What’s your secret? Mine refuse to produce flowers

Congrats! I once heard someone call DPNs “wrestling with a hedgehog”, which I’ve found entirely accurate.

They’re mostly constant. Sometimes you’ll see small stylistic differences, but the pattern author should give you a legend of the symbols. Personally, I like them since it’s easier to know which stitch of the precious row to work into.

It is so fluffy! Is it a typical single crochet amigurumi pattern under the fluff?

I agree with the other commenters - it’s definitely an advanced pattern.

One other thing I want to point out is it’s tagged with “chart” and the description says:

The pattern, in a diagram form, contains…

There’s a chance there’s no written pattern, so you’ll want to familiarize yourself with crochet symbols and charts before attempting it.

And thank you for the pets and bun_alert_system!

Both !dogs@lemmy.world and !birding@lemmy.world are pretty active.

It looks like you’re having trouble figuring out where the end of the row is, which results in you turning too early to start the next row. It might help to mark the first stitch of each row right after you crochet it (insert a stitch marker/paperclip/piece of yarn/etc into the “v” on top of the stitch), so it’s easier to identify.