aaagh that ottobre hat!

yes, i am now making rory one (same wool, different colourway) and i have made the same mistake somehow as last time - i am up to row 8 or 9 and it's pulling in too tight. problem is i can't remember what i worked out last time. perhaps it was that i didn't count the chain 3 at the start of each row as a dc even though the pattern says to. whatever i've done it's not easily worked out because i've followed the pattern perfectly.

now i really wish i had written my own version like i thought i should...