Crochet help

[Dutchoma]

I am making a Fairy Doll, pattern by Stephanie Law. It's been driving me up the potty wall, with having to cast on 6 sts on 3 dp pins, but I have actually constructed something.

The wings are crocheted and here is where I come unstuck
These are the instructions:
1: ch 3, sl st in first sc to form circle
row 2: ch 2, (dc)x5 into center (5)
row 3: ch 2, dc in first stitch. (dc)x2 into each stitch to end of row.
(10)

Now I can do all that, but I come out with a perfect little circle, whereas they have something like a wing shape.

The link is here and there are pictures right at the end. I have a feeling I may be falling foul of American terms, so would be grateful if someone familiar with both American and English terms could have a look for me.
Thank you

Are you turning your work at the end of each row. It doesn't say to but the picture looks to be rows not rounds.

Ah, maybe that's what it is. Thanks for the quick answer. Going to have another go

And if the pattern is american the stitch will be a uk treble. Good luck, let us know if it works.

I agree. You need to work in rows so your initial ring ends up at the bottom of a fan shape :)

I still don't quite get it. It says 3chains and slipstitch into the first to form a circle. Ok.
So then it says 2 chains and 5 dc into the center, not circle. So center of what?

Do your 5 dc into the centre of the 3 chain circle and then at the end of the 5 dc's turn and do the next row (row 3) into the top of the 5dc's

Oma, I've just crocheted it and got a fan.

Instead of ch 3 I made a magic circle and worked into that, then you turn at the end of each row and it turns into a wing shape

You don't actually need to use a magic circle, it's just I have an aversion to crocheting into a tiny 3 chain ring.

I've got a result of sorts with the first wing. I'll try and do the next one the same. I've always got to google magic ring every t ime I do some crochet (which isn't often). I'll put a picture on when I've managed it (if ever I do).

Well, here she is, my sleep fairy.

:) lovely.

Oh, shes so sweet.

She is rather darling, but my goodness, what a lot of work and fidgetting. Give me a gansey any day of the week. it's taken me three days solid to do her.

I guess she's not going to become the first of many then
I sometimes get asked to make small bears and you definitely have to do it for love and not money. I don't think people, who don't knit or crochet themselves, realise the hours of work that goes into something so small.

No, definitely not. I hope dgranddaughter likes her.

Is it easier to crochet little things like this than knitting them? I don't know, I don't knit but it seems reasonably straightforward to crochet small toys. Maybe it's the single hook.

I once crocheted a meerkat, Not a particularly small one, but I had to have so much help from Ravelry. Not sure it would be easier when the toys are small and fidgety. There was not a lot of sewing up on this fairy, that was one of the redeeming features.

I think it depends on the type of toy. Most of my bears were crochet but were thread jointed with needle sculptured faces and shading and it used to take me as long to assemble them and embroider and shade features etc then to actually crochet the pieces. I've done some knitted ones too but I'm not very good with double pointed needles so I knitted them flat which was quite quick but I hated sewing all the seams and struggled to get them as neat as I would have liked.

Yes, I have done an enormous amount of bears too, but they were all knitted. I did three pairs of memory bears for Yorkhill, but they were all knitted flat and mainly in one piece, so there was not that much sewing up to do. That pattern will be around on MN somewhere as it was a MN project. But I've lost count of how many of those I have done.
I like the Jean Greenhowe patterns for toys.

I like Jean Greenhowe too, ive done a few of those in the past. I quite like the look of some of the Alan Dart toys too but have yet to make any of those. I've just started a lalylala crochet sheep. I got the pattern from Etsy and its quite unusual.

Yes, I have the Alan Dart chess set and something else, not sure what. Never heard of the lalyla ?) sheep. Are you on Ravelry as well? If so what user name? Mine is the same as on here.

No not on Ravelry. Is it any good?
The lalylala patterns are cute but different. More like a doll dressed as a sheep. She does patterns for other animals too.
I haven't seen the chess set, sounds interesting. The Alan Dart ones I saw were in a magazine around christmas, cute mice dressed as carol singers and a nativity set. I always have good intentions with seasonal makes but end up leaving it too late to make them. I had planned to crochet snowflakes for tree decs last year but left it too late as usual. Maybe I ought to start now for next christmas.

Ravelry is brilliant. Millions of patterns, forums to share ideas and ask for advice, and worldwide. I have quite a few Dutch friends on there, I can highly recommend it.

I had a bit of a thing for crocheting personalised dolls for friends (they looked a bit like them) I thought it would be lovely done in embroidery thread. I did an Elphaba from Wicked and almost went blind hooking all that black. These days I make flowers from it, but nothing bigger.

Ravelry is brilliant. Millions of patterns, forums to share ideas and ask for advice...

... Hours to lose :o

The time I have spent in the pattern search area!