I struggled for hours and weeks Bcuz I was not including the marked sts in the count for the toe top; so I finally wrote the designer and she pointed it out for me. Turns out this wasn’t hard at all. I surely hope all that stress at least burned some calories! Haha I love this pattern--so adorable. & stylish! Will be doing many. using a crochet st marker helped me immensely when putting it on the end joined loop, so I’d know not to work it.