With first crochet projects I've found a bigger hook is better, bigger holes are easier to count.
I found where one of my reroots went! This was the Storm Clawdeen, her name is now Gee Gee http://www.flickr.com/photos/52244399@N ... 980952489/ and she has a gorgeous face up!
*Even cooler/stranger/small universe. Gee Gee's owner is bidding on the Iceberg Lagoona I did back when, hope she gets her.