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Master class on knitting the doll

"First-grader Masha"
(Author Lukashenko Marina)

2023
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Necessary tools and materials.

1. Yarn:

-YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m (polyacrylic 45%/cotton 55%) flesh-colored (07), white (01),
milky-colored (03), light brown (71), brown (40);

-YarnArt begonia 50g/169m. (100% cotton) white (1000).

2. Iris threads in black, dark brown and flesh colors.

3. Hook for dolls No. 1.5 and for clothes No. 2.5.

4. Filler (holofiber).

5. Eyes on a 10mm safety fastening. If you are crocheting with a hook larger than
#1.75, then use 12mm eyes.

6. Wire with a cross-section of 2 mm.

7. Dense plastic for making insoles.

8. Paper tape or adhesive plaster to insulate the ends of the wire.

9. Needles: long and medium with a wide eye, sewing.

10. Buttons d=7mm. (3 pcs).

11. Beads or buttons for fastening shoes d=6mm. (2 pcs).

12. Tailor's pins.

13. White satin ribbon, 1cm to 2cm wide (for bows).

14. Scissors.

15. Stuffing tool (tweezers or sushi stick).

16. Dry pastel or blush for face contouring.

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Abbreviations:

ka- amigurumi ring,

pr-increase,

beauty,

VP-air loop,

pp - lifting loop,

ss-slip stitch,

sc-single crochet,

hdn-half double crochet,

dc-double crochet,

ZSP-back wall hinges,

sh-bump (4 dc in one loop with a common top),

(…)* - number of repetitions.

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Hands (2 parts).
We knit with flesh-colored thread.
1. 6stbn in ka

2. (pr)*6 (12)

3. (2sc, inc)*3 (16)

4–6. 16sc (3 rows)

7. ch, 15stbn (16)

8. (sc, 6stbn)*2 (14)

9. (dec, 5tr)*2 (12)

10. (dec, 4tr)*2 (10)

11. (pr, 4tr)*2 (12)

12. (pr, 5tr)*2 (14)

13-30. 12sc (18 rows)

We knit to the place where the finger is knitted. Fasten the thread,
cut it, hide the end. Do not stuff the detail at this stage.
need to.
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Legs (2 parts).

We stuff the part tightly as we knit, paying special attention to the

toe, heel, knees and calves. Make sure that the marker is
strictly in the center of the back of the leg during knitting. If you
have a shift, then unravel or
knit a few slip stitches.

We start knitting a sock with white thread. We collect a chain of 7

VP, and starting from the 2nd loop from the hook, knit

1. inc, 4sc, 4sc in 6th loop, 4sc, inc (16)

2. (sc)*2, 4tr, (sc)*4, 4tr, (sc)*2 (24)
3. 2tr, sl, 6tr, sl, 4tr, sl, 6tr, sl, 2tr (28)
We trace the resulting part on plastic and cut out 2
identical parts. These will be insoles for the doll's legs to ensure
stability. The denser the plastic you select, the more stable the
doll will stand.
We knit the next row through the back loops.
4. ZSP:28stbn

5-7. 28sc (3 rows)

We insert the manufactured insole.
Make sure the marker is exactly in the center of the back.
legs.

8. 2tr, (1tr, sl st)*8, 2tr (20)

9. 7tr, (sc, 1tr)*2, 7tr (18)
10-11. 18sc (2 rows)
Stuff the resulting piece tightly, paying attention to the toe
and heel parts. Next, we will knit increases in the center of the
back of the leg.
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12. pr, 17tr (19)

13. 19stbn

We change the thread to flesh-colored, bring the white one forward and leave
it for tying the sock. We knit the row through the back walls of the loops.

14. ZSP:19stbn

15. pr, 18stbn (20)

We return to the sock and tie it along the top with a white thread,
ss for the front walls of the loops. Fasten the thread, cut, hide the
end.

16-17. 20sc (2 rows)

18. pr, 19stbn (21)

19-20. 21sc (2 rows)

21. pr, 20stbn (22)

22-24. 22sc (3 rows)

Marker exactly in the center of the back of the leg!

We knit the knee.

