're gonna work a single crochet into the top of that stitch um uh sorry into the chain one space I, I should say at the top of that, like above that fan, I'm gonna chain 3123. And we're gonna repeat that half, double crochet chain one business down here. So half, double crochet chain, one half, double crochet chain, 3123, single crochet into that chain. One space chain 3123, half, double crochet chain, one half, double crochet chain 3123. And here we are right here on our chart and we're gonna place a single crochet into the top of that single crochet right on the edge there. So right here is a single crochet. All right. And then we're gonna chain one and turn and now we're gonna be working across row nine. So this is row nine, we start with a single crochet. We work three chains and then we're gonna single crochet chain, one, single crochet. And this is the place where I was telling you previously um that we actually work into the chain space here and the chain space here. First thing crochets. But like I said before, if it's easier for you to actually work into those half, double crochets, that is completely fine. If you're confused about which is which and you don't even know, just look at it and decide where you want it to go and place it there and it will be fine. I promise you it'll be just fine. So, all right, we're gonna start out with that single crochet right on the edge, which is right here. Chain three 12 and three. Then we're going to do a single crochet here. Chain one and a single crochet here. OK. Those single crochets are right above the posts of those half, double crochets. Then we're gonna chain 3123. All right. And then we're gonna do a single crochet in the top of this single crochet right there. And chain 3123, single crochet. Chain one, single crochet chain 3123. Basically, we're, we're always kind of hopping over with those chain threes to the next thing. Chain single crochet in the top of that single crochet and chain 3123. Now we're gonna do a single crochet at the top of that half, double crochet post. It's really into a chain one space, but that's OK. And then chain one and another single crochet chain 312 and three. Now we're gonna place a single crochet in the very last stitch of the row. So we've landed right here. We're gonna chain one and turn single crochet into that first stitch chain, one, turn single crochet into the first stitch. Oh But actually this single crochet you can see right here. This single crochet is connecting down here. So this, we're actually inserting a hook between the turning chain, which is those two chains and the first um front post or the first double crochet here of this fan. Let me show you where that is. So what we're doing is we're connecting this layer down to this layer. So we're gonna insert our hook down here between this turning chain and the first double crochet like that. And we're going to connect it into that very first stitch and we're gonna make a single crochet here. OK? So that just made a little pleat in the side. We're bringing that down a little and that'll make more sense as I go across here because we're gonna be connecting this to this. We've already done that before. Um But we also, now we need to do it on the edges because the stitch pattern is offset. All right. So now we are gonna be working a, a fan down in between the two half, double crochets from two rounds below or two rows below. So not in this row down here where those half double crochets are, we're gonna be making us a fan just a regular fan. So one to three, four, five chain, one, one two, three, four, five. All right. So we just made a little fan there in between those two, half, double crochets. And now we are gonna connect this the top of this fan with the working row that single crochet and this chain one space. So we're gonna insert our hook from bottom to top underneath that chain one space and then through that single crochet right behind it, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two. All right. So then we're gonna keep repeating that. So we're gonna make a fan down here between the half, double crochets, one, two, three, four and five chain one, one to three or five. All right. Now, we're gonna connect that chain one space to the single crochet that's right behind it with a single crochet. And we're gonna create another fan down here between these two, half, double crochets, one to three, four, five chain one, one to three for and five. And then we are going to end with a single crochet that connects the space between this front post or this uh double crochet and the double crochet right on the end, which is um was actually a turning chain. So we're gonna insert our hook in between those two posts, those two gray posts and then you're just gonna poke it back out right here above it. OK. So that it doesn't need to be a magical perfect place, but you, you're gonna just insert your hook between there and come out in front of this gold layer here or in front of your main color here. And then you're going to insert your hook into that the top of that very last single crochet right there and you're gonna create a single crochet. So we pull up that loop and yarn over and pull through two. So that has just kind of pleaded the very ends. Otherwise it gets really spread out and looks very weird there because we're gathering it in here and here. We have to do it here and here as well. Ok. So now we have just completed round number or row number 10 working across here. I don't know why I keep saying round every time. I mean row, I'm sorry about that. Um I hope that's not confusing anybody but row number 10, we've worked all the way across here and ended right there making that last single crochet and then row number 11 is right here and I want to point out that row number 11 is exactly the same