Hi Margie! No worries! I'm glad you figured out that moving up to a 6.0mm crochet hook might be best for you to help with your tension. Because we are moving from Big stitches to Small stitches it is super important that we keep our tension loose.
Looking back on April's calendar crochet stitch card, the Linen Stitch, It looks link we were going for 191 stitches with the size 4 weight yarn blanket. We want an odd number of stitches so the linen stitch will work.
Row 1 is just a single crochet, chain one, skip one stitch space, single crochet in the next repeat pattern.
Row 2, we start with a chain 2 because the chain 2 counts as our turning chain AND our first chain to hop over the first single crochet stitch. We then look for the first chain 1 space and begin our single crochet, chain one, skip one, single crochet repeat across the row. ENDING row 2 with one single crochet stitch in the last two stitch spaces.
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[Part 2] The Linen stitch is SUPER EASY to work up tightly because of the chain 1, skip 1 stitches. If you have to go up to a K/ 6.50mm you might find this will help with this month's stitch.
FOR COUNTING ISSUES, I really like the approach of placing a stitch marker every so many stitches. If you would like to place one every 30 stitches that could help you do a quick count across your rows and stay on track without having to count every single stitch. I know of quite a few people who are doing this. I hope it helps you.
If you find yourself with 193 stitches what you can do is decrease single crochet the last 2 single crochet stitches in row 2 and then again in row 4 to get you back to 191 stitches. AND it will be a smooth transition.
I hope this helps you out! Let us know if you run into any other questions. 🤗❤️🧶