trouble with "make one" (m1)

[carmen_sandiego]

Hi,

I'm working on a hat from the Rowan Big Easy catalogue (the "Nelly" pattern). It's done on 2 needles, starting from the hat's crown and working down. Here are the first few lines of the patterns:

Cast on 7 sts
Row 1: P7
Row 2: (K1, M1) 6 times, K1. 13 sts.
Row 3: P1, (M1P, P2) 6 times. 19 sts.

I'm having trouble with Row 3. When I go to M1P, I can't find a horizontal bar in between the sts to 'make one' because the sts appear to be all twisted from the previous row of 'M1'.

Am I doing something wrong with the Row 2 'make one'? Please help!