Pattern question :D Please help ^^

Crochet!
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My friend is making this beret:
http://www.crochettoday.com/pdfs/beret.pdf

but she isn’t sure if the stitches they counted for each round includes the double crochets before the * symbol. If they count it…isn’t the end of each round going to have a hole? Is that supposed to happen? Thanks! :smiley:

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The dc before the * will count. For example, on round 2: The chain 3 counts as 1 dc, then you dc in the same st (2 dc), then 2 dc in the next st (4 dc) then 24 more dcs (2 in each st). This will give you a total of the 28 dcs without leaving a hole (thanks to the ch 3)