25. (dec)*2, 5tr, (pr)*4, 5tr, (dec)*2 (22)

26. 22stbn

27. (pr)*2, 5tr, (dec)*4, 5tr, (pr)*2 (22)

28. 22stbn

29th sc, 21stc (23)

30-31. 23sc (2 rows)

32. pr, 22stbn (24)

33-35. 24sc (3 rows)

36. pr, 23stbn (25)

37-38. 25sc (2 rows)

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Change the thread to milky, fasten the flesh-colored one, cut, end
hide.
39. 25stbn

Row 40 is not knitted completely, but to the inner middle of the thigh. On the right leg I
knitted 6 sc, and on the left 16 sc. You may get a different number of loops. The
main thing is that the knitting of the legs ends at the inner middle of the thigh. On
the right leg, fasten the thread, cut it, hide the end. On the left leg, leave the thread to
continue knitting the body.
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Torso.

We stuff the piece tightly as we knit, paying special attention to the

hips, tummy, shoulder girdle and neck.

We continue knitting with milky colored thread.

From the left leg, we collect a chain of 4 ch and attach it with a sc in front to
the loop in which we finished knitting the right leg. We knit 11 sc along
the right leg. We put a marker, here will now be the beginning of a new
row (along the right side).

1. 13sc on the right leg, 4sc on the chain of ch, 25sc on the left leg, 4sc
on the chain of ch, 12sc on the left leg (58)

2. dec, 26tr, dec, 11tr, (pr)*6, 11tr (62)

3. 1stc, sl st, 22stc, sl st, 1stc, sl st, 30stc, sl st (58)

4. 58stbn

5. (dec, 27tr)*2 (56)

6. 56stbn

7. (sc, 26stbn)*2 (54)

8-10. 54sc (3 rows)

11. (7stbn, ub)*6 (48)

12. 48stbn

We change the thread to a flesh-colored one, bring the milky one

forward and leave it for tying the panties.

We knit a row through the back walls of the loops.

13. ZSP:48stbn

14. (sc, 22stc)*2 (46)

15. 46stbn
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We return to the panties and tie them with a milky-colored thread along
the top with ss for the front walls of the loops (48).

Fasten the thread, cut it, hide the end.

We continue knitting the body.

Change the thread to milky, fasten the flesh-colored one, cut, end
hide.
16. 46stbn

17. (sc, 21stc)*2 (44)

18-20. 44sc (3 rows)

21. (sc, 20stc)*2 (42)

22-24. 42stbn (3rd row)

Having finished knitting the 24th row, we knit the required number of
loops to the middle of the back. We put a marker, here will now be the
beginning of a new row. I knitted 11 sc. We change the thread to flesh-
colored, we bring the milky one forward and leave it for tying the T-shirt.
We knit the row for the back walls of the loops.
25. ZSP:42stbn

26. 42stbn

Let's return to the tie-up of the T-shirt. We tie it with a sc for the front walls
of the loops along the top with a milky-colored thread (42). Fasten
the thread, cut the end and hide it.
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Next, we will tie in the hands.

Mark the position of the arms so that they are symmetrical
relative to the body, and the fingers so that they are
are directed at us.
27. 7sc, 6sc together with loops of the left hand, 15sc, 6sc
together with loops of the right hand, 8sc (42)
28. 7sc, 8sc on the remaining loops of the left hand, 15sc, 8sc on
the remaining loops of the right hand, 8sc (46)
29. 46stbn

30. 7tr, sl, 4tr, sl, 15tr, sl, 4tr, sl, 8tr (42)
31. (5tr, dec)*6 (36)
At this stage we will make the frame and install it.
To make the frame, cut a piece of wire twice as long as the
knitted doll (see photo). Form loops at each end of the piece.
Insulate them and the ends of the pieces with paper tape or
adhesive tape.
We insert the frame into the hands, as shown in the photo. A loop
of at least 5-6 cm should remain outside. We also isolate
the loop with paper tape or adhesive tape.

Now you can stuff the hands: stuff the palm tightly, stuff the
wrist lightly and stuff the rest of the part
moderately.

32. 2tr, sl, (4tr, sl)*5, 2tr (30)

33. (3tr, dec)*6 (24)
34. 1tr, sl, (2tr, sl)*5, 1tr (18)
We stuff the shoulder girdle well.
35-38. 18sc (4 rows)
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Fasten the thread, cut it, leaving a long end for

sewing the head to the neck.
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Head.

We knit with flesh-colored thread.

