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Scoubidous - How to make the square stitch

This is also sometimes referred to as the Box Stitch. This is the most used of all the different style stitches. You can make it with either 2 or 4 strands of the same length. You can usually get about 2 centimetres of square out of a 30 centimetre length of scoubidou.

Starting a square stitch

1. Holding the strands at their centres, turn one of the strands, so that it crosses over the top of the other strand..
2. Hold this cross with your thumb to free up your other hand..
3. Take one of the strands and flip it up and over the crossing strand..
4. This will create your first LOOP, and should look like this..
   
5. Now grab the other end of this strand and flip it up and over from the other direction..
6. This creates your second LOOP, and should look similar to this..
   
7. Now comes the WEAVE. Take the strand at your LEFT and place it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop..
   
8. We're almost done! Take the strand at your RIGHT, pass it OVER the first LOOP and UNDER the SECOND loop..
   
9. Now comes the PULLING! Slowly begin to PULL the strands to create the first stitch!
   
10. Pull them TIGHT, but not TOO tight! If you pull them too tightly, you may SNAP the strands..
    
11. ..and if you turn it over, you'll notice the BOTTOM of the opening stitch looks like this!
    
12. Go back to step 3 and do all these steps from 3 to 12 over and over.

Here are some scoubidou book titles:

• Scoubidou Fun - The book by Lorraine Burn
• Scoubidou Fun Time - By Yoarra
• Scoubidous Books at Amazon
• Boondoggle Books at Amazon