hi there. i just got myself the happy hooker book. i was just trying my hands on the yeehaw lady hat until im stuck in round 1. i hope you can enlighten me with the problem im facing. here goes:

in Rnd 1 it says I should have 15sc which I could get. Then in Rnd 2 it reads:

Rnd 2: Ch 1 (count as first pointed front sc), sc in each of next 3 sc (3), 2 sc in next sc (1), (sc,ch2,sc) in next sc (1) (front tip of hat), 2 sc in next next sc (1), sc in each of next 4 sc (4), 2 sc in each of next 4 sc (4) (rounded back of hat), sl st in next sc to join - 22sc.

somehow i just managed to get only 14 sticthes (higlighted in red) work into, which makes me left with the extra one sc. i know if i count the ch1 then i get the 15sc, but the ch1 was not worked into the next sc.

does the slip stitch count as 1 sc cuz it says slip stitch in next sc?

i hope this makes sense. i've tried the other forums to emailing dot and debbie but none had reply.

the edition i got was: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

please help...
thanx so much

p/s: i did try looking all over the web for the errata but it's not about the problem i'm facing