So lost

Hi! I have tried to do this row so many times that now I am completely lost! Can someone please help me figure out how I am going wrong? I am knitting https://gina-michele.com/2020/12/06/easy-flat-knit-slippers-for-men/ and on row 3 of the foot I start with the correct number of stitches (79) but every single time I do step by step knit the row I end up with 24 stitches! I have frogged and started over so many times but get the same result. If I do the stitches in my head across the pattern it comes out correct! Please help! I can send a video if that helps.

Are you making the larger size? It looks like row 3 of the foot should start with 79sts.

Row 3: K27, ssk 2x, k3tog, k11, sl-1, k2tog, psso, k2tog 2x, k27. (71 sts)

Knit 27
Ssk x2 decreases 2sts
K3tog decreases 2sts
k11
Slip 1, k2tog,psso decreases 2sts
K2tog x2 decreases 2sts
k27
leaving you with 71sts.

Are you repeating some of the decreases more than the given number of times?
Just knitting the

Oh my goodness I think you have done it again hahah! Yes I am making the large size and I have been (after the knit 11)
sl1,
K2tog
THEN
PSSO (slip1 knit 2 and slip over the slip1) k2tog
K2tog
K27
I’m going to try the way you said and pass I’ve the stitch of the K2tog by George I think you’ve got it haha
Thank you so much! I tried and frogged at least 15 times and kept coming up with the same 24!

Can I ask you this and I promise it won’t hurt my feelings….should I have known that the Psso went with the original sl1? Î honestly just kept thinking they were 3 individual stitches but you immediately saw it. I’m trying to figure out should the sl1 have told me that the Psso went with it?
You were correct the stitch count lines up perfect doing it the way you said.
Thank you

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Good going! If you don’t know an abbreviation, well you don’t know. There’s no “should have” about it. Now you know and you’ll be on the lookout for it. We’re all constantly learning here.
I first came across this decrease as sk2p (slip 1, knit 2tog, pass slip stitch over). Sometimes designers are helpful in giving you a list of abbreviations at the begining of the pattern but sometimes not.

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There’s really no “should have known this” about anything to do with knitting, so don’t feel bad about it! We’ve all misread or misunderstood an instruction that is suddenly crystal clear once the lightbulb moment happens.

It’s just part of learning to read patterns, and often learning to read a specific designer’s patterns. Some prefer PSSO, some prefer sk2p. I’ve even seen patterns where they’re written out rather than abbreviated.

It’s all in how you think about the abbreviation PSSO, which is literally Pass Slipped Stitch Over. It implies that you have already slipped a stitch and done something you could pass that slipped stitch over (usually but not always k2tog).

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I agree with the others, there is no “should have known” in knitting, we know what we know, we don’t know what we don’t know, we keep learning.
You’ll become more familiar with things as you go, but every pattern is a new challenge which is part of the enjoyment.
Maybe next time ask earlier, there’s no limit to how many times we can ask for help as this forum is so remarkably helpful and active.

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