Shadowing Practice: a productive crochet week in my life ✨ | filming, orders, yarn shopping - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Hey guys, I have school today,
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Hey guys, I have school today,
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but guess where I am? At home.
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Why am I at home?
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Because I missed my bus!
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I freaking overslept and now I'm just at home.
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So yeah, we're already off to a bad start.
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I literally started getting ready.
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I did my edges and I couldn't find what to wear.
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So let's just fix my morning up because I generally don't know what just happened.
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okay guys so my space has been tidied
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and now i want to go ahead and make myself some breakfast
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because with school i literally don't have much time to make myself breakfast
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while i usually eat breakfast at school so let's make something a little special since I'm home after all
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next video.
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okay guys i'm back i want to start filming for this tutorial
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because here's where i'm currently at the bag isn't even like
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secured together i still got a crack ton of loose ends to sew in And then also,
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I have to still sew this bag together at the strap and the little ruffle thingy.
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Because I'm actually going to make this tutorial in two parts.
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So in part one, it's just going to be for the simple construction of the bag with the strap
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and the ruffles on top.
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And then part two, it's going to be for like the accessories.
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So yeah, we're going to just start filming for this tutorial.
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I'm hoping to be finished filming this tutorial by like,
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because right now it's 12.37.
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I'm going to hope I'm done by 2.37 or even earlier.
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But yeah, let's get started.
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So here's the film setup.
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As you can see, I've got my desk right here
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and my tripod is gonna lay right here with my camera
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and then I've got a film light right here it's just to make sure
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that like the lighting's good and then obviously I film right here
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and then I've got my lamp just for some extra support
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when it comes to filming YouTube videos you can really make something out of absolutely nothing
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but yeah we're gonna start filming
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and hopefully by 2 30 something i'm done filming this tutorial now basically what i'm gonna do
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so we can go ahead and close up the bag is
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that i'm gonna take this i'm gonna flip over to the back
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hey guys so it's literally 2 31
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and i'm not done filming this tutorial why am i not done well my camera literally died on me
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so i had to let it charge luckily my camera charge is pretty fast
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so it really only took like 20 minutes to charge back
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up to 100 here's an update on how this bag is
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looking i started on the single crochet border before i then do the ruffles
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and then add the straps however this is all i have left of this green yarn
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and it's not looking too good because i'm thinking i can't just like dash out
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and go get more yarn
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because i don't get a car okay i'm still doing my
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driver's head worst case scenario i switch over to this yarn for the strap i need to I'm hoping
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that if I switch over and use this for the strap,
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it looks intentional rather than stupid.
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I'm getting tired of filming though.
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I don't want to film anymore.
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Filming tutorials is so boring.
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I feel like filming vlogs are way more fun.
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You know what?
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The show must go on because guess what?
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The night is still young.
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All right, so I've gotten my bag to this point.
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And I'm just going to go ahead and just color switch.
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Because from this point on,
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for the strap, I'm doing increases.
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And realistically, this right here isn't going to make me two straps.
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So i'm just gonna go ahead and just switch over to the screen and just hope that it doesn't look stupid
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I also look you need to pee That's here my hey guys,
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sorry for interrupting
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But I have a brief announcement to make i'm launching a membership here on my youtube channel
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And if you join for 2.99 a month,
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you'll get early access to my new videos behind the scenes
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sneak peeks of what i'm currently working on Priority replies to your comment little updates
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and just bonus content for the members It's super easy to join i've actually linked the membership down below
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And it's just honestly a fun way to get extra content from me each month.
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Okay, now let's get back to the video Hey guys,
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it's a Saturday morning.
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It's 10 22
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and I finally finished crocheting the bag here it is Like
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I said before it's really really cute I literally saw her on it Monday evening and I finished it yesterday,
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which yesterday was Friday So I really had like little to no time to work on it.
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I had to go to school as well
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So it's like obviously eight hours in school come home
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And then I was just straight crocheting and then also filming the tutorial But I'm happy that I'm done with all that.
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So right now I'm actually editing the tutorial I'm practically already
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done with all my rough cuts All I'm doing right now is just adding the text onto the tutorial obviously
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because that's what every tutorial has But I'm gonna hope to get this video out by 12 p.m
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it's 1 26 pm has this video been uploaded no you
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want to know why it hasn't been uploaded for some reason
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cap cut did not want to export my video i was like okay it's probably
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because i had no storage i went
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and i deleted over 100 gigabytes okay over 100 gigabytes
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so now i'm like okay it has to export now no it doesn't export
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so i'm like okay clearly not the storage so i duplicate the video
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and i'm like okay
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if i duplicate it maybe i'll export it doesn't want to
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export now i'm just like crashing out I go to chat gbc I'm,
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just like what can I do and chat gbc is giving me low-key useless freaking responses.
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I'm like, okay Thanks for nothing.
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I'm like, okay What if it's just the audio, right?
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What if it's just one of the audios I put in the video?
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So I was like, okay,
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you know what i'm gonna just go and delete all the music
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that I put into the video Maybe the music's a problem.
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This was just very much last minute I was really like bro.
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I already just crashed out shed tears.
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I was like, okay,
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maybe it's the audio I literally delete the audio not all the audio just like the music right the music
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and the intro and the outro I delete
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that I try exploring it exports so now Now you want to export
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so I went and I deleted so much stuff whole time.
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It was the audio
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That was the issue as you can see It's currently exporting
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after how freaking long i'll check in with you guys later I'm very irritated right now.
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Hey guys, it's been a couple days and i've calmed down since
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that last clip So you don't gotta worry about
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that I'm going yaw shopping today
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because my friend she actually sent me an instagram reel Let me actually show you
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but basically like there's these like lock bonnets that she wants me to make for her This is it.
