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The SuperBrick Stitch

      Also referred to as "Wall", the SuperBrick Stitch is nothing more than THREE Square Stitches side by side. To start this stitch, you'll need four strands of boondoggle, three of the same length, and a fourth that is approximately 1½ times as long as one of the first three. For me, I can get almost two inches of superbrick when my shorter strands are three feet long each.

After finding the centers of our four starting strands...
Start by laying the three shorter strands ON TOP OF and ACROSS the longer strand, which should be facing away from and towards you...
Take the end of the longer strand that faces you and bring it UP and OVER to create the first loop...
Now take the long strand that faces away from you and bring it UP and OVER towards you to create the second loop...
There are SIX weaves, instead of FOUR, as in standard Brick. Take the short strand that is FARTHEST away from you and bring it UP and OVER the loop closest to it, then UNDER the loop farthest from it...
...and pull it through.
Now take the next farthest strand from you, which should be on the other side of the stitch, and bring it UP and OVER the loop nearest it, then UNDER the loop farthest from it...
...and pull it through. You've just completed a Square Stitch; but let's continue...
Similar to the way you started the stitch, take the third strand, which should be on the same side you started the stitch on, and bring it UP and OVER the first loop, then UNDER the second...
...you know what to do, right? Pull it on through!
Take the fourth strand, and bring it UP and OVER the first loop, then UNDER the second loop...
...and pull it through. You've just made a Brick stitch! Now for the SuperBrick...
Grab the fifth strand and do the same; over the nearest loop, then under the farthest loop...
...to be pulled through, like this.
Almost done! Take the last strand, the sixth one, and put it over the near, under the far...
...and pull it on home! Take a good look at this stitch, as it's nothing more than THREE Square stitches!
Now begin to pull this stitch tight...
...all tight! There's the basic SuperBrick Starter stitch!
Hold a "starter superbrick stitch" as shown.
Bring the far strand UP and OVER towards you to form the first loop...
Now take the near strand UP and OVER away from you to form the second LOOP, next to the first.
Start the WEAVE by taking the short strand farthest from you UP and OVER the nearest loop, then UNDER the farthest loop...
...and pull it all the way through.
The second strand comes UP and OVER from the other side, then UNDER the far loop...
...and is pulled through as well.
Here we go again, this time with the third strand, which should be of a different color this time. UP and OVER the first loop, then UNDER the second loop...
...and pull through, yet again!
Fourth strand goes up and over the near, then under the far loop...
...if you did it right, it should look something like this.
Almost done! Take the fifth strand, of the 3rd color, up and over the first, then under the second loop...
This SHOULD be getting easy for you now! Pull it on through!
Last strand... You know what to do, right?!?
...and after we've pulled it through!
Double check all your weaves before you start pulling! See how we have nothing but THREE SQUARE stitches here...
Pull all the strands tight...
...repeat the above, and it should begin to look like this...
...and here it is from the side!