Sometimes I wonder what they're smoking/drinking when they publish a pattern. Last year, I printed a pattern for a cabled hat for my DS and I started on it yesterday. Last night, I got to the beginning of the cables and the pattern reads like this:
P2, slip next 3 sts to cable needle and hold in back, K3 from cable needle, P2, K1 from cable needle, repeat to end.
Now, if I were a beginner, I would have gotten drunk or ripped up the pattern.........or both. Thankfully, I'm not a beginner and knew what the author meant. If I could remember where I got the pattern, I would send an email to the him/her.

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OTN: Freestyle afghan, cable afghan, scarf (for me!), entrelac scarf for Mumsy and Doll Bag for DS.
FO: 15 preemie hats, 4 blankets (for HAIN), lap blanket, 4 - 12" squares for the Squares of Many Colors project.