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This tutorial is to help you add fringe to any project — crochet or knit, poncho, scarf, blanket or anything else begging for fringe!  If you would like to have the pattern for the afghan shown in the tutorial you can find it here.

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Materials needed:

Large crochet hook — one that is large enough to pull all the yarn up and through but small enough to fit through the project.

Scissors

Yarn

Sturdy cardboard cut into desired size

Add Fringe Tutorial

Cut a piece of sturdy cardboard to desired width.  Remember, the size of the cardboard will be the length of the fringe as the fringe is folded in half just as it is on the cardboard.

Begin wrapping yarn loosely around the cardboard.  Not too tight — it will be hard to get your scissors inserted between the cardboard and yarn to cut and it will pull the fibers of yarn and make your fringe shorter than you would like.

Cut a piece of sturdy cardboard to size desired

Using scissors cut yarn at the bottom of the piece of cardboard

Don’t forget to cut the end of the yarn attached to the skein!

Cut fringe

Yarn ready to be added to project

Make sure ends are even

Insert Crochet Hook into desired space in project

Put yarn on crochet hook evenly half on either side

Pull yarn up in a loop through the project

Open loop with fingers

With fingers reach through loop and pull up fringe

Pull fringe through

Start tugging gently on fringe ends even out ends individually if necessary

Cut ends to even out if desired — you have fringe!

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