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I’m trying to make a pattern that has a multicolor design (it’s a leopard gecko with a yellow top and a white belly) and instructions say to make a magic ring of 6 with 3 white stitches and two yellows. How on earth do I do this??? I can’t find any tutorial on how to make a two colored magic ring let alone make a round that the colors swap so frequently to maintain the solid colored underbelly look... does anyone have advice??? 

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The magic ring will be completely covered by the stitches so it really doesn't matter what color it is.

for the first round, change colors the way you normally would.  I assume the two colors will continue in the subsequent rounds so you'll probably carry them into the next rounds.  I would look at some amigurumi references for suggestions on handling the colors.  June Gilbank's site is good, it's called planetjune.  

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Agree with Magiccrochetfan.  "Make a magic ring of 6 with 3 white stitches and two yellows" is  actually 2 separate rounds:  (1) make magic ring (2) make 3 white stitches and 2 yellow stitches around the ring.

I'm guessing you are new to crochet?  I've learned to follow a pattern as written (for a short while at least) when I come to a point where it sounds weird.  Usually it's a typo and sometimes following what it says for a bit 'shows' me what the typo should have said (granted this might not be as obvious to a newbie than to someone who has crocheted a long time).  Occasionally it's a 'well that was a cool way to do x' moment.  Another thing that helps when you are stuck, if there is a photo of the finished object with your pattern, find where your hook is in that object, look closely at the stitches in the photo--they can answer a lot of questions.  A good pattern, especially of a toy, will tell you where you are in the pattern (head, body, etc.), so if you are supposed to be working on the head and it looks more like a tail, you know there's a problem....

As far as color changes, why not?  Go look for a pattern for a peppermint candy (the round flat kind), I'll bet it alternates colors every stitch of the first round, every 2 stitches of the second round, and so on.  Almost nothing is impossible in crochet, just some things you don't run into as often.  I can think of about a half dozen variations of a single crochet stitch for example.

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