by carolyn60 » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:43 pm
Hi Crystal, I'm so glad that you are enjoying making the Juliet dress and hat. I made it for my 8 yr old grand daughter. Lisa will be in and out this week, so I'll try to help in case she doesn't see this right away.
You are correct in the numbers that you came up with for the 18 mos size. You should have 28 ch-2 sps and 14 fpdc's or bpdc's, for the body, and 92 hdc on the band. Now when you get to the Brim, you will need to adjust Rnd 1 to make it work as follows:
BRIM
Rnd 1: Ch 1, dblch2lp in first hdc, sk next hdc, [ch2lp in next hdc, sk next hdc] 4 (3, 3, 4, 6, 6) || 6 (6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3) times, dbl-ch2lp in next hdc, sk next hdc, *[ch2lp in next hdc, sk next hdc] 4 times, dbl-ch2lp in next hdc, sk next hdc, rep from * around, join with sl st to first sc––51 (56, 56, 56, 59, 59) || 59 (59, 64, 64, 64, 64, 68, 68) ch-2 sps.
I changed the number in red from 3 to 4. After working it out on paper, though, I still come up with 56 ch-2 sps.
I hope this adjustment works for you and has you coming out with the correct # of sts. I'll keep checking to see if you continue to have difficulties. There are several of us here who will be able to help.
Carolyn