Help, please

[Sarabella78]

Can anyone help with this. My stitch count is off every time at row 4. It's supposed to be easy but it has me stumped. I've worked on it for 4 hours plus and I can't figure it out. I'm not a new crocheter either

 

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L40424.html

[magiccrochetfan]

welcome to the ville

 

how many sts do you have on row 4?

can you link to where the whole pattern is posted?  

[Sarabella78]

I have the 2 hdc2tog +23 hdc

 

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L40424.html?iP=1&p=2&ss=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[Sarabella78]

Thank you for the welcome

[magiccrochetfan]

It is best to link to the pattern on the site, so we can see the picture.

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L40424.html

 

It seems like your problem is starting on a previous row, so you don't have enough sts for row 4.

[Sarabella78]

I have the right # of stitches for row 3 so the problem is row 4 itself

[Tampa Doll]

Do you have to many stitches or to little?

[sarisue]

I think you are right and the numbers are off for row 4 as if you use 4 to begin you will only have the 23 to work in. If you use 22 instead of 24 you will get 26 but I'M not sure if that's correct but worth a try.

[sarisue]

Or you could try just hdc 2tog once and see if that works.

[magiccrochetfan]

pattern says: Row 3: Ch 2, turn, 2 hdc in first st, hdc in each of the next 23 sts, hdc2tog twice – 27 sts.

Row 4: Ch 2, turn, hdc2tog twice, hdc in each of the next 24 sts, 2 hdc in last st – 26 sts.

 

OK, I think row 4 should say :  hdc2tog twice, hdc in each of next 22 sts, 2 hdc in last st.  that would give you 2 sts where you did the two hdc2tog, then 22 sts, then 2 in the last st, so that would add up to 26.  

 

Sarisue's suggestion of doing only one hdc2tog should work also.  Really probably anything you do on row 4 to end up with the right # of sts will be fine.  But it may be that the hdc2tog, which is always at the same edge of the piece, is forming the "tail" shaping so it may look a little different if there were only one hdc2tog there.  

 

Anyhow, having 26 sts in row 4, by whatever means, should set you up for the next sections to be right since its simply working even on 26 sts.  after that you start the shaping for the mouth, so hopefully those numbers work, but if it is one or two sts off it will probably still work fine.  

[Sarabella78]

You guys are fantastic! I can't tell you how relieved I am that it wasn't just me hahaha Thank you so much!

[magiccrochetfan]

Definitely not just you!

[sarisue]

i would try it and  see which works best.  I don't know if it would make a difference if you just do one hdc2 tog  or not as row 3 ends with hdc 2 tog twice then row 4 starts with hdc 2 tog twice.

[Amy]

Sarabella78, welcome to Crochetville! I'm glad you're getting the help you need with the pattern.

 

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