 Hey guys Tasha here from start of school crochet this week Saturday stitch Explorer tutorial is the French square This one is so pretty. Yeah, oops got a little thing on it It's really made up of basic stitches little there's a few little These I call puff stitches, but for some reason in their pattern. They called them half double crochet Three together which is not because three together is a decreased stitch. So but anyway, I hope you guys enjoy creating this lovely little pattern I'm using a 4.5 millimeter hook and you're going to need some yarn I'm using sheepies ship as stone washed in the colorway 818 so to start we're going to do Either a magic circle or you can chain six and join the chain together, but I'm going to do a magic circle. So let's do a magic circle So you in order to do a magic circle you want to grab your yarn with your hands like this Wrap it around kind of cross it over Turn your hand and then hold that other piece Then grab stick your hook in like this grab it twist it around Then grab the piece you're holding with your other hand and pull it on through That creates a really easy way to do a magic circle and then the tail just kind of Unwind it a little bit There you go. And so for the first round, we're going to do chain four and I think I'm going to get a little bit closer and Then you're going to do a double crochet chain one eleven times into the ring and you can do it with your with your Regular chain or a magic circle. It doesn't matter So do eleven double crochets With a chain one so a double crochet chain one eleven times and I'll meet you guys around on the other side So here I have my Eleven and I'm going to just grab my loose end of the magic circle and just close up that circle And then we're going to join With a slip stitch into the third chain of our chain four. So that's one two three Go ahead and join with a slip stitch into that third chain And then we're going to do a slip stitch into the next chain Okay, so we're going to slip stitch into the next chain for this is round two Then we're going to chain four. I'm sorry chain two Then we're going to work a half double crochet cluster into the same space. So you yarn over Insert your hook into the same as the base of your chain Grab a loop and pull it up and you do that two more times Then we're going to yarn over and pull through all your loops on your hook. Oops. Oh Let's see if I can get back through there. Yes Pull back through all your loops on your hook and then we're going to chain that completes your half double Crochet three cluster then we're going to chain Two and we're going to work a half double crochet four cluster in the next chain one space Which is right here because our chain four at the beginning of this round Included a double crochet plus a chain one. So insert your hook into the chain space Yarn over and pull up you want to pull it up to the level you're working and then you're going to do that Three more times to create four total Then you're going to yarn over and pull through all your loops on your hook Like that And so after we do that then we're going to chain three and work a treble crochet Into the next double crochet. So chain your three and here's our next double So we're going to work a treble which is yarn over twice Insert your hook which you might have to move these over just a little bit To get into this the actual stitch So we're going to work a treble in there and then we're going to chain three And we're going to half double crochet four together or do our cluster In the next chain one space and then chain two and we're going to do that two times So we're going to do four. So yarn over insert your hook pull up yarn over insert your hook pull up Do that two more times to make four And then yarn over and pull through all your loops and actually I'm going to redo this because I want to show you guys something When you're doing these clusters after your chain three it can get a little Twisted so go ahead and hold your stitch and hold your loop to try to keep your Try to keep it a little bit more stable Because when you yarn over and pull through like this it can get twisted. So you don't want to Twist your chain too bad. So there we go. We did our half double crochet four Then we're going to do a chain two We're going to do one more of those. So we're going to do that in the next chain one space four and then After we do that We're going to do that a half double crochet four into the next chain one space again So I'm going to chain one after that to close out the top of that stitch Then we're going to work another one into the next chain one space So usually chain one after to close out the stitch Which I don't think I mentioned just a second ago. So I apologize for that So after we do that we're going to chain three and then we're going to repeat from our treble stitch So now we're going to work a treble into The double and that repeats around so you treble into the double Then you do a chain three a Half double crochet four together and I would refer to the written pattern for this for the rest of this Well, actually since this is might be this is a little more intricate pattern I think I'm going to go ahead and work through the whole thing with you guys So we're going to treble one and then we're going to Chain three and then we're going to work a Half double crochet four together in the next chain one space Oops in there. I twisted it again. So You got to try not to twist it in four and then chain one to close out that stitch and So we're going to do a chain one or chain two and Then we're going to work a half double crochet into the next chain one space four together Remember to hold on to that one two three and four And then chain one to close it out So we're going to chain two to close out that repeat and then We're going to have double crochet four in the next one See, I guess you can do it either way you can chain one Or pull it all the way through and then chain one It's up to you But when I was working them yesterday, I think I'm just going to pull that one little loop out See if I can't get it Oops, no, I guess that's not going to happen. Oh Lord have mercy. I'm going to redo this one. Okay Okay, so here you can either Slip stitch it through there or yarn over and pull up through both or You can do it like the other way that I did it on the other ones But I think this is how I did it for the pattern. So I'm going to have to rewrite that in the pattern All right, so we did our three so as you can see our little pattern starting to form There's three clusters a space treble space three clusters So our next move after this one is going to be doing a chain three And then we're going to do another treble