as row number three. So we've already worked all the way, you know, all the different rows you need to for this main section until we work this last kind of funky row. So you're gonna repeat, you're gonna make those repeats of these same stripes until you have a piece that looks like this. So you will have um three complete repeats of your contrast color here and you will have one row of your main color coming across. We're gonna place our hook back in that loop there. And so this would be this very last row that I'm showing you here in the main color. That would be number 23 row, number 23 right here. OK. And then we're gonna be working row number 24. So we're gonna chain one and turn, chain one, turn our work. We're gonna place a single crochet into each of the first two stitches, one there and one in the next stitch. Then we're gonna do a half, double crochet to kind of combine the next two stitches together. Um So sorry, it's a half, double crochet two together or a half, double crochet decrease here. So to do that, you're gonna yarn over, insert under that front loop, insert under the next two loops, yarn over, pull up your loops, yarn over and pull through three. That is an invisible half, double crush. You could also um do a half, double crochet in the regular way which I'll show you next in case you prefer that um we're gonna do uh three, double crochets, uh double crochet three together. So this is a decrease where we're decreasing three stitches together, but using a double crochet stitch. So in order to do that, we're gonna yarn over, insert into the next stitch, you're an over, pull up, yarn over, pull through two and stop, then we're going to do that same thing in the next stitch. You're an over insert, you're an over, pull up a loop. You're an over, pull through two and stop. And the next stitch, you're an over insert, you're an over, pull up a loop, you're an over, pull through two and stop. You should have four loops on your hook. Then you're gonna yarn over and pull through everything. OK? So that's gonna decrease all those stitches into one. Then you're gonna do another half, double crochet decrease. So you can do the, the invisible decrease. Like I just showed you where you yarn over and go through the front loop and then go through the um both loops of the following stitch and yarn over, bring up your loop and that your half double crochet as normal or you can do a half, double crochet. This is the way that I learned how to do a half, double crochet decrease where you yarn over, insert yarn over, pull up, yarn over, insert yarn over, pull up yarn over and then pull through everything. Um This makes a little bit more of a bulky stitch here. You can see this is a little bit flatter right here. This is our other half, double crochet. You can see the difference between them so you can choose whichever one you like. There's no wrong answer here. I just wanted to show you both options in case um You know you had a preference. So we're gonna do five single crochets. One, two oh And then the third one is actually through all of this. So you're gonna insert it right between right underneath that chain, one in the middle of your fan and you're gonna make a single crochet through all of that. That's the third one, four and five. OK. And then we're gonna do a half, double crochet decrease here. So I'm doing the invisible version where I go through the front loop, both loops yarn and over. Pull that through yarn and over, pull through three. And now we're gonna do a, a double crochet decrease. Um three, double crochet decrease. So there's the first part here is the second part and here's the third part. This is the same decrease that I showed you at the beginning here and over and pull through all four loops. OK? And then a half, double crochet decrease. I did the invisible version there, but you can do whichever you like. And then one, two and then the third one, you're gonna go through both. You're going right through that chain, one space and then four and five, five, single crochets across the top half, double crochet two together right here. And then a three, double C A double crochet three together. So first leg, second leg, third leg. So those double crochet decreases are at the bottom at the valleys basically. And then you're going to do half, double crochet decrease and then a single crochet into each of the last two stitches of the row just like that. Ok. So then let's see, let me make sure. Ok, so then we're going to work some slip stitches all along the edge. And what we're doing with those slip stitches is we are just creating um, something to make our stitches neater. When we do the ne when we do this round as we go around our square, it just looks a little neater if you can work into the slip stitches. So on that very last stitch of the main color after you make it or if you want to do it on your last yarn over, you're gonna change colors to the contrasting color just like this. OK? And now I'm going to pull on that yarn tail and reduce that to nothing. And now we're gonna be able to work slip stitches along this side. So the slip stitches, I, the reason I do changed it to this gray color is because there's a larger expanse of the gray along here. So that's why I changed it to the contrasting color. Um I like to place a stitch marker right in the middle of my piece so that I know where my halfway point is right here and in the written directions, I am telling you to make 10 slip stitches here to the marker and then 10 slip stitches here to the corner. That is actually correct. The chart right now is incorrect because I have two extra slip stitches that I shouldn't have had. So I had, instead of having 20 here, I had 22 along here, which I should not have had, there should only be 20 slip stitches along the side. And if this