1. 6stbn in ka

2. (pr)*6 (12)
3. (1sc, inc)*6 (18)
4. 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc (24)
5. (3tbn, pr)*6 (30)
6. 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc (36)
7. (5tr, pr)*6 (42)
8. 3tr, sl, (6tr, sl)*5, 3tr (48)
9. (7sc, inc)*6 (54)
10. 4tr, sl, (8tr, sl)*5, 4tr (60)
11. (9tr, pr)*6 (66)
12-27. 66sc (16 rows)
At this stage we insert the eyes on a secure mount.
We mark the location of the eyes with tailor's pins. They should be
at a distance of 10 columns from each other, between the 21st and
22nd rows of the head. The distance between the already
inserted eyes should be 8 columns.

We seal the eyes from the inside.

We continue knitting the head.
28. (9stbn, ub)*6 (60)
29. 4tr, sl, (8tr, sl)*5, 4tr (54)
30. (7stbn, ub)*6 (48)
31. 3tr, sl, (6tr, sl)*5, 3tr (42)
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32. (5tr, dec)*6 (36)

33. 2tr, sl, (4tr, sl)*5, 2tr (30)
We stuff the resulting part well.
34. (3tr, dec)*6 (24)
35. 1tr, sl, (2tr, sl)*5, 1tr (18)
Finish off the head, paying attention to the cheek area.

Fasten the thread, cut it, leaving the end for embroidering the nose.
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Head and face design.

Nose embroidery.

We mark the position of the nose on the row with tailor's pins
below the eyes.

We thread the thread left after knitting the head into a long needle. We insert
the needle into the hole that formed at the end
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knitting the head (we will now insert the needle into it when
design of the face and head), and output in one marked
point. We insert the needle into another point that we have marked. Thus, we
embroider the nose with several stitches in width, then across. We bring the needle out
to the same place where we inserted it.
First, secure the thread and hide the end inside the head.

Eye tightening.

To tighten the eyes, use a long needle and flesh-colored Iris thread in 2
strands.

We insert the needle into the hole at the bottom of the head and bring it out at point
2. From point 2 we insert the needle into point 1 and bring it out into the same
hole where we inserted the needle initially. We tighten it first by throwing the thread over
at the bottom of the eye, tie a couple of knots, then repeat the same, but throw the
thread over the top of the eye. If necessary, repeat the tightening. Similarly, tighten the
other eye. Hide the ends inside the head.
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Embroidery of the whites of the eyes.

We embroider with YarnArt jeans thread in white. We insert the needle into the hole at
the bottom of the head and bring it out at point 1. From point 1 we insert the needle
into point 2 and bring it out at point 3 (this point is already at the other eye). From point 3
we insert the needle into point 4 and bring it out at
the same point on the head where you inserted the needle initially. Tie a couple of
knots, cut the thread, and hide the ends inside
heads.
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Embroidery of eyelids and eyelashes.

We embroider the eyelids and eyelashes with a thin needle and black Iris thread
colors.

Insert the needle into the hole at the bottom of the head and bring it out at point 1.
From point 1, insert the needle into point 2 and bring it out at point 3. From point 3,
insert the needle into point 1 and bring it out at point 4. From point 4, insert the needle
into point 1 and bring it out at the bottom of the head, where you initially inserted
the needle. Tie a couple of knots and hide the ends inside the head. Similarly,
embroider the eyelid and eyelashes of the other eye.
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We knit the ears.

We mark the location of the ears at eye level with tailor's
pins, 7 stitches away from them. To knit the left ear, insert the
hook as shown in the photo, grab the working thread and pull it
out. You get a loop on the hook and a pulled thread. We will knit
the ear using this thread. We knit 1pp, 7hdc, ss. Fasten the thread,
cut it, pull out both ends with
needles into the hole at the bottom of the head, tie a couple of knots and hide
inside the head. We knit the right ear in the same way, only we initially insert the hook
as shown in the photo.
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Eyebrow embroidery.
We embroider the eyebrows with a black or dark brown Iris
thread, 2 columns wide. The upper tail is 4 columns away from the
eye, and the lower one is 3 columns.

Wig.
The wig is knitted with a light brown thread, hook No. 1.5, loosely.
Up to the 12th row, the description is similar to the description of
knitting the head. For the sample wig, I took a milky thread.
1-11. Look at the description of the head.

12-18. 66sc (7 rows)

Try the wig on the doll at an angle, if it is too small, then
knit a few more rows.
19. 27stbn,
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1 strand: make a chain of 21 ch and knit sl st along it, 19 sc, skip 1

loop on the wig, attach it with sc;

2 strand: here we also make a chain of 15 ch and knit along it with sl

st, 14 sc, attach it with sc, skipping 1 loop on the wig;

3 strand: make a chain of 6 ch and knit 6 sc along it, attach it

with sc, skipping 1 loop on the wig;

We knit the 4th strand similarly to the 3rd, the 5th similarly to the
2nd, the 6th similarly to the 1st, we also attach it with a sc, skipping 1
a loop on a wig,

we knit 27 sc to the end of the row.

