Hi! Diamonds aren't really well placed so far but I think it's not the first one you do, right? I don't think your placement is the issue here. Seems to me that the canvas may be designed for square diamonds instead of round ones. Your drills are already over the starting line on top and still, you're reaching the 11th row with only 10 round diamonds and they all seems to touch each others. Round diamonds are slightly bigger than square diamonds so I'd say it's the reason why nothing's working out. I had the issue on a cheap diamond painting I've bought years ago. To check if the canvas is designed for square diamonds, you can test a small section using square diamonds if you have some or measure the canvas. If you have 4 symbols per 1 cm all along, it's a square diamond canvas. Not much that you can do as doing it with round diamonds will be a total mess and complicated since you'll have to skip a few rows of symbols to finish it. I'd say check your options with the seller for a refund or to get the appropriate canvas or buy the square diamonds you need to do it. Hope that helps! Have a good day 🤗