Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Review the basics. Decide what kind of bag you want. Choose your yarn. Choose your crochet hook. Make a test swatch. Chain the amount of stitches you want the bottom and top width of your bag to be. Turn your work, then single crochet in the 2nd chain from the hook. Continue to single crochet to the end of the row. Fasten off your yarn. Fold and sew to make your bag.

Answer: This bag is an excellent project for a beginner. If you haven't already reviewed our excellent wikiHow on Crochet, be sure to check it out (along with the helpful accompanying video instructions). For this project, you only need to know how to do the chain stitch (usually abbreviated “ch”) and a single crochet (usually abbreviated “sc”). This is a flexible pattern, and you can adapt it to make small envelope style clutches or even laptop or tablet sleeves. If you're planning on carting a particular item in your new bag, measure it in advance (e.g., your laptop) or measure a similar style bag so that you have the basic dimensions and shape in mind. Keep in mind, yarn "stretches"! If this is one of your first crocheting projects, it will probably be best to stick with a simple, plain yarn of cotton or soft acrylic. Cotton yarn "stretches" less than acrylic. Ask the yarn shop manager for help if you're not sure what to use. You may also want to choose a solid color yarn so that you can see how the stitches are made and count them more easily. Most yarn labels indicate what size hook you should use; it will be best if you stick with the recommended hook size.  As a general rule, the thicker the hook, the thicker the yarn will need to be. If you want to complete your project faster, choose a thicker yarn and hook. The stitches will be larger, and you'll build up rows faster. Larger stitches do "stretch" more than smaller stitches, so take this into account. As with any project, creating a test swatch is a good idea. You may be impatient to get started right away on your bag, but taking the time to make a small square (approximately 4"X4") can save you time in the long-run. Making a test swatch can help you gauge (determine) your tension (how loose or tight your stitches are) and figure out how many stitches you will have in one inch. Because this is a beginner piece, you will be creating either a rectangle or a square (the top and bottom of your bag will be equal lengths, as will the sides).  More advanced projects will allow you to create different shapes, such as an isosceles trapezoid where the top tapers in. You'll need to learn how to decrease stitches to be able to make this shape. For small to medium size bags, between 30 and 60 stitches should work well. Be sure to remember how many stitches you included in this initial, beginning chain. You will want to write it down, and if your chain is particularly long, you will want to use markers every ten to twenty stitches to help you keep count. Continue making single crochet stitches back along your chain. Now count your stitches! You will find that you have one less single crochet stitch than you had of chain stitches. This is good! It means you placed your hook in the correct loop when you made the 1st single crochet stitch of the row. (Example: If you want your bag to be 40 single crochet stitches across, you need to make an initial beginning chain of 41 stitches.) Once you've completed your initial beginning chain, which will be as long as you want the width of your bag to be, you'll need to turn so that you can start the next row on the opposite side. You will need to do this every time you get to the end of a row. To turn your work, simply rotate clockwise, (as if turning a page in a book), so that your last stitch in the current row becomes the first stitch in the new row you are starting. Chain 1 stitch, then turn your work as described above. Continue, row after row, up to the height you want your bag to be.  You will be folding up the bottom part of the bag (the top will fold down as a flap). Keep this in mind as you crochet up. Don't make your piece too short. If you want your bag to be 12" high (when the flap is folded over) with a 6" flap, you'll want to crochet your piece to be 30" tall. Once your piece is as tall as you want it to be, you need to fasten off the yarn. Fastening off when crocheting is actually quite easy. Simply cut off your yarn from the skein of yarn, leaving a tail of at least 6 inches (15.2 cm). Pull the tail of yarn on your hook all the way through the last loop of the last stitch. Pull on the yarn to tighten it. Then, using a "yarn needle", weave the tail through the stitches in your top row. . Fold up the bottom half of your bag until it is as deep as you want your bag to be.  Check to see if there is a “wrong” side to your piece of crochet fabric; if you prefer the look of one side, make sure that side is facing out as you fold up. Using a matching color yarn (most likely the same yarn you crocheted with, unless you like the look of a contrasting colored seam). To sew the side seams together, start at the fold and use what is called "a whip-stitch" to make the seam. Stop at the point where you want the flap to fold over.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Shuffle and deal a deck of 52 cards. Determine who should go first. Continue putting down the cards clockwise in consecutive ascending order. Call "bullshit" on anyone who you think is lying. Continue play after "bullshit" has been called. Win the game by playing all of the cards in your hand.

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These should be evenly distributed amongst the players. To keep the game from getting too complicated or lengthy, you should probably keep it from 3 to 6 players, though you can play the game with 2 to 10 players. Some of the players may end up with one more or fewer cards than the rest of the players, but that won't affect the outcome of the game in the long run. Before you begin, remember that the object is to get rid of all of your cards first. It can be the dealer, the person with the ace of spades, the two of clubs, or whoever has the most cards (if the distribution wasn't quite even). This person lays a card (or several) down on the table and tells the other players the type of card they just used. The person who goes first should always start by laying down an ace or a two. For example, if the first player put down one or more aces, the next player should put down one or more twos, the third should put down three or more twos, and so on. When it's your turn and you put down your cards, you have to say, "One ace," "two twos," or "three kings," and so on. You may not actually have the cards that you need to put down -- the fun is in faking it.  If you don't have any of the required cards, you can skip your turn though, it's better not to pretend to put down 3 of them -- and definitely not four. If you say you've put down 3 of a card you don't have, it's likely that a player will have at least 2 of the card and will know you're lying and will call "bullshit!" You can also play dumb. Let's say it's your turn to put down queens, and you happen to have two of them. Say, "What am I again?" and look confused as you look through your cards before you put them down. Your goal is to make people believe you when you're lying, and make them doubt you when you're telling the truth. If you know someone is lying because you have the cards they claim to have in your hand, because they're getting low on cards, or just because you have a feeling they're not telling the truth, then call "bullshit!" after the person puts down his cards and announces what they are. This entails an accusation and reveal, in which the person who just played is required to turn over the cards they just put and show everyone else what they actually are.  If the cards aren't what the player said they were and the person who called "bullshit" was right, the lying player takes all the cards from the pile and adds them to their hand. If the cards are what the player said they were and the accuser turns out to be wrong, all of the cards in the pile go into the hand of the accuser. If two or more people call out the player in question and they are wrong, the pile is divided amongst all the accusers. After "bullshit" has been called, another round starts with the last person to play. As the game progresses, it will become more difficult to get away with lying during a round, especially if the amount of cards you have keeps decreasing. In the end, it will come down to luck and how good your poker face is--just try not to make any moves that are too risky, and don't call "bullshit" unless you're fairly certain the person playing has indeed lied about their cards. Once one person has played all the cards in their hand, they are the winner. Of course, most people would call "bullshit" on the last play of the game, but you can get around this by making your final play very subtly and quickly, or by calling "bullshit" on the person right before you in hopes of starting the next round. Bullshit really is all about strategy, and the more you play it, the better you'll get.  After one player wins, you can continue playing until there are two or three people left if that's how you decide to play. If you only have one card left, don't announce it in advance or let people know that you're about to win. You can also take the bold strategy -- if you only have one card left, you can pretend to count off and say, "Oh, perfect! I only have one three!" Though this is more likely to fail than not, you can have fun trying to trick your teammates.