Spot the mistake
Mini Reindeer, Head. Tap the round you think is wrong.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12)Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (19)Rnd 4: (sc 2, inc) x 6 (24)Rnd 5: sc, inc, (sc 3, inc) x 5, sc 2 (30)Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 6 makes 18 stitches, but the pattern prints (19). One of the two is wrong, and if you trust the wrong one your piece comes out the wrong size.
Mistakes like this hide in published patterns too. Paste any pattern into the checker and it counts every round for you.
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