I have just finished the attached heart and am trying to figure out how to square it up using the a method that has 70 stitches in the final round, but my heart has 156 stitches.
The method says:
R1: join new yarn with a sc in the 2nd sc at the bottom where 3 sc sts are in the same st, sc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 4 sts, extended dc in in st, 2 extended dc in next st, cable shell st: ch4, take out hook and insert it into the 2nd exdc from ch 4 and pull loop through, ch2; into the ch 4 sp work (3dc, ch 2, 3dc, ch 1 st st)=cable shell stitch made; ex dc, in next st, dc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, sc in next 5 sts, hdc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, (2dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc in the next 3 sts, dc in next 2 sts, 2 dctog on the next 4 sts, dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, dc in next 2 sts, (2dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next st, sc in next 5 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, dc in next 4 sts, ex dc in next st, 2 ex dc in next st, cable shell st: ch4, take out hook and insert it into the 2nd exdc from ch 4 and pull loop through, ch2; into the ch 4 sp work (3dc, ch 2, 3dc, ch 1 st st)=cable shell stitch made; ex dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts, hdc in last 2 sts, join w/sl st to beg sc.
R2: ch1, sc in same st and in the next 2 sts, hdc in next st, dc in next st, ex dc in next st, tr in next 3 sts, sk 1 dc on the cable shell st, hdc in next 2 dc, in the ch 2 sp work (2sc, ch2, 2 sc), sk next dc on cable shell st, hdc in next 2 dc, tr in next st, ex dc in next st, dc in 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 8 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, in the ch 2 sp work (2hdc, ch2, 2 hdc), sc in next 9 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 9 sts, in the ch 2 sp work (2hdc, ch2, 2 hdc), hdc in next 4 sts, sc in next 8 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, ex dc in next st, tr in next st, sk 1 dc on the cable shell st, hdc in next 2 dc, in the ch 2 sp work (2sc, ch2, 2 sc), sk next dc on cable shell st, hdc in next 2 dc, tr in next 3 sts, ex dc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in last st, join w/sl st to beg sc.
I know I need to increase the stitch count and have tried different things and it is not coming out right. Can someone please help me with this.Squaring up a Granny square-heart-jpg