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Crocheting Granny Squares Makes A Lovely Bag for Beginners
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Apr 28, 2025
Learn how to make a stunning crochet lined pouch from scratch with this easy-to-follow tutorial! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced crocheter, you'll love the result of this project. So grab your hook and yarn, and let's get started on making this gorgeous pouch! -------------------------------------------- VIDEOS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO Video showing you how to crochet a granny square - https://youtu.be/B_DoYbVpTHA Video showing you how to join granny squares - https://youtu.be/t2CXrqmWLvw -------------------------------------------- V I D E O S T O W A T C H N E X T : How to crochet a round rug - https://youtu.be/feXpFYDNvrc How to crochet a cute heart UK version - https://youtu.be/GH-O3wehWbM How to crochet a cute heart US version - https://youtu.be/KPSBDgaJY-Y -------------------------------------------- Enquiries: christine@christines-crafts.com --------------------------------------------
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in this video I'm going to show you how
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to turn your granny squares into a cute
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little pouch that's fully lined it's
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actually really easy to do you could
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keep them as a pouch or you could put a
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strap on and use it as a little bag it's
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entirely up to you so what I'm going to
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do is take you through every step except
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for making the granny squares so I'm
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assuming you can make granny squares and
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there's a video below and on the screen
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showing you how and then what I'm going
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to show you is how to join them and make
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your pouch now I'm making it out of six
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squares that are joined together like
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this it's up to you you could do it with
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more squares you could do it with fewer
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squares depending on the size and
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obviously your squares might be a
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different size so I'm just going to
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quickly show you how you join your
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granny squares and then you'll be able
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to do that with as many as you want to
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do so obviously we're back to the
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crochet hook your little slip now you
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can put that on and then go through or
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as I do you can go through your
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stitch and then put your hoop
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on now what I'm going to do
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here is just a nice slip stitch so I'm
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just going through the back loops of
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each stitch yarn over hook and through
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and I'm going to do that for every
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stitch all the way along the square now
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you could be doing a double or a single
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crochet join you could be doing this
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simple
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um what was the word I just used slip
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stitch join it really doesn't matter how
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you join your squares is up to you but
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you do just want to get two squares and
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work your way along and join them making
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sure you're working every stitch so that
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you keep it nice and neat and even and
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so that you get to the end of each
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square at the same time um and then
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we're going to show you how to keep
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going because obviously we don't just
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want to join two squares we then want to
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carry on and join two more onto the end
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then two more and possibly more if
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you're making a larger
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pouch so you can see I'm getting towards
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the end now
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so I'll just keep
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going and then when you get to the end
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do just make sure you go all the way to
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the end stitch because we don't want to
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leave a
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gap you can see they're well joined and
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then we need to look for our next
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squares so you'll have another pair and
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think about how they're going to look so
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it's worth doing the open up and check
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and then again you're going to go right
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into that corner stitch and just carry
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on you just carry on as if you were just
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doing the other squares and as you work
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your way along then they're just all
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joined together and keep going and then
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you can come back and join your pairs
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the other way so you end up with
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these sides for your
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pouches then obviously we need to join
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those so what I'm going to show you now
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is what is called the double crochet
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join or if you're in America the single
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crochet join you could go through that
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big corner hole but I don't i like to
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use the actual corner stitch and I tend
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to work just in the back loops i quite
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like the effect that gives it's entirely
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up to you so again we're just going to
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go through those corner back
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loops come on let's get me way through
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there we go and then put the loop onto
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the crochet
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hook
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okay and then Oh it's dropped off do you
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know find that's the fiddliest bit
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getting started and then once you get
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going you're sorted i'll just do another
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loop sorry about
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that okay right let's have another go at
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that let's pull it a bit tighter this
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time
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perhaps right so pull it back through
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and this time instead of carrying on
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with a slip
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stitch we're going to do what here in
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the UK we call a double
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crochet and in the US you call a single
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crochet so you're going to go in that
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next stitch in the same way yarn over
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hook pull it through those two loops and
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then yarn over hook and pull it through
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the remaining two
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loops and you're going to do that in
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every stitch all the way around your
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pouch when I say all the way around I do
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of course mean three sides so you can
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just do it in one
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seam okay so you don't have to stop at
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the corners you just keep going so you
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go through the back
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loops yarn over through those two loops
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yarn over through the remaining two
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loops
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and what you get there is almost like a
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little ridge which I think looks really
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nice on the on the pouch be it on the
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inside or the outside it's up to you i'm
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actually putting it on the inside cuz I
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didn't want it on this one but on the
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other one I think I've put it on the
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outside all these things are for you to
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get creative and make what you want but
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you can see when we see that on the
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outside now you won't see that ridge but
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you will have a good strong seam i'm
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just trying to demonstrate different
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ways and whether you like that seam on
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the inside so you never see it or on the
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outside is entirely up to you so you can
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see as if by magic come all the way
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round and I've now got a granny squared
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crocheted
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pouch and you could just stick a popper
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on it and use it if that's what you want
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to do absolutely no problem i'm just
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going to turn it out so you can
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see it's there just pop your finger in
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the corners they'll pop out easily
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enough
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and there you
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go obviously we want to line it which I
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think is the bit that makes these
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pouches really nice and really practical
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because you can put anything in them and
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you won't lose it through any of the
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holes in the granny squares so we're
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going to start by measuring it now I'm
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going to include this step because
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obviously yours will be whatever size
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granny squares you've made and however
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many you've sewn together or crocheted
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together so I'm measuring across and you
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can see I'm calling that 9 and 1/2
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in and the height of
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it let's have just a little
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tweak let's have a look in the middle
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look at the other end just in case I've
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done something silly but yeah I'm going
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to call that 6
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in so now I've got to think about my
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fabric size so I'm going to think about
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what size to cut
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it so if it's 9 and 1/2 in wide I'm
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going to cut the fabric 10 and 1/2 in
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wide
