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Holding the strands at their centres, turn one of the scoubidou strands, so that it crosses the other strand... |
Hold this cross with your thumb to free up your other hand...
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Take one of the scoubee strands and flip it up and over the crossing strand...
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This will create your first LOOP, and should look like the this...
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Now grab the other end of this strand and flip it up and over from the other direction...
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This creates your second LOOP, and should look similar to this...
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Now comes the WEAVE. Take the scoubidou strand at your LEFT and place it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop...
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Which should look something like this...
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We're almost done! Take the strand at your RIGHT, pass it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop...
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Now comes the PULLING! Slowly begin to PULL the scoubee strands to create the first stitch!
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Pull them TIGHT, but not TOO tight!
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Here's what the finished opening stitch should look like...
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...and if you turn it over, you'll notice the BOTTOM of the opening stitch looks like this!
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