Clarification needed...Patons baby Special Occasion Dress

How-to Questions
1

First of all, thank you so much for taking a look at this. I need a little help clarifying part of this pattern.

Here’s the first part of the pattern:

With smaller needles, cast on 145 sts.
Work 4 rows even in stocking st.

Next row: (RS) (Picot row). K1. *yo. K2tog. Rep from * to end of row.
Beg with a purl row, work 5 rows in stocking st.

Change to larger needles and proceed in pat as follows:
1st row: (RS) K1. yo. Sl1. K1. psso. K3. (Work 1st row of Panel Pat. K3. K2tog. yo. K1. yo. Sl1. K1. psso. K3) 3 times. Work 1st row of Panel Pat. K3. K2tog. yo. K1.

This is the 1st row of the Panel Pat. (worked over 25 sts):
1st row: (RS) K3. (yo. Sl1. K2tog. psso. yo. K5) twice. yo. Sl1. K2tog. psso. yo. K3.

So I’m wondering, when I’m working the actual 1st row on larger needles, I knit everything it says where it calls for the 1st row of the Panel Pat., even though that means doing consecutive K3’s?

1st row: (RS) K1. yo. Sl1. K1. psso. K3. (Work 1st row of Panel Pat. K3. K2tog. yo. K1. yo. Sl1. K1. psso. K3) 3 times. Work 1st row of Panel Pat. K3. K2tog. yo. K1.

I’m having a hard time writing out my confusion. Is my question making sense? :??

2

If you knit it as written, you will end up with 145 stitches, which you want to do, so I’d repeat the k3 at the beginning of the panel section.

3

:muah: Thanks, Ingrid!