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Step 5 Mail Box and Path

Path:
Use Gray and the Knitting Needles cast on 7 sts
Knit 1 row, purl the next row until path measures the desired length of the path.

Mail Box:
Use White and the Knitting Needles cast on 7 sts
Row 1 Knit across
Row 2 Knit 1, Purl 5, knit 1
Work rows 1 and 2 until you have 17 rows Bind off next row leaving a long tail to sew box together.

Mail box  door/back and bottom: Make 3
Use White and Crochet hook ch 7,  yarn over double crochet in 3rd ch from hook and remaining sts. Fasten off.
Curve the Mail box and sew the back and bottom around the edges. Sew the door to the edge of the box.

Flag:
using smaller crochet hook and DMC Floss ch 7 then slip st in 3rd ch from hook fasten off weave in end and sew flag to side of box.

Mail Box stand:
Use Gray and crochet hook G
Make a magic circle with 5 ch sp place marker in first stitch for beginning of round; move marker up as each rnd is completed.
Rnd 2-6: Sc around
This will make a tube that you will stuff with fiber fill and sew to the bottom of the box.
Use Pictures as a guide as to where everything needs to be sewed down to the patch of grass.