uh... whoops!

So I am doing a Hat (crochet, worsted weight) that's working up relatively quickly. It's got a swirly pattern of front post double crochet stitches (which are basically raised against the background of standard dc), and it's worked from the top down. Once the pattern is established, the increase rounds are basically "dc in every stitch up to the previous round's fpdc; dc in that stitch and fpdc around same stitch; repeat", so each time there is one more dc between each fpdc. And then there are some non-increase rows of "dc in every stitch up to the previous round's fpdc; fpdc around that stitch; repeat".

I am kind of at the stage of crochet where I think I know more than I do, and so I got lulled into a sense of complacency by the straightforwardness of the pattern. And by complacency I mean I stopped counting, because with the fpdcs in there it would be easy to tell if I got off track.

Or so you'd think.

I am on the second round of no increases. It is supposed to be 5 dcs between each fpdc. Except that I come across one wedge where there are 6; obviously I slipped back into the dc+fpdc pattern. No worries, that's what dc2tog is for.

And then I come across another. And another. And then one with seven.

...

I think I'd better rip back. Sigh.