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    Crocheting
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    Crocheting

    Crocheting

    Crocheting

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    Making fabric with a single hook and yarn. Good for blankets, hats, bags and stuffed toys, which are harder to shape by knitting.

    Craft & Makingimprovisedabsorbingcontemplativequietmessydone alone
    TonightTime to first win
    About an hourA session
    Mostly indoorsWhere

    Step 1: Get a 5mm hook and smooth light yarn.

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    The path

    14 quests
    ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$14
    • Get a 5mm hook and smooth light yarn
    • Expect your first rows to lose or gain stitches
    BThen the quests
    • Make a foundation chain
    • Crochet a square with the same stitch count on every row
    • Crochet a small square
    11 more, revealed as you go
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