The next step is to tie the center fringe by pairs. On the photo above you can see how the fringe pairs in the center were crossed, using every other fringe for each pair. When the number of fringe that you have across an item will leave one odd pair leftover, cross the center fringes in whatever way you find will work and will give a satisfactory look.
In this example, after the four fringe on each edge were tied, that left six fringe in the center, which leaves one odd pair for last, so I played around with the last six center fringes to find a way to arrange them, before I tied any of these six fringe into pairs.
When the number of stitches across a crocheted item make it possible to have fringe across that item that works out to a total number of fringe that is a multiple of four, the fringe pairs will work out evenly all the way across. When that isn't possible, you can still make it work, as in the example above.
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