Help reading pattern

How-to Questions
1

So I’m knitting my first pair of socks and have gotten to the heel portion. I was doing fine until I got to this

Heel Turn: (SSK - slip two sts. knitwise onto right-hand needle, then insert tip of left needle in the front of the two sts and K2 tog)

Row 1: SL 1, K15 ssk, K1 turn or you can do SL 1, K15, K2tog, K1*
Row 2: SL 1, P5, P2 tog, P1 turn
Continue working rows 1 and 2 until all your sts have been worked. You will have 16 st. left on your needle.

*Note: If you do not like doing the SSK, you can K2tog instead, really does not make a difference.

I have no idea what it is I’m supposed to do, or how to get from the 28 stitches I am currently working on to 16.

The sock is being worked on magic loop if that helps.

2

The SSK and the K2tog are decreases. You’re working back and forth on only those stitches for the heel turn.

Row 1: SL 1, K15 ssk, K1 turn or you can do SL 1, K15, K2tog, K1*
Row 2: SL 1, P5, P2 tog, P1 turn
Continue working rows 1 and 2 until all your sts have been worked. You will have 16 st. left on your needle.

Row 1 - Slip the first stitch, knit 15, SSK (or k2tog), knit 1, turn
Row 2- slip the first stitch, purl 5, purl two together, purl 1, turn

Keep decreasing till you have 16 and continue with your pattern.

3

Thanks for the answer. So the row 1 instructions make sense to me now, but what about row 2? it seems like that only covers a couple of stitches on the other half of the round