Making a purse

So I recently bought a book of patterns and I am confused because it says to 1dc in each ch to end, ss in first dc to join. (56sts).
Can anyone help me understand what the (56sts) is.
Thank you

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that is just the total stitches you have at the end!
If you ch maybe 58 you skip 2 ch and then dc until the end of the ch. Then sl st in the very first dc you made!

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Thank you, that makes so much sense

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Look up how to make an oval and the total stitch count should make sense.

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