I may have screwed up. Making a balaclava
Instructions say
From mid side marker, work 1 st, knit and bind off the next 24 sts (note: bind off sts very loosely), work 25 sts, place a marker to indicate the new beginning of round (mid back), then work 25 sts to end of round.
Remove the mid side marker as the color swap will be made from the back marker.
There are now 52 sts on your 3.75 mm [ 80 cm ] circular needles.
Now work the face opening back and forth as follows:
Row 1: Slip the first stitch purlwise (meaning you have to slip the first st from the left to the right needle as a purl st), * k1, p1 * rep * _ * to last st, k1, turn.
The problem was we casted on 74 stitches.
so I bound off 22 stitches and then had 52 remaining.
Now, the first slip purlwise falls on a knit stitch. And then the rib will be off. What should I do here