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and the length of my fabric is going to
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be 6 in plus 6 in plus another 1 in for
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seam allowance which is going to give me
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13 so you need to cut your lining fabric
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to the size of yours plus those
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dimensions so you're basically adding 1
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in to each one so that you've got a
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half2 in seam allowance and then you're
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going to get that piece of fabric and
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you want to attach your zip to one of
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the short ends now if you've got a
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really long zip like mine don't worry
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but what we're doing is attaching it to
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the wrong side because we want the right
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side inside the pouch
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okay so that's the right side so that
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when you open the zip you see the right
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side inside the pouch so that's really
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important and then it's over to the
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machine zipper foot on if you've got one
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and then you're just going to run along
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that zip so do a few
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stitches reverse it back to the
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beginning and then back to forwards
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stitching and down you go and you can
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see I've just got a thread caught up
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there now I often stop partway and move
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the actual zip fastener it just makes it
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easier then I'm just going to release
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that thread that I've got caught as well
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so all the way along to the other end of
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your
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fabric and again a little
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reverse so if you've got a lot of spare
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zip you need to cut it off if you
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haven't that's fine so you can see I've
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just cut mine off so we sewn it on one
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side we now need to sew it on the other
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now remember the inside of the pouch is
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the right
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side so you can see I just folded that
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over i just pulled it and now I'm going
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to pin it there and you can check at any
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time that you're doing it right just by
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unzipping a bit and having a look and
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have you got the right side in there and
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if you haven't you know to undo it go
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back and sort it out just make sure
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you've got the right side of your fabric
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inside the pouch because you're never
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going to see these bits we're looking at
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now then it's back to your machine and
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run down the other side of the zip
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nice and straightforward and simple and
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then when you've sewn the zip in you
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need to make sure that you're happy with
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everything before you sew the sides of
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your pouch up now because of the way
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we're working for our pouch you don't
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need to worry about having the zip open
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you can open the zip up a bit might take
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it away from the edge for you but you
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don't have to worry about it you just go
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back to the machine and run down each
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side so you're just going from the fold
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at the bottom all the way up to the
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zip i wouldn't get too precious about
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how close to the zip you get no one's
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ever going to spot it if there's a tiny
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little gap or you can go right up over
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the zip but if you do be careful if
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you're stitching over a zip it's very
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easy to break your
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needle so you can see I've sewn one
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end time to sew the other end and what
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you're effectively making here is a
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pouch but it's a pouch lining so all
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your seams are on the outside at the
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moment as you look at it they're going
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to get hidden by your crocheted
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pouch so once that's
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sewn you can see we've got the right
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side in there i've left some threads
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on and now it's time to pop it inside
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the crochet
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pouch so just slide it in it should fit
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reasonably well
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pop your corners down and then we need
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to sew it in to the actual
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crocheting so the best thing you can do
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is pin or clip it in place so make sure
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both ends of your zip line up with the
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ends of the crocheted pouch and that's
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going to get you off to a good start so
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if you pin or clip
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that you can then ease any zip or any
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crocheting into the seam quite nicely so
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that you end up in the right place at
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the other end the end of the zip
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matching up with the end of the
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crocheting so you can see I'm just
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working my way along clipping it in
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place with various size clips however
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they come out of the tub
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i don't get too fussy so you can see now
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as I get along there I'm just going to
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pin the other end or clip
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it and you just work your way round
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until you're happy with it and if you're
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enjoying this video could you give me a
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thumbs up so it spreads to more people
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cuz that's how YouTube works and it'd be
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nice if other people could use their
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granny squares to make a bag or a pouch
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or a purse or whatever they want with it
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really you can make a little wash bag if
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you used a waterproof lining so you can
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see I've just had to adjust those a
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little
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bit and now I'm going to get my needle
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and thread and I'm going to sew it so
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you would clip both sides obviously
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you're going to start working your way
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along this
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side and make sure you're
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happy and then you can start
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sewing so all you need is an ordinary
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needle and thread nothing
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fancy and I tend to put a little knot in
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my thread so you just need to start at
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one end it doesn't really matter where
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you start to be honest i just always
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think the end sets you off to a good a
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good bit of uh well we know where we are
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and we know it's lined up correctly so
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just put a little stitch in the end now
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I tend to put a few little stitches and
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I will put my needle through one of the
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loops to add another little knot in just
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makes gives me a good start and makes me
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confident cuz it's going to take quite a
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bit of
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strain and then you're just going to
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slip stitch it so you want a little bit
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of crocheted work a little bit of the
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zip now I do recommend at either end to
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do plenty of
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stitches just to make sure it's nice and
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secure and indeed as you work your way
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along don't make them enormous stitches
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make sure you do quite a lot of small
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stitches and then you'll end up with a
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good finish and you won't be putting too
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much strain on any bit of the uh crochet
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you don't want it pulling and going
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loopy or anything so a lot of small
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stitches as you work your way along and
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you can see a slip stitch is just a
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little bit of the crochet work a little
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bit of the zip and you've got your clips
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in place to make sure you stay lined up
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because obviously where you've crocheted
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it's quite flexible and stretchy so
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you've got to work on keeping it all
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lined
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up i'm not going to make you watch me go
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all the way round but you do just work
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your way round and then when you get to
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the end finish your thread off and make
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it nice
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and taut and there you go you've got a
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pouch now if you want to sew handles
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onto it you could sew some handles on
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either end or some special handles on
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the side and use it for a bag for me I
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just wanted the little pouch so I hope
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this has been helpful and I hope you're
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going to carry on enjoying your
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crocheting if you're looking for some
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more projects there's something up on
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the screen now and happy crocheting
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