Help with lace pattern Dicentra

Hello I hope someone will help me with this because it is driving me crazy. On the fifth line of this pattern the last stitch is a yarn over. How do you knit a yarn over as the last stitch? I am a fairly new knitter who cannot wrap their head around this. Below is the line which I copied and pasted. This is knitted flat

Row 5: K1, yo, ssk, p3, *p4, k2tog, yo, k, yo, ssk, p3; rep from * to last 6 sts, p4, k2tog, yo
Row 6: P2, k4, *k3, p5, k4; rep from * to last 6 sts, k3, p3.

Hello
That’s a bit of a tricky one to come across isn’t it?

One way to do this is to turn your work without having done the YO.
Then place the yarn over the top of the left needle, producing the YO, and anchor it with finger or thumb to keep it in place.
Then you need to purl into it. Without letting the yo slip off the left needle bring the working yarn to the front, between the needles, as you normally would in preparation for working purl stitch. Purl into the YO.
So long as you hold that YO strand on the left needle until after the purl is performed (insert needle, wrap, draw new stitch through) you will make a purl stutch with it. When you let the YO strand drop off the left needle you should have a new stutch kn your right needle and can then continue with the next stitch.

It might take a few tries to get it. The good news is that with it being at the beginning of the row if your stitch doesn’t work out right you can just drop it off the right needle, it will undo, and you can try again. The rest of your knitting won’t be effected.

If you find it too tricky you might be able to replace it with a kfb (knit front and back into the first stitch) to make the increase. If you are not sure about this let us know, someone will be able to help.

What pattern are you making?

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Thank you for your quick reply. The pattern is Dicentra a lace throw. Yes it is very tricky but I will attempt to use your suggestions.

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Once again thank you for your time. After looking at the throw I think my inexperience is the cause of my misunderstanding. I think the YO at the end is the end of the lace pattern. There looks to be a border that is not including in the written instructions.

Is there an instruction later on for the border to be added?

If you get a chance, could you send a a photo of that edge after you’ve worked it? I too am curious as to whether you add a border and if so, does it display the yo stitch? I’ve never seen such a thing on any of my lace patterns & Ive worked a lot of lace in my day.

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It looks like there’s a band of…garter stitch…? running the whole way up past the ends of the lace panels. Is there anything earlier in the pattern that says something like “at the beginning and end of each row, knit 3 stitches”?? Can you take a picture of the chart and post it? That might clarify things.

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