>.< Same Pattern...different problem

Rnd 9: K2, sl1, k2tog, psso, [B]*k3[/B], sl1, k2tog, psso; repeat from * to last st, k last st.

I get what it’s asking I just have no clue why the “*” is by the knit 3. The directions before it won’t take me back to my marker.

You’re supposed to repeat only the stitches after the *. The sts before it are only done once, then repeat all the sts between ** to the end of the row and k1.