Help with cable lace afghan increases and decreases, please!

[LMarsh]

Hi there!

I just started knitting a beautiful lace and cable afghan today for my boyfriend's sister's wedding present! I consider myself to be an intermediate knitter, and the pattern I picked looked a bit challenging, but I felt up to the challenge! However, I came upon a stumbling block in only the first row.

In row 1, the instructions are as follows: K3. *K3. K2TOG. K4. YRN. P2. (K2. YFWD. SL1. K1. PSSO) 3 times. P2. YON. K4. SL1. PSSO. K3. Rep from * to last 3 stitches. K3.

However, I am losing 3 stitches per repetition because my passed slipped stitches are not being replaced. Is that correct? I think I am missing something here.

I also foresee the same problem in row 3, where the directions are: K3. *K1. K2TOG. K4. YFWD. K2. P2. (K2. YFWD. SL1. K1. PSSO.) 3times. P2. K2. YFWD. K4. SL1. K1. PSSO. K1. Rep from * to last 3 sts. K3.

Any help or insight you could give me would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!

Lauren

[justplaincharlotte]

Lauren,

I'm wondering if the term YRN in your pattern means yarn over. If it does, and you didn't yarn over that could account for the lost stitches. What does the stitch definition for YRN say in your pattern?