 Hi everybody. It's Tasha from Start of School Crochet. Welcome to my Friday Night Live. Excuse me. We're going to go over C2C a little bit. What I really want to cover in this one is doing the rectangle chart. So I printed out this chart and I'm actually going to switch this camera from a front view to this little stand right here so that you guys can get a down view of the whole thing. And I wanted to talk about how to do, yeah, that's what we're going to talk about. And changing colors a little bit. So I have a couple of videos that I'm going to post up. And then, hi there, hi everybody. I'm going to post up a couple of videos that I pre-recorded today. Very short videos. They're about four minutes each. And one of them covers this. But I'm going to do two. I'm going to do a live demonstration of it and the video. So we got both of them there. So I hope everybody's doing good tonight. And let me know if you have any questions. Leave comments. I can see the comments in live stream. So yeah, I'll try to answer them as best I can if you have any questions when we're going through everything. And that's about it. So I'm going to go ahead and, well, grab your hooks and your yarns. I've worked up a swatch already of this little rectangle there. Hi Elaine from South Carolina. I'm in Memphis and it just got really cold here today. It was like 80 degrees yesterday and today just went boom, freezing cold. So that was kind of crazy. So what I'm going to, I'll show you real quick what I wanted to talk about. So the written pattern, this is what it is. But people have a hard time with a rectangle because you're decreasing on both sides. So the very left mouse image shows the different wording for it. Hi. Hi Sadie. Hi Angelica. Southern California. That's my own stomping ground. I'm from Los Angeles originally. But so the corner decreasing, when you start on the corners, it's going to say decrease on the right side or decrease on the right side. The middle one I did, I changed it up so you can see the different kinds of patterns that might say decreasing on one side or the other to create a rectangle. So you can see that the rows in between those blue lines are the same number of squares. So you work the same number of squares and in the jingle all the way blanket, I'll show you. Let me switch back to my camera. In the jingle all the way blanket, that's 85 squares. So you end up working 85 squares for quite a bit and then you end up decreasing again and it becomes a rectangle. So I'm going to go ahead and play the video to start and show you guys how to do it real quick. And I hope everybody's doing good. Thanks for being here and leave a comment if you have questions. So I'm going to switch over to this video. This is the first video, then there's another one but I'm going to break in between. Okay, so when you're working a C2C pattern it's a rectangle. It's a little different than when you're working a perfectly square. When you're working a perfectly square pattern, you'll, when you start to decrease, you're going to decrease from both sides as your graph gets smaller. But when you do a rectangle, it's a lot different. Not totally different but kind of and it takes a little bit of getting used to. As you can see, we're working, if you're right handed, you're working the pattern from the bottom right corner up to the top left corner. And if you're left handed, you're going to be working the pattern from bottom left to the top right. So as you're going along and you're crocheting, you're going to get to a point where you reach this first corner and you're going to complete that row. Once you reach this corner, you're going to start what they consider decreasing or decreasing. So you're not going to be increasing anymore. You're going to start to just keep it at the same level on one side. And then on the other side, you're going to continue to increase until you reach the next corner. The pattern will say decrease from wrong side. And on this pattern, you're going to be decreasing from the wrong side with all of your decreases. This is the front side, obviously the wrong side would be the other side when you're working your pattern. But what you need to do is mark the front of your pattern with a stitch marker so that when you do come to that point in the pattern, you'll remember what side you're on. So as you're working your stitches going up and down, you'll be decreasing from the wrong side. Just crease it on your right side. So wherever your little stitch marker is, you're going to be increasing from that side. And I'll show you a little example here. So I'm going to set that aside and crochet up a little swatch. Here's what I have so far. So this is going to be the tiniest rectangle ever. But nonetheless, it'll be a rectangle. So this is my right side here. I'm going to mark it. So I'm marking the right side. When this pattern, the jingle all the way pattern calls for decreasing on the wrong side both times. So this is my wrong side. This is my right side. Usually your right side, your tail is hanging off to the right. Or if you're lefty, it's hanging off to the left. I've completed my row and it says start decreasing from wrong side. So I'm going to insert my hook into this chain two space and slip stitch through. And then when I flip it, instead of increasing, I'm going to decrease with slip stitches, one in each of the top of the double crochets. And then I always do one extra into the chain two. And now this is the wrong side we're working on and we're going to go down to the other side and we're going to increase. So I've reached the other side and we want our blanket to keep getting bigger. And then our increase is going to be one, two, three, four, five. Now we're coming up to our last square and you can see it's becoming quite a long rectangle. So we want to keep working it in this rectangle fashion so we're going to decrease from the wrong side. And instead of increasing right here, we're just going to turn it and decrease again. And that'll keep your rectangle pattern and then when you reach the other corner, you'll start decreasing. And then we close it off and you have your rectangle. So this is a very tiny version. Of course, this is a lot bigger. But if you're following the graph, you just want to remember to mark the front side of your work, the right side, and then do your decreases on the wrong side only. And if you're following the written pattern, it'll say in the pattern, decrease from wrong side and decrease from wrong side. So there's a grouping of rows in between the two decreases. Evian, I hope that helps you guys. Let me know if you have any questions. Okay, I think that went well. Back. So does anybody