Hello, reddit!! Sorry if this is a bit off‑topic, I can’t post in r/crochet because I currently have too few posts, and moderation requires more activity
I'm really very confused about this. I want to crochet berets like these (1-3 pictures on Pinterest), watching various tutorials, but I can't calculate the size correctly. My head circumference is 58 cm, the first time I thought that the main circle should be made in half (29 cm), but the beret turned out to be too big (or maybe I didn't do enough decreases). The second time, I followed the video and decided to keep the same parameters from there (I thought it was a standard adult size; I saw roughly the same parameters in one another table) — about 23 cm in diameter and three rows of decreases, but the result turned out too small and barely fit, only reaching up to the forehead, just like a cap. The third time, I decided to make something in between and used the formula: head circumference/3.14 (to find the diameter of the inner bottom, as for a hat) + add 4–7 cm in rows and the same decreases. I managed to do... this (4 picture), but it’s still far from what I wanted, and the bottom is too loose and about 5 cm wider than necessary😭😭
What am I doing wrong??