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Genius Hour Week 2

This week for Genius Hour, I planned to find a pattern to make a blanket along with continuing researching and practicing different stitches needed to make the blanket.

Although I found several patterns that I really liked and saved them on my Pinterest board, last week, I found that I learned better from watching YouTube videos. Therefore, I found a tutorial on YouTube that included a pattern.

knitpicks. (2016, Jan 21). Beginner crochet blanket, full class [video]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui9xW-qwyEU

I really like this video because it guided me along step-by-step and I could also follow along with the written pattern.

This pattern required the stitches 'sc' (single crochet) and 'dc' (double crochet). I did not know how to do a double crochet, so I researched it! I found out that this stitch is 2 times longer than a signle crochet stitch! This is the video I used to help me learn:


Crochet Guru. (2012, Oct 23). How to double crochet stitch - Beginner course: Lesson #9 [video]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKssKskNzo
I found this stitch challenging. Luckily with yarn, I can undo what I have done and re-do it! I continued to research and found alternative videos to help me learn. I liked this video:
HowcastArtsRec. (2011, Jul 20). How to do a double stitch | Crocheting [video]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7AN0ihb25k

After practicing, I was able to do the 'double crochet' stitch successfully!
(Lee, 2017)

Before next week, I need to continue to practice the single crochet and double crochet stitches so I am comfortable before starting my final project!


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