How do I shape the neck?

This is my first time knitting a raglan sweater and I have made it to the point of shaping the neck but I can’t figure out how to do it. If someone could, can you please write this out in simpler steps or suggest a different way of doing it?

Pattern:

Continue decreasing every other row as before and shape the neck edge as follows: slip 1, work until 1 stitch remains on the needle. Turn your work. Slip 1, work until 3 stitches remain on the needle. Turn your work. slip 1, work until 3 stitches remain on the needle. Turn your work. Slip 1, work until 3 stitch remains on the needle. Turn your work. Continue in this manner with 2 more stitches after every turn until all the raglan decreases have been worked. When the neck opening meets the raglan decreases in the front, work the decreases on the sleeves and back only.

• also, do I stop shaping the neck once I reach the raglan decreases at the joins
• included some pictures of the creators sweater as an example to see

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Welcome to KnittingHelp!
What is the name of your pattern?
It seems that it’s knit bottom up. When the pattern says to turn, turn as you would at the end of a row. There’ll still be sts on the left needle but that’s ok. You’ll get to them later.
“… slip 1, work until 1 stitch remains on the left needle. Turn your work.
Slip 1, work until 3 stitches remain on the left needle. Turn your work.
slip 1, work until 3 stitches remain on the left needle. Turn your work.
Slip 1, work until 3 stitch remains on the left needle. Turn your work.”

I wonder if there is an error in copying the instructions. It seems to me that you would work until 1 stitch remains on the left needle rather than 3 in line 2 (see italics).

The next rows would be:
slip 1, work until 5 stitches remain on the left needle. Turn your work.
Slip 1, work until 5 stitches remain on the left needle. Turn your work."
and then continue adding 2 more sts to the sts remaining on the left needle until all the raglan decreases have been worked. Once the neck opening meets the raglan decrease line on the front, continue working around but only work raglan decreases on the sleeves and back.
It looks like the neck shaping stops once you reach the raglan line but it depends on whether there are further instructions for the neckline.

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After reading this, I understand the neck shaping much much more so thank you so so much for clarifying!!! The pattern is the “Lundy Puffin” by knitonepurlonedesign

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Great looking sweater! Have fun finishing up.

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