Crochet Pattern Help?

I wanted to answer this last night, but I ran out of questions that I was allowed to answer.

I love to make amigurumis, and they can be tricky when you first start out. So, when you start, you ch 2. Then, you put the hook into the second loop and ch 1. Then you do that 7 more times.

Now, I hate when instructions say "around" because it's lazy and not very clear, but what they mean is that you increase IN EACH LOOP. So, in the first case, you will be increasing 8 times and be left with 16 new loops for round two. Does that make sense? So, for rounds 2,3, and 4 you will be sc a total of 48 times. For Round 5, you start at the first loop (which, as many books instruct you to do MARK WITH A FABRIC MARKER BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOU WON'T LOSE COUNT AND IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO APPRECIATE AND REALIZE WHY AND I ONLY WISH I'D DONE IT SOONER). From there you sc 2, then you decrease and repeat the process until you reach the first loop again. If my calculations are correct, you will do that 4 times and have 12 loops left over.

"Around" is just a lazy way of saying "back to the first loop" and it just means you have to repeat the process provided until then. If you ever want to know the number of times to do something, count how many loops you have in your round, starting from the "first" loop (the one you mark with a marker). From there, it only takes a little bit of logic to figure out how many times you have to go around and repeat the process.

Anyway, I hope this helps and best of luck to you!

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Have you a link to the pattern.