is confusing to be looking at this and wondering what you're supposed to do, just know that you're doing 10 slip stitches here and 10 slip stitches here. So you're just gonna be placing your slip stitches close to the edge. I'm gonna cut off this um, main color yarn because you don't need that anymore. So you're placing them close to the edge into places that just basically look nice. So here's the first one, two, three, four and at number five, you should be at your halfway point to the stitch marker. Ok? So we've got five slip stitches. Now, we're gonna do five more one, two, three, four, five. We've gotten to, to the marker and now we're going to remove the marker and do five more one, two, three for five. And don't worry about these floats. Ok? We're gonna crochet over those on the next step. All right. And then one, two, three for and five. OK. And then we can fasten off. That might seem weird. Um, and then we're going to pick up, we're gonna do exactly the same thing on the opposite side. All right. So we'll just fasten off here that color and then we're gonna rotate it so we can work along this side and we're gonna do the same thing. Um And so in the interest of time, I just imagine that we divided this in half and we did 10 slip stitches here and 10 slip stitches here. Then we'll have our piece all prepped to begin our first round of the single crochet. So just imagine there's exact, you know, basically something that mirrors this a row of slips stitches in this contrasting color along this edge. All right. So then to start the, the contrasting edge border, I should say the, the white edging that we're putting on all of these blocks so that we can sew them together. We are going to pull up a loop in that very first stitch just like that. That doesn't count as anything. OK? So we're looking just to orient you, we are working our way across the top of that last row that we made. OK. So this is the ending row. That was the last row that we worked. We're beginning over here in the corner. If you're a left handed crochet or you should be beginning, beginning over here and working your way across. All right. So we're gonna make one single crochet into the stitch actually into each stitch all the way across the top edge here. So each of the last, you know, each stitch in the last row that you made So we're just creating single crochets directly across that top edge for the, this is the first round of that white edging that we're gonna do. All right, we're almost there a couple more stitches. Uh There's our last stitch and now we've gotten to our slip stitches. So this is where we're gonna start covering up these floats and we're gonna be working into these slip stitches as well. So now, remember I had said I had too many slip stitches here. So don't be counting all these stitches right now, if you're looking at the old chart, which if you're watching this live, you are looking at the old chart. Um, but we are going to begin by working here. I'll turn this this way because this is how we're gonna be working. There's gonna be two single crochets into the very first slip stitch. OK. So we're gonna insert our hook under that slip stitch. And if there's any floats behind, you can catch it. You could also catch this yarn tail if you want to. I'm just gonna let it hang back there. Um So you're gonna make two single crochets, one and two. And then here's our next slip stitch. We're gonna work all the way across one stitch in each of these stitches until we get to the very last slip stitch. OK? And as we do this, you're going to be inserting your hook under the slip stitch and then under any float that might be there. Ok. So that's where we pull up our loop and make a single crochet. We're just covering up any of those floats that we had hanging out there along the edge and working underneath. Just that slip stitch, you're going underneath both loops, just how you normally would under that last, uh, under that row of slip stitches that you did. All right, catching any of the floats that are on the edge because you do want this to be, you know, a nice looking blanket from the back side as well. And if you, if you miss some and you don't want to go back and rip it out or change it, or if you're having trouble catching those floats, you could cut your float and weave it in. You're just gonna have to be really careful about it because your float is not that long, it's not that long of a yarn tail. The other thing that you could do, um, is you could use a little bit of a matching thread color like to the this border. And you could just kind of whip stitch over that float to cover it up. That would be another option if you, if you missed that. All right. So you can see we've got one slip stitch left here. So we're gonna make two single crochets into that last slip stitch, one and two. And then we would turn our work and work across the bottom edge here. So you'd be placing one stitch into each stitch all the way along the bottom edge. There aren't any floats here. You don't have to worry about that. Um But this is part of the reason that I started out working into the bottom of my stitches um in the very foundation chain because it makes it a little bit easier to work into these stitches. It looks really nice. You can see there's a V, it's just like working into the top of a stitch. Um So you would work that all the way across to here. And then remember we had another row of slip stitches, they're invisible. Um There should be a row of slip stitches here already before you start this border and you're gonna repeat the same thing. So you're gonna be making two single crochets into the first slip stitch, single crochet all the way across two single crochets into the last slip stitch. OK? And then you'll do a slip stitch joint to the very first stitch that you made