have any questions about that so far on how to switch or how to do the decreasing from different sides? Leave them in the comments and I'll try to answer them as we go along. But so I said that we're going to learn how to change colors too. So I recorded a little video earlier about changing colors. And then once those are finished, we're going to do a little live kind of demonstration of it using S watch. It's about 11 by five squares. Just so you can get an idea in real time what it's like to actually crochet it and decrease from both sides. And this video will be up for everybody who misses it or couldn't join the live. So you can go back into a replay and it'll be on Facebook. So it'll be here forever. So I'm going to go ahead and play the next video, which is about changing colors in C to C. And if you have any questions about it, let me know. And if you have any tips or tricks on changing colors, leave them in the comments below too because I'm all about learning new tricks. Color changes. This swatch is a little small, but I'm going to do a color change on this square. So there's a few different ways you can do color changes. And I guess it's just up to you and what you want to do with your technique. So some people insert your hook into the chain two space first, attach your yarn and then bring it through and then slip stitch through that color. And then of course you're going to pull it tight and then you start working your new color. And if you're going to carry your other color up, you want to make sure that you carry it up behind and work it into the stitches that you're working. So I want my yarn to be on the inside and I want the pink to be on the outside so that I enclose it when I do my next stitch. So like that. And I'm carrying that gray color up. And then I want to bring that gray color back up again. So some people, another way to color change is leaving your stitch unfinished and then dropping your other color. Bring up your work color through. Make sure that you pull that tight and then finish out the stitch with your new color. Just like you do a normal color change and then continue working your stitches. So that's two ways to join and of course you're going to pull that tight. And that one is a pretty seamless on both sides and the color looks really good, the mix of colors. So another way to do a color change, I'm going to pull these out. And this way is interesting and I really like this method too. It works in a lot of situations and you'll find sometimes it works good for certain situations and not for others. So this one is you put your hook through the backside, through that chain, attach your yarn and pull through like that. So if I'm going to carry this gray color through, I want to make sure that it's on the inside and my pink yarn is on the outside so that it hides. Make sure you pull everything tight and see that leaves, that's a pretty good color change there too. So either way works and it's up to you. So I'm going to pull this color back up, always drop your tails to the front when you're not going to carry the color anymore. And you want to bring it up at another point. So I'm going to carry this up so you can also go in through the back with this yarn over your hook. Then go through the two chain and it kind of rolls around to the front and you pull through. That method right there does a really good job at hiding back there. I'm going to do it the other way and show you the difference of what it looks like. So let's pretend I'm not going to do it that way and I'm just going to go in straight through the front, bring it up. You'll see it kind of carries, the yarn kind of carries a little bit over. I don't know if you can really see very well what that's doing but it kind of leaves a little indentation there. So doing it through the back really helps because it brings it to the front kind of, it's a little quirky to do it. I usually do it like that. But it kind of really hides the stitch in between the two squares which is great and brings a little bit up front. But either way is great and those are a few ways you can change colors. Okay it ended. I was looking at the screen going, what just happened? Okay so I switched to this mode and I'm going to show you guys how to do this in real time. First you've got to get that stuff up there. So if anybody has questions about what you just saw please leave them in the comments and let me know. So I've already crocheted up, this is the pattern here, just a little sample pattern of a rectangle. And I've already crocheted five squares. So I've gotten to this point, I've gotten two, one, two, three, four, five. So I did that and I need a pen. So I'm going to get a pen real quick because I'm going to mark these off as we go. And I should have done that before but I didn't. I'm like running around for this. Okay so I got my pen which is a breast cancer awareness pen by the way. My mom's a survivor and I tested negative this past couple weeks so I'm really happy about that. So I've already done this square, these. I've done one, two, three, four, five rows so far. Unfortunately I have no idea what direction I'm in right now but I think I'm this way. So this is the right side, my tail's coming off to the right. And if you're a left-handed person you're going to do it the opposite direction. So here is my written pattern. So I've worked one, two, three, four, five. So I've completed my row five. Now it says start decreasing on wrong side. So and then you'll see between there'll be two more rows with five squares each. And then you're going to start decreasing from the wrong side again. So I'm going to start my next row which is going to be row six. And row six is going this way. So I'm going to turn, I actually already did it here. I already decreased over to the side but I'll pull it back so you can see. So let's pretend I just finished row five. And now it's time to start decreasing because we want the blanket to just keep going up. So I'm going to turn it and I'm going to insert my hook into that very first stitch and do a slip stitch across in each top of the double crochets. And then I'm going to do one into the chain two space. And then I'm going to start my next stitch which is the beginning of row six. And I'm going to try to do this as fast as possible so y'all don't have to sit around and watch me crochet unless you want to. So this is row six and there should be five squares in row six. That's, I say should be because everybody makes mistakes. Thank you guys for being here by the way. These always make me very, very nervous and I know they shouldn't but they do. Okay so I'm almost finished with this one. Okay so I have one, two, three, four. Just