Tutorial On Starting the Summer Baby Blanket Part 1

A friend of mine is working on a baby blanket using this lovely pattern:

http://lacycrochet.blogspot.com/2013/06/summer-baby-blanket-in-variegated-yarn.html

She asked for a little help with starting it, so here it is.  Chain the desired number of stitches.  The red one is not 141 stitches, it's much less.  The lady from the original blog uses a smaller E hook but I have been using and loving my K hook a lot lately and like the quick and easy nature of it.  So, chain your desired amount.
The directions go like this:
Row 1: (4dc, ch 3, dc) all in 5^th ch from hook, *skip 5 ch, (4 dc, ch 3, dc) all in next ch* across, dc in last ch. Ch 3, turn.

Count five stitches back from your hook.

Double crochet in that spot, repeat till there are 4 double crochets in that 5th chain from hook.

Chain 3

Double crochet in the same spot.

Count out five more chains, put a double crochet into the fifth chain from your last group.

Repeat double crochet til there are four in that spot,

Chain 3 again, 

Double crochet in the same  hole as you last 4 Double Crochets,

Count 5 chains, double crochet in the fifth chain.

Repeat across the the entire chain til the end.  If I read the directions correctly, you then put a double crochet in the last chain on the string.  I may have that part wrong, but it's what I have done.  It is also important to have cute children reading books near bye while you do this. Hope this helps. I will now take pictures for the turn and 2nd row of stitches.