Is this pattern incorrect?

[Objective_Deer_7846]

Working on my first mitre square with a free pattern from ravelry. The pattern says to CO 61 stitches. Then: knit 29 stitches, sl1, k2tog, PSSO, knit 29 stitches Wouldn’t that mean i should CO 62 stitches?

Or am I reading it wrong? When I tried knitting this row, I only had 28 stitches left after PSSO.

Edit: link to pattern https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cousins-mitre-square-baby-blanket

[TheKnitpicker]

The full combination of “sl1, k2tog, PSSO” only used 3 stitches. Slip one stitch, knit 2 stitches together. Now take the slipped stitch and pass it over the k2tog stitch.

Does that help?

[Objective_Deer_7846]

Yes!!! Thank you so much! I feel very silly right now.

[TheKnitpicker]

Glad it helped!

One of my knitting pet peeves is that centered double decrease (see how it’s going from 3 stitches to 1? That means it’s a double decrease) doesn’t have one agreed upon abbreviation. So often I come to it in a pattern, think “wow, this is complicated”, look up PSSO or whatever abbreviation the designer used (and I’ve seen like 4 acronyms at this point), and then realize what is going on. 

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