one more. This is where I think a lot of people might get confused is when you see it's flushed up there you're like oh it's the end of the row but it's not. Keep going and just count your squares. Just always remember to count your squares. Especially when you're doing decreased rows because it can be, you can mess up pretty quick with that. So this is the bottom of my blanket. I've got one, two, three, four, five. I'm working this up this way. So I just did all of these and we just did that. So this is where we're going to continue to increase on this side because this is still going up here. And we're going to work our way up to the seventh square. So you're going to do an increase. An increase is when you chain the five and then work into the third chain from the hook in each chain down to the bottom so you'll have three double crochets. I hate working into chains. And then you flip it, insert into the double or the chain two and keep going. So now we just did the increase up here. We did this increase. This was our chain five. And now we're working down this way. Like I was saying, I'll try to do it as fast as I possibly can. Oh, thanks, Diane. Yeah, both my aunt and my mom are breast cancer survivors. My mom has done really good and I'm really grateful that it turned out as well as it did. She had a little problem with tram flap surgery, which I don't think they even do anymore because it was such a bad procedure. Okay, so I've done four squares. One, two, three, four. That's one, two, three, four. I've headed up to the very last one. And here we're going to have our blanket go up again. So we want to do our decrease on this side. So insert your hook, flip it and then decrease one in each. Slip stitch across and in the chain two. And then you continue working. And now we've done that. So we just did a decrease. So we went along the edge there. And now we're going back up this way. I need some like techno music or something. It's Friday night. I just aged myself. And okay, so where we are now is right here. And this is where our stitches start getting fewer and fewer because we have four stitches now. So we've one, two, three, four. So now we're going to start decreasing on this side as well because we don't want to increase anymore. So we're going to insert there, flip it and slip stitch across because now you're decreasing from the wrong side since we did our two rows in the center. Hope I'm not going too fast. But if you have any questions, please let me know. So this row also another tip or trick is whatever something easy to count your rows. So we've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. So that can kind of tell you where you are on your rows and your stitch count to because sometimes I get confused. I'm like, wait, what row am I on? So row nine count up. I know that this this row ended at seven, so I'll just go seven, eight, nine just to make it easier. Hey, hello. I can't see anybody's names on the thing. So whoever's saying hi to me. Hi. I just I don't know who they who you are. So say hello. Say your name. I mean, say your name, say your name. Okay. So there we've completed row nine, seven, eight, nine. We went down this way. And now we're going to decrease on that side again a bit. I just made an old lady sound. Maybe that's because I'm an old lady. Hi Valerie. Okay. So I'm almost finished. And I'm down to now two squares on row 10. And we're going to decrease on that side too, because we're now decreasing to close out the rectangle. So basically what's going to happen when you're doing your blanket is all the rows that have 85 squares that are the same size. You're only going to be decreasing on one side of the blanket. And then once you hit the other decrease side, you'll be decreasing from both sides and making the blanket smaller. So that was that's it. There's our rectangle. And for those who just joining and didn't see already, this is how the written pattern looks when you start decreasing on the wrong side or both sides. Right here is what I was talking about with the squares on the inside. So that's it. I hope that helped you guys. I was going to switch the camera back, but I don't think I'm going to. I'm just going to say, oh, I'm just going to say a few things. This is a free crochet along the patterns free. There's three different versions of it. There is the plaid version, the retro pink with the gray, which is the one I'm going to be doing because I really love the retro pink. And then there's also a plain red version, which I don't have here. There's also in the book, the larger graphs to work from, which is really awesome because then you can, if you like to work from grass, some people don't like working from written patterns. I kind of use both to kind of get a gauge as to where I am or if I messed up a square or something like that. But if you guys have any questions about the crochet along. Hi Lynette. Thank you. I'm glad you like the patterns. I really love them too. And I can't wait to release the next set, which is going to be this weekend. I'm trying to put together the book and get them all up there on the blog and hopefully it's basically a vintage car set Christmas vintage car set. It's going to be really great. And also for those of you who haven't had the chance to go check out the holiday bundle, that bundle is ending tonight. So it's, it's 45 patterns, including three extra patterns from me. And you guys will, I think you'll really like it. I'm going to do something real quick and put a standby. There I am. And then switch my camera back to front camera so I can actually say hi or say goodbye in a proper way. Let's see. I'm learning this program and Lynette helped me with this because it's stream yard and you can add files and do all this other kind of fun stuff. But I am not used to it at all. I'm used to doing gorilla style. Okay, there I am. There I am again. So I'm used to doing kind of gorilla style just popping into Facebook on my phone and going like, Hey guys, what's up? And crocheting and stuff. So I'm really kind of, I'm glad to have this neat perspective where I could actually do crochet down on the table here because it's nice. Now I'm babbling. So if anybody has any questions, let me know. Please leave a comment. And if you find that you want to share the video with somebody that you think might benefit from it or is curious about C2C and learning new techniques, just do that. Hit that little share button and the like button. And I'm glad you guys are here. So I'm going to say goodbye and hope you guys have a great day and happy Veterans Day and all that stuff. Bye. Happy crocheting. Now here's the awkward pause before you end the broadcast.