size 7 knitting needles, or whatever size you feel comfortable with!
cotton yarn - I used white with pink for one, and desert sand with yellow for the other.....
Make 2 (the color changes are noted in blue then switch back to your primary color)
Cast on 36 stitches in your primary color
1-4: Knit across
5: k2, (k2tog, yo, k1), across to last stitch, k1
6: Knit across
7: k3, p30, k3
8: Knit across
9: k3, yo, k2tog, p26, k2tog, yo, k3
10: Knit across
11: k3, p30, k3
12: Knit across
13: k3, yo, k2tog, p7, p3, p6, p3, p7, k2tog, yo, k3
14: k12, k3, k6, k3, k12
15: k3, p10, p3, p4, p3, p10, k3
16: k13, k3, k4, k3, k13
17: k3, yo, k2tog, p9, p3, p2, p3, p9, k2tog, yo, k3
18: k14, k3, k2, k3, k14
19: k3, p12, p2, p2, p2, p12, k3
20: k15, k2, k2, k2, k15
21: k3, yo, k2tog, p10, p2, p2, p2, p10, k2tog, yo, k3
22: k15, k2, k2, k2, k15
23: k3, p13, p4, p13, k3
24: k16, k4, k16
25: k3, yo, k2tog, p11, p4, p11, k2tog, yo, k3
26: k16, k4, k16
27: k3, p14, p2, p14, k3
28: k17, k2, k17
29: k3, yo, k2tog, p11, p4, p11, k2tog, yo, k3
30: k16, k4, k16
31: k3, p12, p6, p12, k3
32: k15, k6, k15
33: k3, yo, k2tog, p10, p2, p2, p2, p10, k2tog, yo, k3
34: k15, k2, k2, k2, k15
35: k3, p12, p2, p2, p2, p12, k3
36: k15, k2, k2, k2, k15
37: k3, yo, k2tog, p10, p2, p2, p2, p10, k2tog, yo, k3
38: k15, k2, k2, k2, k15
39: k3, p12, p6, p12, k3
40: k15, k6, k15
41: k3, yo, k2tog, p11, p4, p11, k2tog, yo, k3
42: k16, k4, k16
43: k3, p14, p2, p14, k3
44: k17, k2, k17
45: k3, yo, k2tog, p26, k2tog, yo, k3
46: knit across
47: k3, p30, k3
48: knit across
49: k3, yo, k2tog, p26, k2tog, yo, k3
50: knit across
51: k2, (k2tog, yo, k1) across, k1
52-55: knit across
Bind off
Crochet a chain long enough to fit around , and holding wrong sides together - weave chain in and out of eyelets along the border.