Ruby - welcome!!
FIRST piece of advice - to everyone new here do NOT start with A-1!!!! it is very difficult and if you want it to look like the original you need to make a few adjustments and then it will be even more difficult. I had it down for week 3 [and may have lost a few members at that time!] To give you an idea of what members did - you should check out these post numbers.... #229 - Tyme to Shine redrew the pattern and shared it with the group [actually there were several that re-drew on EQ, I did mine on graph paper after a few other fiascos...which you can read about on post #606 where mine is], post #s 300 and 264 are also worth checking out before attempting A-1.
If you are just starting - I would follow the first few of weeks on the schedule [moving A-1 further down] I think A1 and A9, 11, and 13 were the blocks that presented the most problems the first few months.
Gus