She chose a “bold, monochromatic diagonal stripe” from Tori Murphy to introduce “a little edge ... “My personal preference is for beautiful, colourful and what can sometimes be deemed unconnected ...

Knit the rest of the round following the pattern. Knit until 1 dark blue st before the light blue single st. Knit together, do the same to the next sts. Now you have knitted two stripes away.