Before beginning please read instructions all the way through.
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That is important for later.
Instructions for cross stitch:
Skip two stitches, tr in next stitch, ch 1, tr in first skipped sc (skip 1 sc going to the right and tr in next stitch to the right)
Start by attaching the contrast yarn at any corner with a sl st. and ch 4 (counts as a dc + ch 1)
Work the cross stitch across the side to the end.
**Ch 1, dc in corner st (last worked st), ch 1, dc in same st, ch 1, work cross stitches across side of square to end, repeating from ** around until you reach last corner. After making last cross stitch on last side of square, dc, ch 1, sl st into third ch of beg ch. If using contrast yarn, fasten off, weave in ends.
Attach contrast with a sc in ch 1 of cross stitch. (If not using contrast, ch 1, sc in next st) Sc in each tr , dc, and ch 1 spaces across all sides in all corners as well. Fasten off, weave in ends.
The photo below shows what the corner group looks like when finished.
You can make a more defined corner, of course, if you add two sc to the corner st of the square, which I did not do because I didn't think of it till I saw this photo and noticed how round the corners were. I would put the two extra sc in the first dc of that corner.
The cross stitch makes a great border for a granny square or a wash cloth or dish rag. If you're more talented than I you can probably add granny square rows following the cross stitch rows.
