Starting a new test for Frank ORandle. I had intended to using these colors for the last test I did for Frank and somehow that turned out very orange. So yes it’s purple this time! :)
Let me start off by saying two of the yarns I used are from AC MOOR. Some of you may not have a store near you so… the Plum purple I used is the same as RRSS Dark Orchid and the Lovely Lavender is the same as RRSS Orchid. :)

Starting out with a size J hook and moving to a size I after the beginning section. Frank divides his testers into two groups. The first group is to do the same changes using the same number of colors. The second group can use as few or as many colors and do changes anyway they choose. I am in the second group. I am using six colors and am not changing as often in places. I wanted it to look a bit more solid. I think this pattern would lend itself well to any number of colors. As in all of Frank’s patterns, counting is very important. This project will get to be very large and frogging is really going to hurt.
Heads up on round 6 and again on round 9. The corners are different. There will only be three dc in each corner instead of four as in previous rounds.
This has been a real easy pattern so far… Maybe to easy! I was moving along very quickly. I didn’t take my own advice and did not count as I should have. I missed a stitch on round 24 and didn’t discover it until I started round 30. If I had counted I would have caught it sooner. Frogging stinks!
Be sure to take a look at round 24. The corners are different. The long side will have one less stitch.
Stitch markers are a handy thing to have for round 48.
It can be real easy to miss a stitch in round 58. Be sure to count here.
Once again, really watch your corners in round 70. They are different!
I just finished today… 1-23-2016 This is huge. Mine came out 76x99
Just as an FYI… purple really shows cat hair. :)

Color sequence…
Round 1-2 Lovely Lavender
Round 3 Plum Purple Round 4 Lovely Lavender
Round 5 Amethyst Round 6 Med Purple
Round 7 Plum Purple Round 8 Purple Neon
Round 9 Peacock Round 10 Plum Purple
Round 11 Lovely Lavender
Round 12 Plum Purple Round 13 Amethyst
Round 14 Plum Purple Round 15 Med Purple
Round 16 Plum Purple **
Round 17 Lovely Lavender
Round 18 Plum Purple Round 19 Amethyst
Round 20 Plum Purple Round 21 Mid Purple
Round 22-23 Plum Purple
Round 24-25 Purple Neon
Round 26-27 Peacock Round 28-29 Purple Neon
Round 30-32 Lovely Lavender Round 33-34 Amethyst
Round 35-36 Med Purple Round 37 Purple Neon
Round 38-39 Peacock Round 40-48 Plum Purple
Round 49-51 Lovely Lavender Round 52-53 Amethyst
Round 54-55 Med Purple Round 56-57 Plum Purple
Round 58 Purple Neon Round 59 Peacock
Round 60 Purple Neon Round 61-62 Lovely Lavender
Round 63-64 Plum Purple Round 65 Amethyst
Round 66 Med Purple Round 67 Amethyst
Round 68 Plum Purple Round 69-70 Lovely Lavender
Round 71-72 Amethyst Round 73-74 Med Purple
Round 75-76 Plum Purple Round 77-78 Purple Neon
Rounds 79-80 Pecock Rounds 81-82 Plum Purple