I'll try to dig out my camera this evening

I'm a little confused by what you say you're doing. The only place you should have chains (other than the beginning) is the beginning of each round. So, you do your 6 sc into one chain, join with a slip stitch, and then chain one and do 2 sc into each sc from the previous round. Does that make sense? Then the next round, you join again, chain one, and alternate doing 1 sc into the sc of the round before or 2 sc into each sc of the round before.

CA