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Make yourself this rainbow of a belt using two simple crochet stitches. Never crocheted a day in your life? Go to girlslife.com for an online lesson.

What you need

* 4 balls of 50% cotton/50% acrylic acrylic, artificial fiber made from a special group of vinyl compounds, primarily acrylonitrile. Acrylic fibers are thermoplastic (i.e., soften when heated, reharden upon cooling), have low moisture regain, are low in density, and can be made into bulky fabrics.  heavy worsted weight yarn yarn, fibers or filaments formed into a continuous strand for use in weaving textiles or for the manufacture of thread. A staple fiber, such as cotton, linen, or wool, is made into yarn by carding, combing (for fine, long staples only), drawing out into roving, then  in white, pink, red and orange

* 1 crochet hook, size H/8

1) Use the white yarn to make a slip-knot, leaving a 6-inch strand, and loop it securely onto your crochet hook. Work a row of 114 chain stitches.

2) Once you get to the end of the row, switch to the pink yarn, make a single-crochet stitch stitch (stich)
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 into the second chain from your hook. Skip a chain, and continue single-crocheting into every other chain, ending with a single crochet Noun 1. single crochet - a crochet stitch
single stitch

crochet stitch - any one of a number of stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop with a crochet needle

Verb 1.
 in the last chain.

3) Switch to the orange yarn, make one chain stitch, and turn.

4) With the orange yarn, make a single-crochet stich STICH Cardiology A clinical trial–Surgical Treatment for IntraCerebral Hemorrhage  into the first single crochet of the previous row. Skip a single crochet, and continue single-crocheting into every other single crochet space until you reach the end of the row.

5) Switch to the red yarn, make one chain stitch, and turn.

6) Follow the instructions for Step 4, using the red yarn.

7) At the end of the row, switch to the red yarn, make one chain stitch, and turn.

8) Follow the instructions for Step 4, using the red yarn. Repeat again with the orange yarn, then the pink. Do the last row in white, and fasten off.

9) To make the fringe, cut a 25-inch piece of cardboard Cardboard is a generic non-specific term for a heavy duty paper based product. Paperboard

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. Wind strands of yarn in each color around the cardboard several times, then cut the yarn along the lower edge.

10) Working a few strands at a time, use the crochet hook to pull the fringe evenly onto each end of the belt. Match up the yarn ends, trimming if necessary.

11) Work the fringe into braids for about three inches on each side of the belt. Tie knots to secure the braids. Again, trim the ends if necessary. Now, pull your crafty new accessory accessory, in criminal law, a person who, though not present at the commission of a crime, becomes a participator in the crime either before or after the fact of commission.  through the belt loops of your favorite jeans, tie it off to one side, and strut your stuff.
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Date:Oct 1, 2005
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