Please take the time to read the instructions and the pattern from top to bottom, it could save you some time. The rows are closed with a slip stitch - I will not be writing that at each and every row – and ch2 is not the first DC, it does not count. The role of the ch2 at the beginning of each row is to provide for a thicker sole, without holes. You will begin your new row in the same stitch you slip stitched to close the previous row. In the pictures you will see how I worked a minion…