inside this double crochet. Let's more yarn out and Then after our treble we're going to chain three And do our half double crochets Four together We're going to do three of those total, but yeah, that's how I did it before so mine's a little off for the other ones But that's okay. So after the The cluster we're going to chain two and then repeat that for That's what I did makes it easier that way and it kind of creates a little together So I guess the first few ones I did a little bit different. I hope that doesn't throw the pattern off Let's some more yarn out. So here we're going to chain two and do our cluster again and After our last cluster Then we do a chain three Well actually since we're coming up towards the end We're going to do a chain three. We're going to stop our repeat Do a chain three then we're going to treble in the next double crochet And then we're going to chain three and we're going to do a half double crochet four cluster in the next chain one space just like we were doing before and then Just to end out the row since we have our two clusters here at the beginning. We're going to do a chain two after here and We're going to slip stitch into the top of the half double crochet three cluster from the beginning So I would follow that up to your stitch there and just do a slip stitch right there There you have your first Your first round of double crochets and then your second round and so for round three. This is the final round To start off. We're going to chain one And then we're going to single crochet in the top of the half double crochet Cluster which is basically right below what we just went into So we're going to half double crochet. I mean a single crochet there and then we're going to do a chain five pick it So you're going to chain five one two three four and five and then for the chain five we work your stitch right into the bottom of Where we're going here, so You're going to go straight down you could work into the the single crochet stitch You can go through the front the first two loops if it makes it easier Then you slip stitch through and that's your chain five pick it So we're going to chain two after that We're going to skip this chain two and one of the clusters and Then we're going to double crochet five into this space here. So you double crochet one two Three four my yarns getting tight on five So we have our five double crochet into the chain three space and Then we're going to treble into this treble. So yarn over twice and This is like before you want to count your chain. So one two three So we're going to go into the top of that stitch. It seems like I did mine a little tight Okay, so we've got our treble Then we're going to chain three pick it So right now we're working on this part right here So we've done our five our treble and then we're going to do a chain three pick it so chain three and Then go straight down into this these two loops of that stitch And just slip stitch Through and there's your chain three pick it. So after the chain three pick it then we're going to chain one and And double crochet five into the next chain three space Got our one two three four five Then we're going to chain two We're going to skip this group of cluster plus the two chains And then we're going to start repeating again from a single crochet into the top of the next cluster So go into there and single crochet Then we're going to chain five pick it one two three four five Go down to the base of that single crochet and just slip stitch through There's our next cluster pick it or a pick it After we do our pick it we're going to chain one and we're going to Oops wait, where am I I left off? Chain to sorry Chain to then we're going to skip This one and this and we're going to go into the chain and do five one two four and Five so we've got five After that We're going to start repeating because our repeats already back again So we're going to do our chain or treble into the next treble And then we're going to do a chain three pick it so chain three Go back down to the base of that chain pick it through Chain one and double crochet five into the next chain three space Okay, so I think you might have that if not I can continue going along and we can work it together Let's work it together because this is a difficult kind of repeat. So, okay, so we did our Double crochet five in the next chain three space We're going to chain two We're going to skip the cluster and the chain two and then we're going to do a single crochet Into the top of the next cluster a chain five pick it Go down After you do the two times it's a little easier to remember the repeats But I always forget the little chain ones in between different spots. So you might have that problem, too So here we go chain two skip The chain two and one of the groups and work five double crochets it's one two three four and five We're going to do a treble Oh chain one first then a treble. Did I double over twice? Nope didn't after the treble We do a chain three pick it After chain three pick it chain one and then double crochet five into the next chain three space All right getting tight again Okay, so we have one more repeat to do and After we do our chain five We're going to chain two and then we're going to skip the cluster and the chain space and work a single crochet Into the top of the next cluster chain five pick it after the chain five pick it chain two skip that and Well skip the chain space and the cluster and then work five double crochets three four and five Then we're going to chain one and treble into the treble Oops Here we go one two three Luckily it ripped back pretty easy Chain one Sorry about that Okay, there we go and now we're going to chain two and then Slip stitch we did it Check it out and this one works really great when you block it so I blocked this one so you can see The difference between the blocked one and the not blocked one the blocked one Oh, and also the hole in the center you can go ahead and pull that as tight as you need to This one's pulled a little bit tighter. They kind of look like little butterflies to me. I think they're really beautiful What do you guys think? I love it. All right, so if you guys have any questions Sorry about the length even lengthiness the length of this tutorial because I figured this was a little bit more difficult probably best to walk through it with you guys and Yeah, so it's really beautiful subscribe. Hit the little bell button down there if you have any questions leave them in the comments below the full written pattern will be on my blog and If you sign up for my newsletter, then you'll get notified of all the new stitch tutorials that come out each week Happy crocheting everybody