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The_Cr8ive_Life wrote:DUMB DA DUM DUM DUMB...ok, I have dug out my cotton yarn (had a 6# cone in the attic...) and I started reading the pattern...where it says "crochet the 2 chains together" I went HUH? Please eloborate knowing I can no longer have caffiene and threfore it may just be impossible to explain to me right now... OMG... that is the same thing that I need help with. I tend to over-complicate a pattern. I think that it might mean dec, but not sure. I too am waiting on an answer. lol
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you are making me feel better all the time ~ since i can't read a direction to begin with thanks my friends
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They consider that a "decrease." When you need to decrease in crochet, there are generally 2 ways of doing it... either "skip over a chain and single crochet in the next chain" - or as this person is having us do: you have 2 chains remaining. Stick your hook in the first chain, draw up a loop - as if to get ready to single crochet... but don't finish it. Now stick your hook in the last chain and draw up another loop. You have 3 loops on your hook now. Now wrap your yarn around your hook and draw through all 3 loops on your hook. You've just now completed a decrease. For what it's worth, my grandmother taught me 30 years ago when I first learned to crochet just to "skip over a chain and single crochet in the next" to decrease. Instead, I've been using the above method that's listed in the pattern above and like it better - doesn't leave a "hole" where you decreased. The_Cr8ive_Life wrote:crochet the 2 chains together
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Like I said DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...when you put it THAT way I know what it means! THANKS!
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tastycakes wrote:The_Cr8ive_Life wrote:DUMB DA DUM DUM DUMB...ok, I have dug out my cotton yarn (had a 6# cone in the attic...) and I started reading the pattern...where it says "crochet the 2 chains together" I went HUH? Please eloborate knowing I can no longer have caffiene and threfore it may just be impossible to explain to me right now... OMG... that is the same thing that I need help with. I tend to over-complicate a pattern. I think that it might mean dec, but not sure. I too am waiting on an answer. lol Good to know I am not alone...
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Count me in the "DUH" Club . . . I, too, tend to over-complicate ~ faced with something I don't understand, I go into panic mode and turn it into something gargantuan, and this is so very simple and logical . . .
THANKS, NAZ, AGAIN!!!
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YAY...I'M NOT ALONE!!! I get panic mode too, I dont know where it comes from, lol. 
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I've tried the scrubbies 2 times and still can't get the thing to do right. UGGG! So, I off to try something else.
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Domestic Diva wrote:I've tried the scrubbies 2 times and still can't get the thing to do right.
UGGG!
So, I off to try something else. I tried it this weekend and lost count...so I am ripping it apart tonight and going till I get it right!
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Good Luck!!
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Here's a YouTube video of mine for these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J84jxmGMV5Y
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That's just great! Thanks!
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How'd you know I would be starting these for Christmas? You musta read my mind!
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It does look easy and i have the Lily sugar n cream yarn to try it !!
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These are great! I must try making them! Thanks!
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And between The Cr8ive Life and me, we've made oh, about 600 of them so far, so if you get stuck let us know!
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I made one of these today out of some sugar and cream I had laying around! I love it!Was really quick to make too!! I got stuck at the end of the pattern and watched the video to finish it up! I think these will be part of the christmas presents I give this year! Thanks! 
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Great job, Naztazia! Thanks for sharing!
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wow naz could have her own tv show you go girl
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Look what I found on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J84jxmGMV5Y&feature=PlayList&p=7BEA62E8EE81F5CA&index=0&playnext=1
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