Aran sweater raglan sleeve question

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Hi
I hope someone can help me figure out my pattern. Not sure why I can’t figure it out - I feel I am missing something obvious.
I am knitting an Aran sweater. I have completed the back, and am doing the raglan sleeve for the front. But I don’t understand how many stitches I should be reducing.
The patterns says:
Now work raglan shaping

  1. K1 Slip 1 K1 PSSO pattern to last 3 sets K2tog K1
  2. K1 P1 follow sets as set to last 2sts P1K1
    Repeat these 2 rows until 62 sts remain

Now work raglan on both front and back thus:

  1. K1 slip 1 K1 PSSO pattern to last 3sts K2tog K1
  2. K1 P2tog follow sets as set to last 3 sets P2tog through the back of loops K1
    Repeat these 2 rows until 40sts remain

Front (and here is where I am confused)
Work as back until 78sts remain

???
How do I do the front?
I need the 78 sets in the front for the neck shaping, but I don’t understand how to follow the pattern to make the raglan shaping if the only instruction is the final number of stitches.

If anyone understands this, help would be much appreciated

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Welcome to KH. What pattern are you using? A link to it if possible is good. Linking to paid patterns is excellent - you never know, someone might decide to buy it. I don’t have the answer but you will get one. It might be helpful to know how many stitches you have on the needle before you start your decreases.

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Seeing the pattern photo and knowing the name is helpful.
The raglan shaping front and back seems to be

  1. K1 Slip 1 K1 PSSO pattern to last 3 sets K2tog K1 (2sts decreased)

  2. K1 P1 follow sets as set to last 2sts P1K1
    Repeat these 2 rows until 62 sts remain

  3. K1 slip 1 K1 PSSO pattern to last 3sts K2tog K1 (2sts decreased)

  4. K1 P2tog follow sets as set to last 3 sets P2tog through the back of loops K1 (2sts decreased)
    Repeat these 2 rows until 40sts remain

The only difference is that for the front shaping you have to remember to stop at 78sts remaining.
So you’ll repeat the first set of rows 1 and 2 with 2sts decreased with each repeat until you get to 78sts remaining. Just keep working rows 1 and 2, 1 and 2, 1 and 2 until the required stitch number (78). Then there will probably be instructions for shaping the neck at the front.

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