mitered squares

[sugarpinesue]

I am working on a quilt with mitered squares, but I cannot get a good corner on them. Instructions are:

CA 89
row 1 knit to 44 pm at 44
knit to end

row 2
knit to 1 stitch before marker
sl1; k2tog; psso; kk2tog

does any have a better way to do mitered squares?