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Contrast Colour Squares

Each square is each made with 5 colours, A, B, C, D, E in various orders.  I use 3.5-4 oz of each of 8 colours, and 8 oz of the Main Colour.  I used a J crochet hook, and a yarn needle for stitching the squares together.

I made my afghan with 4 shades of teal, with 1 the lightest shade and 4 the darkest, labeled T1, T2, T3, T4, along with 5 orange shades labeled 1 as the lightest and 5 the darkest, labeled O1, O2, O3, O4, O5, with O5 used as the main colour.  However, you can choose any two colours you like that are good contrasting colours: blue and yellow, green and red, purple and black, or any contrasting pair.

I made 8 types of squares, 6 of each type for 48 total squares.  The colours are ordered as follows:

1. O4, T3, O1, T4, O5
2. T4, O1, O4, T3, O5
3. T1, O3, T2, O2, O5
4. O2, T2, T1, O3, O5
5. T4, T3, T2, T1, O5
6. O1, O2, O3, O4, O5
7. T3, T2, O2, O4, O5
8. O3, O1, T4, T1, O5

The squares are laid out in the following pattern:

Each square is made as follows:

With colour A, Ch 4, join with slip stitch to form ring.

Rnd 1. Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 3 dc in ring. Tr in ring, 5 dc, tr, 5 dc, tr, 5dc, tr, dc.  Join with slip stitch to initial chain.  Fasten off and change color to B.

Rnd 2. Ch 3 (counts as first dc), *dc in each dc across to tr.  In tr, (dc, tr, dc).  Repeat from * around, dc after corner to initial chain.  Join with slip stitch.  Fasten off and change to Color C.

Rnd 3. Ch 3 (counts as first dc), *dc in each dc across to tr.  In tr, (2dc, tr, 2dc).  Repeat from * around, dc after corner to initial chain.  Join with slip stitch.  Fasten off and change to Color D.

Rnd 4. Repeat Rnd 3.  Change to colour E (main color).

Rnd 5. with border colour, join with slip stitch to and dc. Ch 1. *sc in each dc to corner tr.  In tr, 3 sc.  Repeat from * around.  Sc in remaining dc to initial chain. Join with slip stitch and fasten off.

Assemble squares according to pattern shown using main colour, joining with whip stitches on the back side.

Border:  Join main colour with slip stitch to any sc.  Ch 1, *sc across to corner, 3sc in corner sc, repeat from * around, and finish with sc to initial chain.  Fasten off.

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