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It looks like really really cute Like honestly,
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I freaking love it and she said
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that she wants it to be in summer colors Which is perfect
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because you know summer's coming up So we really get to like just live out the whole like theme of summer.
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So i'm super excited for that I'm actually gonna take you guys along with me.
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I know we're gonna be anywhere but my bedroom for once All right guys,
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so i'm on the way to michael's right now i'm with my sister Hey guys,
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but yeah, i'm hoping that the yarn selection at michael's is not booty patootie
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because we're going to a different michael's than the one I usually go to if they don't go no good yarn.
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I'm gonna be a little irritated irritated irritated All right,
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we have made it to the freaking yarn section.
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Let's look at it.
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Now, I usually get loops and threads every time I go to my course.
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From what I'm looking at,
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it's definitely way better than whatever the frick was at the other location.
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Like, notice how there's variety, bruh.
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Before, there was, like, no variety.
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So, I'm thinking, right?
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Because my friend, she wants yellow in it.
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So, I'm thinking blue.
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And then, there's all of these blues right here.
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So, I don't know if I should do,
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like, oh, I feel like this right here.
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Like this would be roti or like could just put this blue as well.
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Nah, I feel like I feel like this screams summer Yeah, okay.
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This is what we're going for Guys look my sister made this Yes guys,
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I made it This is really cute good job.
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Thank you.
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And I didn't even trace that if you didn't even trace it even better Okay,
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yeah, okay guys,
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so I'm gonna get started on the lock on it I'm gonna do the black one first
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because the black one is gonna be a solid black
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so I can really get a feel for the pattern And then when I do it with the colored one,
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I kind of already know how to do it.
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So yeah, we're gonna start off with black Okay,
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guys, I've been working on it for quite a bit
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and honestly it's been working up like pretty fast So I honestly thought it would be slower,
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but it's actually working up pretty quick.
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I think it's because like I'm just using one constant color,
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so that's probably why I'm working up a bit fast.
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But I'm done with all my increase rows.
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I've just started on my first regular row with no increases.
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I could probably knock this out in one sitting if I got a good anime playing or something.
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Oh, not to mention...
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Oh, my sister's cool.
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Not to mention, working with black yarn is honestly not that bad.
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Sorry, I'm going to hurry now Okay,
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I ended up locking in last night
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and I actually finished one of the first lock bonnets Here's
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how it looks honestly like you really just have to see
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it like on like it's one of those projects Where it's just like when you see it off,
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it doesn't look as physically appealing But then
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when you got it on that's
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when just like oh I see the vision like it was
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like cowl neck tops like they look kind of crazy off when you put it on It looks teat,
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but yeah, this is kind of the same thing with this.
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We're gonna get started on the colored one I'm excited to see how that's gonna look
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because this one's just boring black and I feel like the colored one would look more fun.
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Only thing I'm going to have to be doing color changes every other row,
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so it probably might go a little slower.
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Either way though, let's just get straight to it.
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So here's the colors I'm going to be using for the colored ones.
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So we're going to go ahead and cake it before we proceed.
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Yes, Oliyaan has been officially caked, honestly.
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I knew what I was doing when I literally walked into Michaels and I was like,
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I'm going to go with this, this, and this.
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Because look at the colours.
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Like, they honestly just look, they scream summer.
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I'm really excited to see how this lot bonnet's going to turn out.
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Like, honestly, because compared to the black one we made,
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this one is about to have some real colour going on.
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Alright, so real quick, I'm going to try and see if I can find an anime to watch while I'm doing this.
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So the process can just be funner that way.
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Okay guys, I've been working on this for quite a bit and here's how it's currently looking.
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This is working up super freaking fast to be honest.
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I have to do 18 rounds total and I think I've only got in one, two, three.
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On my 15th round, I need 18 rounds total.
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For the last round, I'm going to go ahead and do half double crochet for it,
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but yeah, I should be able to just finish this.
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Honestly, I literally started all of this in one sitting and I can probably finish it in one sitting.
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I finished it.
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Oh my gosh.
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This looks like so good.
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Like when I tell you I knew what I was doing
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when I paired these colors together I was like I wasn't
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playing guys like I genuinely knew what I was doing
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So now we have one and two i'm honestly so surprised
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that I finished this this quick I honestly thought it would take longer but yeah,
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I really hit flow state and I finished both of these like it's supposed to be like
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Kind of supposed to be like this, right?
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I don't know to be like Yeah,
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but yeah, that's it for today's video.
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I really hope you guys enjoyed this video
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honestly this week was very productive like i literally crocheted
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and filmed the whole tutorial i crocheted two orders i went yarn shopping
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and i just i just genuinely did what any other productive crochet would do
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if you want a part two of like me just showing
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a productive crochet week in my life let me know in
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the conversation down below i'll see you guys in the next one goodbye
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The transcript captures a typical day in the life of a young creative juggling school, personal projects, and responsibilities. The speaker invites the audience into her productive crochet week, detailing her experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. This candid sharing offers a glimpse into her world, showcasing not just her crochet projects but also the everyday moments that make life unique. By following her narrative, learners can pick up both language expressions and cultural insights, enhancing their understanding of conversational English.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "I missed my bus!" - A common expression that conveys regret about being late or unprepared.
- "I literally don't know what just happened." - An informal way to express confusion about a situation.
- "Let’s make something special." - This phrase reflects the idea of treating oneself or making an effort for enjoyment.
- "I still have a ton of loose ends to sew in." - A metaphorical expression used to indicate remaining tasks before completion.
- "I had to let it charge." - A practical phrase referring to needing additional time for something to be ready.
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