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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make the perfect christmas
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decoration for that knitter in your
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really easy to make providing you can do
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a little bit of knitting
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or you can find someone that can uh all
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you're going to need few little cocktail
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and an ornament to put it in and some
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yarn i've chosen red for christmas
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so i'm christine of christinescrafts.com
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and this channel is dedicated to
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so if you like this video please give me
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a thumbs up and subscribe to see the
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so this is what i'm making mine out of
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i've got a little plastic bauble
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that opens up it's really important it
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opens because you're going to put your
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some cocktail sticks or similar to do
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i'm going to cut these down but i'm not
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going to cut them down until i finish
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something to hang your bauble and of
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i'm using red because it's very festive
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but you can use whatever you've got
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available or what matches your christmas
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so the first thing you need to do is
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form a little slip knot
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to get you started with your knitting
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if you're unsure how to do that there's
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a link below to a video i've got showing
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so once you've got your knot onto one of
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you're going to use the other one as the
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other knitting needle
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and you're going to cast on so as you
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that's what i'm doing here
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you're going to cast on as many stitches
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now that's a little bit vague but it
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depends on the size of work that you're
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on mine on the cocktail sticks i've done
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and this allows me to have a few on each
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at the end so you'll see
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that i have a little bit of trouble
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wooden cocktail sticks are not ideal for
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but it is possible it's a little bit
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fiddly and sometimes you just have to
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accept that you've got to take your
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cocktail stick out and pull it over with
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or adjust it so take your time i've sped
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up the film so you don't get bored but
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take your time and cast on
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as i say about 10 stitches
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and you are really just using your
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keep checking and make sure you're happy
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you can see i just did a little check
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and i sort of made the decision right
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i'm going to keep going
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once you're happy you've spread it out
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on the stick and had a look i made sure
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it's going to be enough
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you need to start knitting so that's
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what you'll see me doing now
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so we're actually knitting and the
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stitches are therefore
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moving across from one needle to the
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you might find you have to knit quite
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differently because you can't hold the
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in quotes knitting needles as you
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but it's okay you'll find if you take
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your time you'll succeed
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i am not a good knitter at all i am very
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and i tend not to finish projects
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because i get frustrated i prefer
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yeah i managed it and i've done it more
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than once i've made more than one of
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so if i can do it you definitely can
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and keep going how many rows should you
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well that is entirely up to you for how
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much knitting you want
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i've done i don't know about 10 or 15
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but you'll see the reason i know when to
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stop is because i just keep trying it in
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so you just keep trying it until
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you've got it to the length you want for
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and then once you think you've got
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enough knitting you want to knit
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half the stitches so that you end up
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with half the stitches on one cocktail
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stick and half the stitches on the other
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and then you need to trim down your
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cocktail sticks and as you will see they
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can fly everywhere so be careful
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and there you've got what look like two
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little knitting needles
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to go into your bauble obviously
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you can cut a little bit more off if it
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doesn't fit you can see all i'm doing
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i'm checking everything's okay
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once you're happy it is you want to cut
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your ball of yarn leave yourself quite a
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bit of yarn because you don't want it
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and also you can make yourself a little
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so that's what you want to do next just
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use your finger wrap it up
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wrap it round itself just form what
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looks like a little ball of yarn
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and it just looks really nice in the
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and then the length of yarn that you
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started with just cut it short
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you can leave it there that's how you
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you're just trying to make it look in
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proportion and then place it all
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inside your bauble facing the way you
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attach the front of the bauble and make
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sure you're happy with it
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once you are happy with it and it's
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looking really nice you just want to
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attach your string or your ribbon
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or your cotton or your fishing line or
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whatever you're hanging yours up with
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put a knot in it and then it's ready to
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so you could be hanging it on your
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christmas tree you could be hanging it
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you could be placing it in a box as a
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and there you go you've got a great
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bauble great christmas decoration for
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any knitter in your life so
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thank you for watching i hope you've
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enjoyed it and good luck making your
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miniature knitting for your christmas
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please give me a thumbs up below please
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leave me any comments you've got i read
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