The first pic was taken before I did that final two rounds folding up the bottom-I didnt’ realize that it would make such a big difference! I LOVE how it turned out AFTER I did that fold-the second pic of me chucking boiling water during the polar vortex shows with the correction. :)

Because I am a pretty experienced crocheter I have an issue with actually reading EVERY word in the pattern-my stinky little eyes missed the ‘turn’ part of the first few rounds so I have a little oopsie booboo but I wasn’t about to rip the stitches out so I just left it and we’ll see what happens.

Keep in mind the long chain at the beginning is the base of your hat when you are planning your colors if you want to do a color change up. I