of this round. OK? And then, and you're following the very last round, you're gonna make you, um, you're gonna be working single crochets all the way across until you get to this last stitch of off the top row. OK? So that would be before you did your, before you stitch into the slip stitches, then you're gonna place two single crochets into that stitch. OK? So that would be right here. Then you turn the corner and you place two single crochets into the next stitch, work all one stitch into each stitch across until you get to the last stitch before you turn the corner and you're gonna place two single crochets into that last stitch before you turn the corner. Then when you work across the bottom, you're not increasing at all because there are extra stitches here. That's why it's kind of ripply. It had to be that way for all of these for basically to create the stitch pattern. So you're gonna make a single crochet into each stitch across and turn your work. Then when you get to the side section, um you're gonna place two single crochets into the very first stitch of your, of the previous row, which is right here and then work one stitch into each stitch across, landing with two single crochets into the very last stitch and a slip stitch and you'll fasten off leaving along yarn tail. So I know that was a lot. Um But I did wanna design something in this blanket that would challenge those of you who have been crocheting for a while or anyone who's just like looking for something kind of new and unusual. Um And just a fun stitch pattern to learn. So I wanted to throw that one in there. I did wanna mention too. Of course, this is your blanket. You can make it how you like if for some reason, there's any of these squares that you don't particularly like or you don't like working it up or it just isn't your cup of tea right now. Maybe you'll come back to it later. You can always substitute with one of the other squares from the blanket um and just plug that in and have an extra, you know, maybe one of each of the other squares that you do like and intersperse those. So this is a very um this blanket is it's easy to change around because it's made out of all these squares and we just sew them together. So you can really be your own boss here on your blanket and you can decide, you know what squares you wanna put in there and what squares you wanna omit. You know, if there are things that you don't like. I just want to remind you that because I think sometimes for some of us it's hard to feel confident in moving forward when we change things in a pattern. You know, if somebody else designed it, you might think, oh I don't know how that's gonna look, but I'm just telling you that it's totally OK. You can switch, swap anything out and plug in different squares if you want to. That is completely fine. I wanted this Blay kit to be very versatile and to be able to be made by people of a bunch of different skill level levels too. So I'm just giving you that option if you're a newer crochet and this particular square is just, you know, if it's just giving you a really hard time. Um You know, I, I would encourage you to ask questions and I can try to sort those out when we get to the next lesson, which is when we're gonna be putting the blanket together. But please come back and ask me those questions and I can answer them for you if you're having trouble with this. Um But I did wanna give you that option. It's ok to rearrange things and plug in other squares and I just wanted to, you know, make sure that you knew that that's fine. All right. So speaking of the next lesson, so I will be back in a little while in a couple of weeks to work on lesson seven which is finishing the blanket. So we're gonna be talking about how to arrange your pieces, how to lay them out. Um And information for that will also be in lesson number one. There are some things, lesson number one that you're going to need um the download in order and able to finish uh and able to to finish this blanket. So um so make sure that you have access to that. Um Yeah, and I hope that I see you in lesson number seven. And like I said before, please post your pictures in the project gallery. I really love seeing what you guys are working on. It's really fun for me to see what you guys do. Um And oh, it looks like we have a couple of comments here. Yes, this look, wow, this looks thick, so great for blankets. Very pretty too. Yes, it is very thick. This is a thick, this is a very thick stitch pattern and a lot of the stitch patterns in this particular blanket are very textured and very thick. So it's a really warm blanket. Um And let's see, one Laurie was saying Walmart stop selling the yarn that I've been using for this. So hopefully I have enough. I may have to get a little off ebay. So, so glad I didn't know what I know now about the yarn. Oh yeah, I would not have chosen it even though I love the finished look, I don't find it easy to use. Yeah, I'm sorry about that. That is a big bummer. Um But you know, if you can't find the same yarn, Laurie, you could try plugging in some new yarns um and mixing it up a little bit, you know, you can place the, the squares in different, you can use a different placement than what I use if that helps balance out your colors. If you have to switch to another yarn and kind of mix in some new, new colors that you hadn't already been using. I'm very sorry about that. That is a bummer, but crochets are versatile people, right? We can figure out a solution to the problem. All right. Well, thank you guys so much for joining me. I have loved walking you guys through all these squares and definitely come back next time to learn how to finish your blanket and ask me any remaining questions that you may have about previous squares. So thank you so much and I'll see you soon. Bye.