Expert: Bea Harrell - 8/17/2008

Question
I submitted this to you a while back and had quite a few mistakes.  I am resubmitting it to you for your help.  I have made sure that it was reproof & made sure that everything is in place.  Anything you can do will help  Thanks again for ever thing & all the info you give me it really helps me in understand to learn more about crochet.
Here it goes:
    Flower:  Chain 3, slip st to first ch to form a ring.
   Round 1:  Ch 1, work 6sc in ring slip st to FL of first sc.
   Round 2:  Ch 3, slip st to FL of next sc, repeat from * around slip st to first slip st and to unused BL of first sc of previous Round.
   Round 3: Ch 1, working in BL only, 2 sc in each sc from Round 1, slip st to FL of first sc - 12 sts.
   Round 4: Repeat Round 2.
   Round 5: Ch 1, working in unused BL only of sc from Round 3, * sc in sc, 2sc in next sc, repeat from * around, slip st to FL of first sc - 18sts.
    Round 6:  * Ch3, slip st to FL of next sc, repeat from * around, slip st to first slip st and into ch-3 space - 18 ch-3 spaces.
    Round 7: Ch 1, 4sc in same ch-3 space, * slip st in next ch-3 space, 4 sc in next ch-3 space, repeat from * around, slip st to first sc and to unused BL of first sc of Round 5 - 9 slip stitches and 9 groups of 4 sc.
    Round 8:  Ch1, working in unused BL only of sc from Round 5, *sc in each of 2 sc in next sc, repeat from *   around slip st to FL of first sc - 24 sts.
     Round 9:  Repeat Round 6 - 24 ch-3 spaces.
     Round 10:  Ch1, 4 sc in each ch-3 space around, slip st to first sc and to unused BL of first sc of Round 8 - 24 groups of 4 sc.
     Round 11:  Ch 1, working in unused BL only of sc from Round 8, * sc in each of 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, next sc, repeat from * around slip st to FL of first sc - 30 sc.
     Round 12:  Repeat Round 6 - 30 ch-3 spaces.  
     Round 13:  Ch1, * sc in ch-3 space, 3 dc in next ch-3 space, repeat from * around slip st to first sc and to unused BL of first sc of Round 11 - 15 sc and 15 groups of 3 dc.
     Round 14: Ch1, working in unused BL only of sc from Round 11, * sc in each of 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat from * around slip st to FL of first sc - 36 sc.
     Round 15:  Ch4, slip st to FL of next sc, repeat from * around, slip st to first slip st and into ch-4 space - 36 ch ch-4 spaces.
     Round 16:  Ch 1, * sc in ch-4 space, 7 dc in next ch-4 space repeat from * around slip st to first sc and to unused BL of first sc of Round 14 - 18 sc and 18 ch-4 spaces.
     Round 17:  Ch1, working in unused BL only of sc from Round 14, * sc in each of 5sc, 2sc in next sc, repeat from * Around slip st to FL of first sc - 42 sc.
     Round 18: Repeat Round 15 - 42 ch-4 spaces.  
     Round 19:  Ch1, * sc in ch-4 space, 7 dc in next ch-4 space, repeat from * around slip st to first sc and to unused BL of first sc of Round 17 - 21 sc and 21 groups of 7 dc.
     Round 20:  Ch1, working in unused BL only of sc from Round 17, * sc in each of 6 sc, 2sc in next sc, repeat from * around, slip st to FL of first sc - 48 sc.
     Round 21:  *Ch5, slip st to FL of next sc, repeat from * around, slip st to first slip st and into ch-5 space - 48 ch-5 spaces.
     Round 22:  Ch1, * sc in ch5 space, 9 dc in next ch-5 space, repeat from * around, slip st to first sc and to unused BL of first sc of Round 20 - 24 sc and 24 groups of 9 dc.
     Round 23:  Ch 1, working in unused BL only of sc from Round 20, * sc in each of 7 sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat from * around slip st to first sc - 54 sc.
     Round 24:  Ch 1, * sc in each of 8 sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat from * around, slip st to first sc - 60 sc.
     Round 25: * Ch 7 skip slip st in next sc, repeat from * around slip st to first slip st and into ch-7 space - 30 slip stitches and 30 ch-7 space.
     Round 26: Ch 1, * sc in ch-7 space, [2sc, 2dc, 1tr,2dc,2sc]in next ch-7 space around, repeat from * around, slip st to first sc and into first skipped sc from Round 23 - 15 sc and 15 [] groups.
      Round 27:  *Ch 7, slip st in next skipped sc from Round 24, repeat from * around slip st to first slip st and into ch-7 space - 30 stitches and 30 ch-7 spaces
      Round 28:  Ch1, * sc in ch-7 space, [4dc,3tr,4dc] in next ch-7 space, repeat from * around, slip st to frist sc - 15 sc and 15[] groups.  Fasten off.  

   Anything you can do to help me will be greatly appreciated.  I maded a copy of the FL & BL instructions that you sent me thanks so much that will help.  

Answer
Hey, Lydia! Since I'm not sure what you need help with, I'll just explain how to do a few rows, and see if that's what you need.  It would be helpful to me if you can tell me what your exact problem is, then I won't have to do the whole pattern, as it's way to time consuming! So, I'll begin with row one.

Flower: chain 3 & slip stitch in the first ch, to form a ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 1, and make 6 sc in the ring, then slip st in the front loop of the first sc you made.

Rnd 2: Ch 3, slip st to the front loop of the next sc, repeat from * around. Note: You forgot to include the first * so look at your pattern and see if you include ch 3 in your repeat, or if its just sl stitches, then slip st to the first sl st, then sl st in the unused Bl of the first sc on Rnd 1.

So, now you're working in the unused BL of the first sc on Rnd 1.

Rnd 3: Ch 1, working in the Back Loops only,of rnd 1, make 2 sc in each sc around. When you get back to the start of the row, sl st to the FL of the first sc.

Rnd 4: Repeat Rnd 2. NOTE:  All you're doing is crocheting in the front loops, then going around again, and crocheting in the back loops.

If you need more help, just E me again.

Best,  Bea