Across vs Repeat

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Hi, I found a nice pattern for a shawl I would like to try, but somehow I just can’t figure this out:

Row 4: P3, (drop Yo, P2) across.

I know that ** means you repeat what is between the stars, but with parenthesis, do you only repeat what is between () or the whole thing - P3 (drop Yo, P2) when the pattern just states ‘across’?

And also, does the parenthesis mean I have to make the ‘drop the yarn over, P2’ into one stitch?

Thank you so much!

So happy I found this site, have many questions to ask :blush:

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In this case, you do the instructions in parenthesis across the row, don’t repeat the P3. I’m really not sure about the yarn over bit, though!

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Welcome!
Just repeat the directions in parentheses across the row as Shintoga suggested. The “drop the yo, p2” aren’t worked into a single stitch. In the previous row you must have made a yo which will now be dropped off the left needle.

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Thank you so much! :hibiscus:And to think I’ve searched all over on the web and couldn’t get a straight answer. Appreciate it :+1:

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Thank you so much! :sunflower:Now finally it makes sense. It just didn’t make sense to knit it into a single stitch, as one website suggested, and I also didn’t think it possible with a dropped stitch as well. Yes, in the previous row there is a yo. I’m so happy now, finally I can continue with my shawl :star_struck:

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No problem :wink:

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