Fasten the thread, cut it, leaving a long end for

sewing the wig to the head.
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Ponytails made of curls (2 parts).

We knit the curls with the same hook as the doll.

Before knitting curls, check whether you can make them or not. To do
this, dial a chain of 30 VP and knit 30 sc along it, slightly twisting
the resulting strand. If the curl turned out, then you can safely start
knitting. If the strand straightens, then knit 2 sc in each loop.

We knit with light brown thread.

We collect the main chain of 16 VP, and starting from the 2nd from
hook loops, knit

sc, here we also collect a chain of 60 VP and knit along it (ss, 59

sc). We got the first strand-curl, we attach it with sc to the 2nd loop
of our main chain. Again, here we also collect a chain of 60
VP and knit along it (ss, 59 sc). We got the second curl, we attach
it to the 3rd loop of the main chain of VP. Thus, we knit 12 more
curls, we attach the last one with ss to the 15th loop of the main
chain of VP. Fasten the thread, cut, leaving the end for shaping

tail and sewing it to the head.

We twist the resulting chain with 14 curls into a roll, forming

a bun. We fix the shape with several stitches.
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Assembly.

Sew the wig to the head diagonally. Sew the head to the neck.
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(You can see how to sew the head to the neck evenly and neatly in the
video in my knitting community “Marina Lukashenko’s Dolls”).

We mark the location of the tails with tailor's pins and sew them on.
The photo shows possible options.

Shoes (2 pieces).
We start knitting from the sole with a thread of any suitable color (to
your taste), hook No. 2.5.
If you are knitting a doll with a hook other than #1.5, then for
knitting shoes, take a hook 1 mm larger.
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For the sample, I used light blue and blue thread to knit the shoes. Based on the
recommendations, you need to take a brown thread (40).

We cast on 7 ch, and starting from the 2nd loop from the hook, we knit

1. inc, 4sc, 4sc in 6th loop, 4sc, inc (16)

2. (sc)*2, 4tr, (sc)*4, 4tr, (sc)*2 (24)

3. 2tr, sl, 6tr, sl, 4tr, sl, 6tr, sl, 2tr (28)

The marker should be exactly in the center of the sole. If you have a shift, then
unravel or knit several shift loops. The next row is knitted for the back

loop walls.

4. ZSP:28stbn

We change the thread to blue (brown), the thread with which we knitted the sole, bring
it forward and leave it for tying it.

5-8. 28sc (4 rows)

We return to the sole and tie it with the remaining thread for the front half loops of the
ss (28). Fasten the thread, cut it, hide the end.

9. 5tr, (1tr, sl st)*6, 5tr (22)

Having knitted the 9th row, we knit a strap for the shoe. We collect a chain of 26
ch, and starting from the 7th loop from the hook, we knit 20 ss along it, attaching
ss. Fasten the thread, cut it, leaving the end for sewing on a button or bead under the
loop on the strap. Sew on the button, fasten the thread and hide it.
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Dress.

Knit with brown thread, hook No. 2.5.

For the sample I used blue thread.
Be sure to try on the product as you knit.
Knit in turning rows, knitting 1 st at the beginning of each.
We collect a chain of 28 VP + 6 VP per loop. Starting from the 7th from
hook loops, knit

1. 5tr, sl, 2tr, sl, 10tr, sl, 2tr, sl, 5tr (32)
2. 6sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 12sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 6sc (36)
3. 6tr, tr, 4tr, tr, 12tr, tr, 4tr, tr, 6tr (40)
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4. 7sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 7sc (44)
5. 7sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 7sc (48)
6. 8tr, sl, 6tr, sl, 16tr, sl, 6tr, sl, 8tr (52)
7. 8tr, sl, 8tr, sl, 16tr, sl, 8tr, sl, 8tr (56)
8. 9tr, sl, 8tr, sl, 18tr, sl, 8tr, sl, 9tr (60)
We cast on 6 VP, and starting from the 7th loop from the hook, we knit

9. 9tbn, pr, 10tbn, pr, 18tbn, pr, 10tbn, pr, 9tbn (64)
10. 10 sc, make a chain of 2 ch, and skip 12 loops, attach it
with sc, 19 sc, make a chain of 2 ch again, and skip 12 loops,
attach it with sc, 9 sc (44)
11. 9sc, inc, 2sc along the chain of ch, inc, 18sc, inc, 2sc along
the chain of ch, inc, 9sc (48)
12-16. 48sc (5 rows)
We collect a chain of 6 VP, and starting from the 7th loop from the hook,
we knit

17. (pr)*48 (96)

We connect the knitting into a ring with ss and then we will knit in a circle
psn.

