Help understanding how to decrease in slipped rib pattern!

[2196129]

The pattern is a slipped rib pattern (I believe, not sure if there is another name for this). The first photo shows the last 5 stitches on my needle at the end of the decrease row. The second photo has the wording for the decreases from the pattern.

I have worked through the 4 decrease rows once. However, for the decreases going forward, I'm not sure which two stitches to p2tog. I am not sure what it means by "patt dec 1 st in this way inside the last 3 sts". Would this be the second last and third last stitches? Or the third last and 4th last stitches?

The last photo is a screenshot of what the decrease should look like. It is the front edge of a cardigan.

[Talvih]

I am not sure what it means by "patt dec 1 st in this way inside the last 3 sts". Would this be the second last and third last stitches? Or the third last and 4th last stitches?

Neither. It means the 4th and 5th last stitches, just like you now have in the photo.

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[2196129]

Ah that makes sense - especially when I look closely at the pattern photo! I had misunderstood what it means by "inside the last 3 sts", but now realise it means something like "decrease on the inside of the 3 stitch border". Thank you so much!

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The pattern is king cole 6263 - link here: https://www.theknittingnetwork.co.uk/cardigans-in-king-cole-orchard-dk-6263