Aldi crochet kits help needed - Buzz Lightyear

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I am attempting to crochet this toy and am getting stuck on round 5 of the head and body. I start round five with the correct number of stitches, but however carefully I follow the instructions, I just cannot get the right no of stitches at the end of the round. Has any e else had this problem and managed to overcome it? Or, is anyone able to look at the pattern instructions and give me some guidance - I'm still quite new to this so I accept I could be getting it wrong!

Thanks.

I haven’t tried that pattern. If you post round 5 we may be able to help.

if your still stuck with buzz im sure someone on the aldi craft group on facebook can helpyou

Sorry, @MashedSpud and @kieronsmum, I've not been back to the thread for a few days. Hopefully, my picture will post - you'll probably need to enlarge it to see. I checked the reviews on the Aldi website, and it seems I'm not the only one having a problem. Thanks for the facebook suggestion, I'll have a look.

I am also stuck on round 5! 😩🤔

How many stitches are you ending up with?

There are too many stitches for the round. The previous round is 24 stitches this round would need the previous round to be 29 stitches if that makes sense

@Lellochip. @Hayporter

Well, I usually end up about five stitches short, I've tried all sorts of weird methods (thought it was me at first as I'm still quite new to crochet), but I can never get it to work. I'm always correct up to round four and then it all goes wrong on round five!

I think it should work. So you've got (numbers in brackets are cumulative stitch count)...

Dc6 (6), inc x 2 (10), dc4 (14), inc (16), dc4 (20), inc (22), dc4 (26), inc x 2 (30), dc4 (34), inc (36)

I haven't tried the pattern, but I can make the maths work on the stitch count which suggests it should be possible!

I'd ignore the pattern for round 5 and do (dc, inc) 12 times to give yourself the required 36 stitches

diamantegal That's what I thought but it's not that row that's the problem, round 5 does give 36 stitches, but apparently in 29 holes, but round 4 only has 24 to work in.

I'd be tempted to do what Iamnotapheasantplucker and just get to the right number of stitches. If going from 24 straight to 36 gives a weird shape you could do:
Round 5 - (DC x 3, inc) 6 times (30)
Round 6 - (DC x 4, inc) 6 times (36)

Ah, sorry, I didn't look at the previous round. Yep, completely agree that you need 29 stitches to make that work. Do what the more sensible people have suggested!

This is how I got around the problem and it seems to have worked.

Round 4 (dc1, inc) this will give you 27 stitches but you need 29 so I did

Round 5 dc3, inc, dc2, inc x 2, dc3 inc x 2, dc 2, inc, dec 4, inc x 2, dc4, inc. giving you the 36 stitches you need.

it seems to have worked out ok. I am just hope I have put the pattern so it can but understood and that is helps. On the Woody pattern they dont tell you to sew on the legs. I would also like some guide on the embroidery details.

I've just started this and what I did in round 5 was...
Dc 6, Inc x2, dc 4, Inc, dc 4, Inc x2, dc 4, Inc.
So I missed out the second single increase and the third dc 4. Hope this helps