18-26. 96hdc (9 rows)

Try the dress on your doll, if it is too short, knit a few more rows.
We tie the bottom of the dress with ss for the back walls of the
loops. Fasten the thread, cut, hide the end.
Sew buttons under the loops.
You can use white YarnArt Jeans thread to tie the sleeves
and neck. I used the same thread I used to knit the apron (YarnArt
begonia).
If you prefer a short sleeve, then you need to attach a
white thread and tie it along the bottom with a sc.
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If desired, you can knit the length of the sleeve. To do this, you need
attach brown thread to the corner of the cutting line.

Left sleeve:

1. 1 hdc in corner, 2 hdc along the cutting line, 1 hdc in the other corner, 12
hdc along the shoulder (16)

Right sleeve:

1. 1 hdc in corner, 12 hdc along shoulder, 1 hdc in other corner, 2 hdc

along cutting line (16)

2-6. 16hdc (5 rows)

Try it on. You can knit another 1-2 rows if the sleeve is too short. Add a
white thread and crochet the bottom of the sleeve with sc.

Fasten the thread, cut it, hide the end.

We attach the thread to the corner of the top row of the dress and tie the
neck with sc (28)

We turn the knitting, knit 2pp and knit a row of hdc

back walls of hinges

(4hdc in one loop, skip 1 loop, 1ss)*9, 3hdc in 1 loop and finish with ss
in corner

Fasten the thread, cut it, hide the end.

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Apron.
Knit with white thread YarnArt begonia, hook No. 1.5

Bottom of the apron.

We cast on 18 ch, and starting from the 2nd loop from the hook, we knit

1. In the first loop we knit (sc, 2ch), in the second loop we knit
(2dc, ch, 2dc), skip the third loop, in the fourth we knit (2dc, ch,
2dc), skip the fifth, etc. Thus, we knit to the end of the row. Having
knitted in the penultimate loop (2dc, ch, 2dc), we collect a chain
of 2 ch and attach it with a sl-st
the last loop.
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Next, we will knit in turning rows, knitting 2 sts at the beginning of

each.

2. Under each ch of the previous row, knit a combination (2dc, ch, 2dc).
There should be 8 such combinations in a row.

3-10. Knit similarly to the second row.

We tie the bottom of the apron as follows. Under the air loop we knit
5hdc, ss in the arch, again 5hdc, ss in the arch, etc. to the end of the row.
Fasten the thread, cut, hide the end.

Top of the apron.

Attach the white thread to the corner of the first row of the lower part of
the apron.
1. 17stbn

Next, we knit dc, turning rows, knitting 2pp at the beginning of each

2. (2dc, ch, skip 1 loop)*5, 2dc

Thus, we knit 3 more rows.

Having knitted the last row, we collect a chain of 26 VP on the strap, and
starting from the 3rd loop from the hook, we knit along this chain

(4hdc in 1 loop, skip 1 loop, sl st)*8

Next, we tie the side of the upper part of the apron with the same pattern.

(4sc in one loop, sc)*2

Having knitted to the bottom of the apron, in the area of the belt, we cast
on 45 ch on the belt (you can cast on more, focus on your doll). We knit
45 ss along this chain of ch and attach it with ss to the side of the apron.
Fasten the thread, cut the end and hide it.

We start knitting the second strap from the belt.

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We collect a chain of 45 ch, knit 45 ss along it, attach the belt

to the side of the apron with sc, tie the side of the upper
part of the apron (4 hdc in one loop, ss) * 2
We collect a chain of 26 VP on the second strap, and starting from the 3rd
loop from the hook, we knit along it

(4hdc in one loop, skip 1 loop, ss)*8

Attach the strap with ss to the corner. Fasten the thread, cut it,
hide the end. The straps can be sewn to the belt, or you can
thread the belt through the outer loop of the strap, so they will
be easy to adjust.
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We dress our doll in a uniform, tie bows from satin ribbon, and blush
her cheeks a little. First-grader Masha is ready!

Thank you for knitting with me.

Lukashenko Marina ))
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