if you’re going to follow a knitting pattern, it might actually be helpful to READ THE PATTERN.
I’ve started this pattern twice TODAY, and I have mixed up the number of rows for the center square with how many stitches to start out with.
For reference- casting on 50 stitches is not correct. Neither is 40…
(I thought it looked too big a center for a baby blanket!)
On my last hat test knit, I got all the way to the crown decreases before I realized I’d cast on 60 sts instead of 70. Whoops! At least it was a quick knit.
I learned this lesson the hard way!