Question about pattern direction

Hello again,

I actually found a written version of the lace shawl pattern. However I don’t understands what this means:

After the 6th row, rotate your knitting, and pick up and knit 3 stitches along the side of your strip of knitting,

What does it mean “along the side of my strip of knitting”??

Pattern pasted below

What a stunningly beautiful shawl!
It starts with a tab like this one:


See if the video helps.

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