Help me! Alternating colors on the border of an afghan?

[Kelsey Kathleen]

Hi folks! I'm new here, and in desperate need of help! Rnd 3 of these instructions are messing me up:

 

Border:
Join brown in any corner ch-4 sp (draw up a lp, ch 1).
Rnd 1: * Work 5 sc in corner ch-4 sp, sc in each st across side working (3 sc in ch-4 
sp, dc in seam, 3 sc in next ch-4 sp) in block corners; rep from * around; sl st in beg 
sc–692 sts.
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in each st around, working 3 dc in center sc of 
each 5-sc corner group; sl st to top of beg ch-3--700sts.
Rnd 3: Ch 3 (counts as first dc); working 3 dc in center of each 7-dc corner group, 
work 2 brown dc, 1 gold dc around; end working 1 gold dc; sl st to top of beg ch-3--
708 sts. Fasten off brown.
Rnd 4: * Ch 5, beg in 2nd ch from hook work (sc, hdc, dc, tr), sk 2 sts of border, sl st 
in next st; rep from * around; sl st in beg sc. Fasten off.

 

How the heck do you alternate colors like that? When was gold even introduced?

 

Here's a pic of the afghan so far:  

 

And here's a pic of what it's supposed to look like with the border: 

 

HELP ME PLEASE. It's my boyfriend's birthday present, and he's picking me up tomorrow night!

[mattenylou]

I just found your pattern, there's a note in the beginning of the Sunflower Afghan pattern about changing colors of yarn, just the regular way of pulling up a loop in the stitch before.... good thing, too, because your question had me stumped as to how to get that yarn up high enough to make a dc... and I've only been crocheting for 50 years, sometimes the obvious just doesn't hit me, I guess...

 

I'd carry your unused yarn under your stitches, and that switch of colors shouldn't show, hopefully.

 

Looks nice so far, he should love it!!

[kittyloverdeb]

Boy that would be a pain to work that border!  I think I would just do 2 rounds of brown all the way around and then 1 round of gold all the way around.  Easy, peasy, lemon-breezy!

[mattenylou]

Boy that would be a pain to work that border!  I think I would just do 2 rounds of brown all the way around and then 1 round of gold all the way around.  Easy, peasy, lemon-breezy!

 

Hmmm... 700 stitches.... and changing yarn colors??? Ya think??

 

Funny how the "sample" doesn't look like there are two colors... I think they took the easy, peasy, lemon- breezy way out, too.

 

So would I.... and we won't tell the boyfriend either, lol.

[Kelsey Kathleen]

Thanks for the advice you guys!! You're right, it seems to be too much work for an effect that could be created in an easier route. 

 

Thanks for not telling the boyfriend! hahaha