ROW 5: 2 hdc next st, hdc ea st across to last st, 2 hdc last st, join Black, fasten off Gray, ch-1, turn. (8 sts)
ROW 6-8: Rep row 4-5. (10 sts)(12 sts)(14 sts)
RND 9: Hdc ea st across to last st, (2 hdc, ch-2, 2 hdc) last st, turn so you are working across ends of rows, * hdc next row, 2 hdc next row * across, rep bet () in corner, rep bet **, working (2 hdc, ch-2, hdc) in last st, sl st top beg hdc, fasten off. -make 8.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER:
With needle and Gray yarn sew squares tog as illustrated.
Sew center seam tog to form the body of the tote. Sew the triangles bet squares to make a continuous edge.